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Driver Group (LSE:DRV) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : £10.45 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Driver 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. Driver Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was £4.60 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was £10.45 Mil.


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

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

Driver Group Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.76 11.41 10.46 11.30 10.45

Driver Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 4.88 5.77 5.54 5.85 4.60

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

For the Consulting Services subindustry, Driver 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.


Driver Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Driver Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Driver 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. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £10.45 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.


Driver Group  (LSE:DRV) 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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Driver Group (LSE:DRV) Business Description

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125 Old Broad Street, Suite 706-708, Floor 7, London, GBR, EC2N 1AR
Driver Group PLC provides consultancy services to the engineering and construction industries. The business activity of the group is primarily operated through divisions such as Europe and the Americas; Asia Pacific; Middle East. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United Kingdom and can be seen across the region of Oman, France, Qatar, Germany, Kuwait, China, the US, Canada, and others. It offers quantity surveying, quantum and planning experts, litigation support, contract administration, and commercial advice/management services; and capital investment consultancy services, including development, project, and contracting management services.

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