MGXMF (MGX Minerals) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $1.63 Mil (TTM As of Apr. 2021)

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What is MGX Minerals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

MGX Minerals MGXMF -95.00% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.63 Mil as of Apr. 2021.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. MGX Minerals's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Apr. 2021 was $0.20 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2021 was $1.63 Mil.


MGX Minerals  (OTCPK:MGXMF) 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.


MGX Minerals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


MGX Minerals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for MGX Minerals'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.

MGX Minerals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

MGX Minerals Annual Data
Trend Jul12 Jul13 Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 1.05 9.84 16.53 8.57 3.08

MGX Minerals Quarterly Data
Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21
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MGX Minerals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, MGX Minerals'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.


MGX Minerals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, MGX Minerals's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



MGX Minerals 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 Apr. 2021 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.63 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 $1.63 Mil mean?
MGX Minerals (MGXMF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.63 Mil as of Apr. 2021. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on MGX Minerals and its competitors.
Is MGX Minerals' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
MGX Minerals' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.63 Mil.
How does MGX Minerals' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
MGX Minerals' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.63 Mil can be compared against companies in the Metals & Mining 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 Metals & Mining company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Metals & Mining 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 MGX Minerals and its competitors. MGX Minerals's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.63 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is MGX Minerals stock overvalued right now?
MGX Minerals (MGXMF) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.63 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.63 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 MGX Minerals (MGXMF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.63 Mil as of Apr. 2021. 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.

MGX Minerals Business Description

Address 666 Burrard Street, Suite 500, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 3P6
MGX Minerals Inc is an exploration stage company engaged in the process of exploring its mineral properties in Canada. The company is a developer of lithium, magnesium and silicon projects. Its projects comprise Driftwood Creek project; Fran Gold project; Tillicum Gold project; Canada Lithium project; and Silica Projects.