Fiducial Office Solutions (LUX:SACIL) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: €35.2 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2022)

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What is Fiducial Office Solutions Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Fiducial Office Solutions LUX:SACIL 4 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €35.2 Mil as of Sep. 2022. GuruFocus rates LUX:SACIL with a GF Score™ of 4/100.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Fiducial Office Solutions's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2022 was €17.5 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2022 was €35.2 Mil.


Fiducial Office Solutions  (LUX:SACIL) 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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Fiducial Office Solutions Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Fiducial Office Solutions'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.

Fiducial Office Solutions Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Fiducial Office Solutions Annual Data
Trend Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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Fiducial Office Solutions Semi-Annual Data
Sep12 Mar13 Sep13 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22
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 12.88 14.37 15.51 17.65 17.54

LUX:SACIL vs HNI, SCS: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Business Equipment & Supplies subindustry, Fiducial Office Solutions'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.


Fiducial Office Solutions Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Products Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Fiducial Office Solutions's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Fiducial Office Solutions 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 Sep. 2022 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €35.2 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 €35.2 Mil mean?
Fiducial Office Solutions (LUX:SACIL) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €35.2 Mil as of Sep. 2022. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Fiducial Office Solutions and its competitors.
Is Fiducial Office Solutions' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Fiducial Office Solutions' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €35.2 Mil. Overall, Fiducial Office Solutions has a GF Score™ of 4/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Fiducial Office Solutions' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to HNI and SCS?
Fiducial Office Solutions' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €35.2 Mil can be compared against companies in the Industrial Products 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 an Industrial Products company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Industrial Products 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 Fiducial Office Solutions and its competitors. Fiducial Office Solutions's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €35.2 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Fiducial Office Solutions stock overvalued right now?
Fiducial Office Solutions (LUX:SACIL) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €35.2 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €35.2 Mil. Fiducial Office Solutions' 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 Fiducial Office Solutions (LUX:SACIL), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €35.2 Mil as of Sep. 2022. 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.

Fiducial Office Solutions Business Description

Address 41 rue du Capitaine Guynemer, Courbevoie, FRA, 92400
Fiducial Office Solutions is engaged in the distribution of office supplies and furniture for businesses. The company also designs and prints personalized documents.
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