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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2018 was S/.957 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 was S/.957 Mil.
Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston (LIM:BACKUAC1) 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.
Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
* 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.
Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston Annual Data
Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison
For the Beverages - Brewers subindustry, Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston'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.
Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Beverages - Alcoholic Industry
For the Beverages - Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston 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.
For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2018 was S/.957 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.
What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of S/.957 Mil mean?
Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston (LIM:BACKUAC1) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of S/.957 Mil as of Dec. 2018. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston and its competitors.
Is Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is S/.957 Mil. Overall, Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston has a GF Score™ of 23/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of S/.957 Mil can be compared against companies in the Beverages - Alcoholic industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for a Beverages - Alcoholic company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Beverages - Alcoholic industry context. However, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston and its competitors. Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is S/.957 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston stock overvalued right now?
Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston (LIM:BACKUAC1) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of S/.957 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is S/.957 Mil. Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston's overall GF Score™ is 23/100. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston (LIM:BACKUAC1), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is S/.957 Mil as of Dec. 2018. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston SA is engaged in the business of production, packaging, sale, distribution, and all other types of business related to malted and malt beverages, non-alcoholic beverages, and carbonated waters. The company's main business also includes investment in securities of domestic and foreign companies; the exploitation of rural properties; the sale, processing, conservation, marketing, and export of agricultural products; and the provision of advisory services related to these products.
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