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Vimicro International (FRA:V7I) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : €20.57 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2015)


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What is Vimicro International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Vimicro International's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was €6.25 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 was €20.57 Mil.


Vimicro International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vimicro International'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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Vimicro International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Vimicro International Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.69 17.88 16.32 15.79 20.04

Vimicro International Quarterly Data
Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15
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 6.25 4.00 5.09 5.24 6.25

Competitive Comparison of Vimicro International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Vimicro International'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.


Vimicro International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Vimicro International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Vimicro International 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 Jun. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €20.57 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.


Vimicro International  (FRA:V7I) 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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Vimicro International (FRA:V7I) Business Description

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Vimicro International is one of China's leading semiconductor design companies. The firm makes mixed-signal multimedia chips used in PC, embedded notebook webcams, mobile phones, and video cameras. The firm recently launched a surveillance segment that provides comprehensive security systems to customers, bundling its chips with other hardware, software, and nonsoftware acquired from third party vendors. The company was founded in 1999.

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