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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. McColl's Retail Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in May. 2021 was £130 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2021 was £272 Mil.
McColl's Retail Group (LSE:MCLS) 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.
McColl's Retail Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
McColl's Retail Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for McColl's Retail 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.
McColl's Retail Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
LSE:MCLS vs BSY, WETG, TYL: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Grocery Stores subindustry, McColl's Retail 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.
McColl's Retail Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Retail - Defensive Industry
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, McColl's Retail Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where McColl's Retail Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
McColl's Retail 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 May. 2021 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £272 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 £272 Mil mean?
McColl's Retail Group (LSE:MCLS) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £272 Mil as of May. 2021. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on McColl's Retail Group and its competitors.
Is McColl's Retail Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
McColl's Retail Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £272 Mil. Overall, McColl's Retail Group has a GF Score™ of 4/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does McColl's Retail Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to BSY and WETG?
McColl's Retail Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £272 Mil can be compared against companies in the Retail - Defensive 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 - Defensive company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Retail - Defensive 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 McColl's Retail Group and its competitors. McColl's Retail Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £272 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is McColl's Retail Group stock overvalued right now?
McColl's Retail Group (LSE:MCLS) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £272 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £272 Mil. McColl's Retail Group's overall GF Score™ is 4/100. 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 McColl's Retail Group (LSE:MCLS), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £272 Mil as of May. 2021. 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.
McColl's Retail Group PLC is a retailer operator of convenience and newsagent stores. The company's products and services include everyday groceries, milk, baked beans, fruit pots, snacks, and ready meals, Lotto, Paypoint, and beers, wines, and spirits. The group operates more than 800 convenience stores and approximately 400 newsagent stores. It derives most of the revenue from convenience stores.
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