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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Fairway Group Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2015 was €58.3 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 was €235.7 Mil.
Fairway Group Holdings (FRA:FGWA) 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.
Fairway Group Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Fairway Group Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Fairway Group Holdings'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.
Fairway Group Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
FRA:FGWA vs IFMK: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Fairway Group Holdings'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.
Fairway Group Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Retail - Defensive Industry
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Fairway Group Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Fairway Group Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Fairway Group Holdings 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 Dec. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €235.7 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 €235.7 Mil mean?
Fairway Group Holdings (FRA:FGWA) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €235.7 Mil as of Dec. 2015. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Fairway Group Holdings and its competitors.
Is Fairway Group Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Fairway Group Holdings' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €235.7 Mil.
How does Fairway Group Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to IFMK?
Fairway Group Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €235.7 Mil can be compared against companies in the Retail - Defensive 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 Retail - Defensive company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Retail - Defensive 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 Fairway Group Holdings and its competitors. Fairway Group Holdings's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €235.7 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Fairway Group Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Fairway Group Holdings (FRA:FGWA) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €235.7 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €235.7 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 Fairway Group Holdings (FRA:FGWA), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €235.7 Mil as of Dec. 2015. 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.
Fairway Group Holdings Corp along with its subsidiaries operates in the retail food industry. The company sells fresh, natural and organic products, prepared foods and hard to find specialty and gourmet offerings, along with a full assortment of conventional groceries. Its perishable product categories, which include producing, natural and organic, deli, specialty, cheese, butcher, seafood, bakery, coffee and kosher foods. The non-perishable product categories consist of conventional groceries as well as specialty foods.
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