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CNT Group (HKSE:00701) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : HK$172.8 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is CNT Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. CNT Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$82.2 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$172.8 Mil.


CNT Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for CNT Group'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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CNT Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

CNT Group 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 277.41 233.86 238.85 238.28 172.80

CNT Group 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 118.64 116.58 121.70 90.63 82.18

Competitive Comparison of CNT Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, CNT Group'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.


CNT Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

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



CNT Group 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. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was HK$172.8 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.


CNT Group  (HKSE:00701) 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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CNT Group (HKSE:00701) Business Description

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338 Hennessy Road, 28th Floor, Unit E, CNT Tower, Wanchai, Hong Kong, HKG
CNT Group Ltd is principally engaged in the manufacture and sale of paint products, property investment, iron and steel trading, and investment holding activities. The company operates through the business segments are, The Paint products segment engages in the manufacture and sale of paint products. The Property investment segment comprises the investment in residential, commercial and industrial premises for their rental income potential and development and sale of properties. The Iron and steel trading segment comprises the trading of iron and steel products and related investments. The Hotel business segment, and the other segment comprises, principally, investment holding and securities trading. Majority of the company's revenue comes from the Paint products segment in Mainland China.
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Prime Surplus Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Ho Mei Po, Mabel 2202 Interest of your spouse
Tsui Ho Chuen, Philip 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
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Rapid Growth Ltd. 2301 Trustee
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