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High North Resources (High North Resources) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $2.17 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2015)


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What is High North Resources Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. High North Resources's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was $0.36 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 was $2.17 Mil.


High North Resources Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for High North Resources'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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High North Resources Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

High North Resources Annual Data
Trend Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.03 0.41 0.91 2.60

High North Resources Quarterly Data
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 0.67 0.77 0.68 0.37 0.36

Competitive Comparison of High North Resources's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, High North Resources'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.


High North Resources's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, High North Resources's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where High North Resources's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



High North Resources 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 $2.17 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.


High North Resources  (OTCPK:HNTHF) 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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High North Resources (High North Resources) Business Description

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350 – 7th Avenue South West, Suite 2800, First Canadian Centre, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2P 3N9
High North Resources Ltd is primarily engaged in the business of production, exploration, and development of oil and gas properties. The company operates through Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers; exporting and importing base oil; Starch and Vegetable Fats and Oils Manufacturing segments. Geographically, it operates through the region of Canada. The organization generates most of its revenues from the trading on base oil, chemicals, and crude oil.

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