Al Jazeera Services (MUS:AJSS) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: ر.ع0.43 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2018)

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What is Al Jazeera Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Al Jazeera Services MUS:AJSS -1.54% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ر.ع0.43 Mil as of Mar. 2018.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Al Jazeera Services's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2018 was ر.ع0.08 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2018 was ر.ع0.43 Mil.


Al Jazeera Services  (MUS:AJSS) 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.


Al Jazeera Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Al Jazeera Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Al Jazeera Services's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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* 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.

Al Jazeera Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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Al Jazeera Services Quarterly Data
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MUS:AJSS vs STWC: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Al Jazeera Services'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.


Al Jazeera Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Al Jazeera Services's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Al Jazeera Services's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Al Jazeera Services 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. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ر.ع0.43 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 ر.ع0.43 Mil mean?
Al Jazeera Services (MUS:AJSS) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ر.ع0.43 Mil as of Mar. 2018. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Al Jazeera Services and its competitors.
Is Al Jazeera Services' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Al Jazeera Services' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ر.ع0.43 Mil.
How does Al Jazeera Services' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to STWC?
Al Jazeera Services' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ر.ع0.43 Mil can be compared against companies in the Business Services 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 Business Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Business Services 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 Al Jazeera Services and its competitors. Al Jazeera Services's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ر.ع0.43 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Al Jazeera Services stock overvalued right now?
Al Jazeera Services (MUS:AJSS) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ر.ع0.43 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ر.ع0.43 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 Al Jazeera Services (MUS:AJSS), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ر.ع0.43 Mil as of Mar. 2018. 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.

Al Jazeera Services Business Description

Address 408, 4th Floor, International Medical Centre, P.O.Box 2865, Near Al Hamriya Roundabout, Ruwi, OMN, 112
Al Jazeera Services, formerly Al Jazeira Services Co SAOG, and its subsidiary are mainly engaged in catering and service support in Oman. The firm is engaged in contracting services which include catering, housekeeping, laundry, equipment supplies, and allied services. The contracting services business involves the feeding and housing of workers and personnel engaged in the industrial, oil, and gas sectors, military and civilian defense forces, and hospital, and educational sectors. In addition, the company is also engaged in investment activities. The company holds investment interests in banking, services, and industrial sectors in the local securities market as well as in the overseas stock market.