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CWT International (HKSE:00521) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : HK$1,224 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2023)


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What is CWT 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. CWT International's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was HK$639 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2023 was HK$1,224 Mil.


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

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

CWT International Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,250.51 1,164.86 1,186.42 1,189.45 1,260.15

CWT International Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 568.29 604.47 584.98 638.54 -

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

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, CWT 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.


CWT International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, CWT International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



CWT 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. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was HK$1,224 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.


CWT International  (HKSE:00521) 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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CWT International (HKSE:00521) Business Description

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The Gateway, Suites 1101–3 & 12, 11th Floor, Tower 2, Harbour City, Kowloon, HKG
CWT International Ltd is an investment holding company. The company generates revenue through segments namely Logistics services; Commodity marketing; Engineering services; and Financial Services. The company generates the majority of its revenue in China. The company operates in four various segments namely Logistics services, Commodity marketing, Engineering services and Financial services.

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