Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV (MEX:GOMO) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: MXN2,388 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2015)

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What is Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV MEX:GOMO Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is MXN2,388 Mil as of Mar. 2015.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2015 was MXN2,682 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2015 was MXN2,388 Mil.


Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV  (MEX:GOMO) 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.


Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV'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.

Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.00 1,587.46 1,769.59 2,284.79 2,164.49

Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV Quarterly Data
Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15
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 2,484.10 2,694.93 2,714.70 -5,703.27 2,682.10

MEX:GOMO vs KIRK: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV'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.


Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV 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 Mar. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was MXN2,388 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 MXN2,388 Mil mean?
Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV (MEX:GOMO) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of MXN2,388 Mil as of Mar. 2015. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV and its competitors.
Is Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is MXN2,388 Mil.
How does Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to KIRK?
Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of MXN2,388 Mil can be compared against companies in the Retail - Cyclical 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 - Cyclical company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Retail - Cyclical 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 Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV and its competitors. Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is MXN2,388 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV stock overvalued right now?
Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV (MEX:GOMO) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of MXN2,388 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is MXN2,388 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 Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV (MEX:GOMO), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is MXN2,388 Mil as of Mar. 2015. 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.

Grupo Comercial Gomo de CV Business Description

Address Boulevard Adolfo Lopez Mateos 2370, Segundo Piso, Colonia Altavista, Mexico DF, MEX, 01060
Grupo Comercial Gomo SA de CV is a Mexico-based company engaged in the sale, distribution, purchase, representation, import and export of various types of consumer electronic goods and household appliances, as well as motorcycles.