LINUF (LiNiu Technology Group) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $5.90 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2017)

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What is LiNiu Technology Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

LiNiu Technology Group LINUF Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.90 Mil as of Jun. 2017.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. LiNiu Technology Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2017 was $5.20 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2017 was $5.90 Mil.


LiNiu Technology Group  (OTCPK:LINUF) 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.


LiNiu Technology Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


LiNiu Technology Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for LiNiu Technology 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.

LiNiu Technology Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

LiNiu Technology Group Annual Data
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Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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LiNiu Technology Group Quarterly Data
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LINUF vs JADG, TWMC, JAN: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, LiNiu Technology 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.


LiNiu Technology Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, LiNiu Technology Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



LiNiu Technology 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 Jun. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $5.90 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 $5.90 Mil mean?
LiNiu Technology Group (LINUF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $5.90 Mil as of Jun. 2017. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on LiNiu Technology Group and its competitors.
Is LiNiu Technology Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
LiNiu Technology Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.90 Mil.
How does LiNiu Technology Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to JADG and TWMC?
LiNiu Technology Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $5.90 Mil can be compared against companies in the Retail - Cyclical 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 Retail - Cyclical company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Retail - Cyclical 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 LiNiu Technology Group and its competitors. LiNiu Technology Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.90 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is LiNiu Technology Group stock overvalued right now?
LiNiu Technology Group (LINUF) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $5.90 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.90 Mil. 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 LiNiu Technology Group (LINUF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $5.90 Mil as of Jun. 2017. 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.

LiNiu Technology Group Business Description

Address Alameda Dr. Carlos D’ Assumpcao No: 180, Edf. Tong Nam Ah Central Comercio, 13 Andar P, Macau, MAC
LiNiu Technology Group is active in the retail sale of agricultural products and services. The company offers LiNiu Network platform, which is an electronic business to consumer, customer to customer and online to offline trading platform focused on the Chinese agricultural industry, at its Website www.liniuyang.com. The company's services can also be accessed through the Android system on mobile phones. Its products comprise of agricultural resource, seeding agricultural products, agricultural and sideline products, Chinese herbal medicine and handicrafts.