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International Market Centers (International Market Centers) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $ Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2014)


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What is International Market Centers Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. International Market Centers's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2014 was $29.41 Mil. International Market Centers does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2014.


International Market Centers Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for International Market Centers's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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International Market Centers Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

International Market Centers Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
36.43 26.89 29.41

International Market Centers Semi-Annual Data
Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense 36.43 26.89 29.41

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

For the REIT - Retail subindustry, International Market Centers'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.


International Market Centers's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, International Market Centers's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



International Market Centers 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.


International Market Centers  (NYSE:IMC) 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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International Market Centers (International Market Centers) Business Description

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International Market Centers Inc was incorporated in Maryland on June 27, 2014. The Company is structured as an internally-managed REIT. The Company is the owner and operator of permanent business-to-business showroom space in North America for the home furniture industry and owners and operators of permanent business-to-business showroom space for the home décor and gift industries. The Company owns approximately 11.9 million gross square feet of showroom space across 13 buildings in High Point, North Carolina and three buildings and three exhibition pavilions in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Company leases its space on a long-term basis to manufacturers and suppliers of home furniture, home décor and gift products that participate in the Company's Markets. The Company faces competition from other Markets that serve manufacturers and suppliers and buyers of home furniture, home décor and gift products.

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