Highway Capital (LSE:HWC) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: £0.43 Mil (TTM As of Feb. 2023)

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What is Highway Capital Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Highway Capital LSE:HWC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.43 Mil as of Feb. 2023.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Highway Capital's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Feb. 2023 was £0.19 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2023 was £0.43 Mil.


Highway Capital  (LSE:HWC) 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.


Highway Capital Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Highway Capital Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Highway Capital'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.

Highway Capital Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Highway Capital Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.29 0.30 0.54 0.43 0.11

Highway Capital Semi-Annual Data
Feb14 Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Feb24
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 0.14 0.41 0.24 0.19 0.00

LSE:HWC vs HON, MMM, IEP: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Highway Capital'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.


Highway Capital Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Highway Capital's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Highway Capital 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 Feb. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £0.43 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 £0.43 Mil mean?
Highway Capital (LSE:HWC) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £0.43 Mil as of Feb. 2023. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Highway Capital and its competitors.
Is Highway Capital's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Highway Capital's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.43 Mil.
How does Highway Capital's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to HON and MMM?
Highway Capital's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £0.43 Mil can be compared against companies in the Conglomerates 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 Conglomerates company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Conglomerates 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 Highway Capital and its competitors. Highway Capital's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.43 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Highway Capital stock overvalued right now?
Highway Capital (LSE:HWC) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £0.43 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.43 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 Highway Capital (LSE:HWC), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.43 Mil as of Feb. 2023. 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.

Highway Capital Business Description

Address Reynolds Road, Eden House, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, GBR, HP9 2FL
Highway Capital PLC is a United Kingdom-based company. The company focuses on investing in or acquiring undervalued companies with either strong asset backing or opportunities, which possess high barriers to entry.