GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Basic Materials » Metals & Mining » Gem Diamonds Ltd (LSE:GEMD) » Definitions » Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

Gem Diamonds (LSE:GEMD) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : £13.0 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2024)


View and export this data going back to 2007. Start your Free Trial

What is Gem Diamonds Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Gem Diamonds's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was £6.4 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was £13.0 Mil.


Gem Diamonds Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gem Diamonds'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.

* Premium members only.

Gem Diamonds Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Gem Diamonds Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.76 16.48 16.69 12.12 13.03

Gem Diamonds Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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 7.84 5.92 6.21 6.59 6.40

Competitive Comparison of Gem Diamonds's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Other Precious Metals & Mining subindustry, Gem Diamonds'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.


Gem Diamonds's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Gem Diamonds's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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


;
;

Gem Diamonds 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 Dec. 2024 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £13.0 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.


Gem Diamonds  (LSE:GEMD) 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.


Gem Diamonds Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Gem Diamonds's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Gem Diamonds Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2 Eaton Gate, London, GBR, SW1W 9BJ
Gem Diamonds Ltd is a United Kingdom-based company engaged in the exploration and development of diamond mines. The company's geographical segments include Lesotho (diamond mining activities); Belgium (sales, marketing, and manufacturing of diamonds); and BVI, RSA, the UK, and Cyprus (technical and administrative services) and Botswana (diamond mining activities, currently on care and maintenance). It generates maximum revenue from the Belgium region. Its projects include Letseng Diamond mine and Ghaghoo Diamond mine. The company's revenue is derived from mining activities, polished manufacturing margins, and diamond analysis and manufacturing services.

Gem Diamonds Headlines