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Nutrastar International (Nutrastar International) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $3.62 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2015)


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What is Nutrastar International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Nutrastar International's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2015 was $0.80 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2015 was $3.62 Mil.


Nutrastar International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nutrastar International'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.

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Nutrastar International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Nutrastar International Annual Data
Trend Jul05 Jul06 Jul07 Jul08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.82 4.48 4.76 5.07 3.84

Nutrastar International Quarterly Data
Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15
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Competitive Comparison of Nutrastar International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Nutrastar International'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.


Nutrastar International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Nutrastar International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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Nutrastar International 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. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.62 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.


Nutrastar International  (GREY:NUIN) 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.


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Nutrastar International (Nutrastar International) Business Description

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Nutrastar International Inc produces and supplies traditional Chinese medicine consumer products. The business activity of the group is operated by Cordyceps Militaris, Beverages and Organic and specialty food products segments. The Cordyceps Militaris segment consists of the growing and sales of Cordyceps Militaris, which business is conducted through Daqing Shuaiyi. The beverages segment consists of the manufacturing of functional health beverages featuring the Cordyceps Militaris as a core ingredient. The organic and specialty food products segment consists of the sales of rice, flour, silage corn and other agricultural products. In addition, it is also a wholesale distributor of organic and specialty food. All the operations are carried out in China.

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