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API Group (LSE:APIA) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : £19.74 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2014)


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What is API 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. API Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2014 was £9.89 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2014 was £19.74 Mil.


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

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

API Group Annual Data
Trend Sep04 Sep05 Sep06 Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.04 4.30 19.91 20.45 20.67

API Group Semi-Annual Data
Sep04 Mar05 Sep05 Mar06 Sep06 Mar07 Sep07 Sep08 Mar09 Sep09 Mar10 Sep10 Mar11 Sep11 Mar12 Sep12 Mar13 Sep13 Mar14 Sep14
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 10.40 10.05 10.82 9.85 9.89

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

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, API 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.


API Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, API Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



API 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 Sep. 2014 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £19.74 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.


API Group  (LSE:APIA) 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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API Group (LSE:APIA) Business Description

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API Group PLC is a manufacturer and distributor of foils, laminates and holographic materials. The firm offers metalized film laminates, holographic laminates, aluminum foil laminates, metallic hot stamping foils, cold foils, and custom holograms. The company segmented its operating activities into following reportable segments: Laminates, Foils Europe, Foils Americas, and Holographic. Its primary geographic markets are the United Kingdom, Rest of Europe, Americas, Asia Pacific, and Africa. The company serves clients in various industries including food and confectionery; wines, beers, and spirits; tobacco; cosmetics and perfumes; home and household care, among others.

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