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Zambia Reinsurance (LUS:ZMRE) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : ZMW Mil (TTM As of . 20)


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What is Zambia Reinsurance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Zambia Reinsurance's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in . 20 was ZMW0.00 Mil. Zambia Reinsurance does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.


Zambia Reinsurance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zambia Reinsurance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Zambia Reinsurance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Zambia Reinsurance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Insurance - Reinsurance subindustry, Zambia Reinsurance'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.


Zambia Reinsurance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Zambia Reinsurance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Zambia Reinsurance 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.


Zambia Reinsurance  (LUS:ZMRE) 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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Zambia Reinsurance Business Description

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Plot 7, Namambozi Road, Fairview, P/B E891, Postnet Box 658, Lusaka, ZMB
Zambia Reinsurance PLC, formerly Prima Reinsurance PLC is a reinsurance company. It is mainly engaged in underwriting all classes of marine and non-marine reinsurance business namely fire, motor, miscellaneous accident, engineering, aviation, and agriculture. The company is also licensed to reinsure life assurance products.

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