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Blackrock OilONTRF Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.07 Mil as of Jun. 2014.
Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Blackrock Oil's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Jun. 2014 was $0.07 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2014 was $0.07 Mil.
Blackrock Oil (OTCPK:ONTRF) 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.
Blackrock Oil Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Blackrock Oil Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Blackrock Oil'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.
Blackrock Oil Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Blackrock Oil Annual Data
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0.08
0.07
0.07
Blackrock Oil Semi-Annual Data
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Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.12
0.10
0.08
0.07
0.07
ONTRF vs WODI, BMMCF: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Blackrock Oil'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.
Blackrock Oil Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Oil & Gas Industry
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Blackrock Oil's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Blackrock Oil's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Blackrock Oil 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.
For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2014 was $0.07 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 $0.07 Mil mean?
Blackrock Oil (ONTRF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.07 Mil as of Jun. 2014. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Blackrock Oil and its competitors.
Is Blackrock Oil's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Blackrock Oil's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.07 Mil.
How does Blackrock Oil's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to WODI and BMMCF?
Blackrock Oil's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.07 Mil can be compared against companies in the Oil & Gas 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 an Oil & Gas company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Oil & Gas 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 Blackrock Oil and its competitors. Blackrock Oil's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.07 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Blackrock Oil stock overvalued right now?
Blackrock Oil (ONTRF) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.07 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.07 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 Blackrock Oil (ONTRF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.07 Mil as of Jun. 2014. 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.
Address255 Duncan Mill Road, Suite 203, Toronto, ON, CAN, M3B 3H9
Blackrock Oil Corp is a development stage company. It is engaged in the acquisition of oil and gas royalties, oil and gas exploration and production business in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
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