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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Noble Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2018 was $30 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2018 was $2 Mil.
Noble Group (OTCPK:NOBGY) 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.
Noble Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Noble Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Noble Group'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.
Noble Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
NOBGY vs SGOC, HHHH: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Conglomerates subindustry, Noble Group'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.
Noble Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Conglomerates Industry
For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Noble Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Noble Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Noble Group 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. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $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 $2 Mil mean?
Noble Group (NOBGY) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $2 Mil as of Sep. 2018. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Noble Group and its competitors.
Is Noble Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Noble Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2 Mil.
How does Noble Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to SGOC and HHHH?
Noble Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $2 Mil can be compared against companies in the Conglomerates 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 Conglomerates company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Conglomerates 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 Noble Group and its competitors. Noble Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Noble Group stock overvalued right now?
Noble Group (NOBGY) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $2 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2 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 Noble Group (NOBGY), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $2 Mil as of Sep. 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.
Noble Group Ltd operates and manages supply chain focused on purchasing physical commodities and transforming these into customized products. The business consist of logistics and transportation, price risk management and hedging, commodity processing and blending, as well as structured and trade finance products. The company has two segments - namely, the Energy Segment, with combines the former Energy and Gas & Power segments and includes the Oil Liquids, Gas & Power and Energy Coal businesses; and the Metals, Minerals and Ores Segment, which combines the former Metals & Mining and Corporate segments and includes the Metals, Carbon Steel Materials and Logistics businesses.
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