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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Empresas ICAB de CV's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2017 was MXN520 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2017 was MXN1,965 Mil.
Empresas ICAB de CV (MEX:ICA) 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.
Empresas ICAB de CV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Empresas ICAB de CV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Empresas ICAB 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.
Empresas ICAB de CV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Empresas ICAB de CV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison
For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Empresas ICAB 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.
Empresas ICAB de CV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Construction Industry
For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Empresas ICAB de CV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Empresas ICAB de CV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Empresas ICAB 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. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was MXN1,965 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 MXN1,965 Mil mean?
Empresas ICAB de CV (MEX:ICA) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of MXN1,965 Mil as of Mar. 2017. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Empresas ICAB de CV and its competitors.
Is Empresas ICAB de CV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Empresas ICAB de CV's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is MXN1,965 Mil.
How does Empresas ICAB de CV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
Empresas ICAB de CV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of MXN1,965 Mil can be compared against companies in the Construction 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 Construction company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Construction 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 Empresas ICAB de CV and its competitors. Empresas ICAB de CV's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is MXN1,965 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Empresas ICAB de CV stock overvalued right now?
Empresas ICAB de CV (MEX:ICA) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of MXN1,965 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is MXN1,965 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 Empresas ICAB de CV (MEX:ICA), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is MXN1,965 Mil as of Mar. 2017. 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.
Empresas ICA SAB de CV is an engineering, procurement, and construction company. It provides construction and related services which includes development and construction of infrastructure facilities, industrial and urban construction, construction, maintenance and operation of airports, highways, social infrastructure and tunnels and operation and management of water supply and waste disposal systems. The company has Civil construction, Industrial construction, Airports, Concessions and Corporate and Other segments. It derives the majority of its revenues from Civil construction segment.
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