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Terravia Holdings (FRA:S7Y) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : €42.35 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2017)


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What is Terravia Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Terravia Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2017 was €8.59 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2017 was €42.35 Mil.


Terravia Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Terravia 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.

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Terravia Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Terravia Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 43.83 45.94 58.90 56.95 41.47

Terravia Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.46 14.24 9.95 9.57 8.59

Competitive Comparison of Terravia Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Terravia 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.


Terravia Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Terravia Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Terravia Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Terravia 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 Mar. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €42.35 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.


Terravia Holdings  (FRA:S7Y) 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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Terravia Holdings (FRA:S7Y) Business Description

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TerraVia Holdings Inc along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in providing renewable oils and other bioproducts. It commercializes its products into target markets such as chemicals and fuels, nutrition, and skin and personal care.

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