What is Doverddlery Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?
Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Doverddlery's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2015 was €8.90 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2015 was €31.09 Mil.
Doverddlery Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
The historical data trend for Doverddlery's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:
* 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.
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Doverddlery Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Competitive Comparison of Doverddlery's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Doverddlery'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.
Doverddlery's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Doverddlery's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Doverddlery's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Doverddlery 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 Mar. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €31.09 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.
Doverddlery (FRA:D1R) 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.
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Dover Saddlery, Inc. is a Delaware Corporation. The Company was founded in 1975. It is a specialty retailer and the largest multi-channel marketer of premium, equestrian products in the U.S. The Company sells its products through a multi-channel strategy, including direct and retail. The Company offers a comprehensive selection of products required to own, ride, train and compete with a horse. The Company's equestrian product line includes a broad variety of separate items such as saddles, tack, specialized apparel, footwear, horse clothing, horse health and stable products. The Company has established itself as the largest multi-channel marketer of equestrian tack, specialized apparel, horse care and stable products in the U.S. and plans to continue its multi-channel retail strategy to capitalize on strong brand equity and utilize its customer database. This multi-channel strategy enables it to capture customer data, achieve operational synergies, provide a seamless and convenient shopping experience for its customers, cross market its products and reinforce its brand across channels. As of December 31, 2012, it operated seventeen stores under the Dover Saddlery brand and one store under the Smith Brothers brand. The Company is subject to numerous regulations governing the Internet and e-commerce, retailers generally, the importation, promotion and sale of merchandise, and the operation of retail stores and warehouse facilities.
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