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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2019 was €0.80 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2019 was €3.73 Mil.
PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk (FRA:A5DA) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Explanation
An efficient operation keeps SGA costs low and thus has higher profit margin. The percentage of SGA relative to total revenue is an indication of how efficiently the company operates. Compare this percentage among the companies in the same industry is a good way of finding more efficient operations. A comparison of the SGA cost relative to the revenue with the historical value can also be an indication of how efficient the company has become.
Warren Buffett likes companies with consistent SGA as the percentage of gross profit.
Companies with no durable competitive advantage show wild variation in SG&A as % of Gross Profit.
If SGA is less than 30% of Gross Profit, it is fantastic. If SGA is nearing 100%, it is is in highly competitive industry.
PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison
For the Marine Shipping subindustry, PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Transportation Industry
For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Calculation
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. For instance, personnel cost, advertising, rent, communication costs are all part of SGA.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €3.73 Mil.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €3.73 Mil mean?
PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk (FRA:A5DA) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €3.73 Mil as of Sep. 2019. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk and its competitors.
Is PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €3.73 Mil.
How does PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €3.73 Mil can be compared against companies in the Transportation industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for a Transportation company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Transportation industry context. However, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk and its competitors. PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €3.73 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk stock overvalued right now?
PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk (FRA:A5DA) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €3.73 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €3.73 Mil. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk (FRA:A5DA), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €3.73 Mil as of Sep. 2019. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
PT Arpeni Pratama Ocean Line Tbk is Indonesian shipping company. The company is engaged in the domestic and international transportation of cargo by vessels, sale, and purchase of vessels. It uses its vessels for the transport of coal, iron ore, wheat, soybeans, and grains to various countries. In addition, the company also owns and operates the dry bulk fleet, including panamax bulk carriers, tugboats, barges, and floating cranes. The company operates through three segments namely, Shipping Services which also contributes a major part of revenue, Agency Services, and Non-Asset Based Busines. Most of its revenue is earned through the Indonesian market.
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