Manganese Bronze Holdings (LSE:MNGS) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: £0.00 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2012)

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What is Manganese Bronze Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Manganese Bronze Holdings LSE:MNGS Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.00 Mil as of Jun. 2012.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Manganese Bronze Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2012 was £0.00 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2012 was £0.00 Mil.


Manganese Bronze Holdings  (LSE:MNGS) 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.


Manganese Bronze Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Manganese Bronze Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Manganese Bronze Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Manganese Bronze Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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Manganese Bronze Holdings Quarterly Data
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Manganese Bronze Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Manganese Bronze Holdings'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.


Manganese Bronze Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Manganese Bronze Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Manganese Bronze Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Manganese Bronze Holdings 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 Jun. 2012 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £0.00 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 £0.00 Mil mean?
Manganese Bronze Holdings (LSE:MNGS) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £0.00 Mil as of Jun. 2012. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Manganese Bronze Holdings and its competitors.
Is Manganese Bronze Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Manganese Bronze Holdings' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.00 Mil.
How does Manganese Bronze Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
Manganese Bronze Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £0.00 Mil can be compared against companies in the Vehicles & Parts 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 Vehicles & Parts company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Vehicles & Parts 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 Manganese Bronze Holdings and its competitors. Manganese Bronze Holdings's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.00 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Manganese Bronze Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Manganese Bronze Holdings (LSE:MNGS) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £0.00 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.00 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 Manganese Bronze Holdings (LSE:MNGS), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.00 Mil as of Jun. 2012. 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.

Manganese Bronze Holdings Business Description

Manganese Bronze Holdings PLC provides automotive and taxi services in the UK. It is currently organised into three operating divisions - vehicle sales, vehicle services, and Shanghai LTI. The vehicle sales segment includes the design, development, assembly, and retailing of new purpose-built taxis, along with the sale of used vehicles taken in part exchange, parts, and vehicle maintenance. The vehicle services segment comprises taxi finance. The Shanghai LTI segment is the joint venture based in Shanghai, China, which assembles the London Taxi under license from the company. The company's operations are located in the United Kingdom and China.