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Smart Metering Systems (LSE:SMS) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : £16.7 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2023)


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What is Smart Metering Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Smart Metering Systems's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2023 was £27.8 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2023 was £16.7 Mil.


Smart Metering Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Smart Metering Systems'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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Smart Metering Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Smart Metering Systems Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.81 4.27 10.36 13.45 13.58

Smart Metering Systems Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
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 19.45 -6.00 24.66 -11.08 27.77

Competitive Comparison of Smart Metering Systems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Smart Metering Systems'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.


Smart Metering Systems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Smart Metering Systems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Smart Metering Systems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Smart Metering Systems 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. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £16.7 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.


Smart Metering Systems  (LSE:SMS) 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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Smart Metering Systems (LSE:SMS) Business Description

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48 St. Vincent Street, 2nd Floor, Glasgow, GBR, G2 5TS
Smart Metering Systems PLC is a UK-based company which connects, owns, and maintains metering systems and database of energy companies. Its services include Smart Metering & Data; Smart Energy Services; Smart Utility Services; and ADM, which is an intelligent Automated Meter Reading (AMR) solution. The company operates in three segments: Asset Management, which comprises regulated management of gas meters, electric meters, and ADM units; Asset installation, which comprises installation of domestic and I&C gas meters and electricity meters; and Energy Management, which comprises the provision of energy consultancy services and the management of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) assets.

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