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Ostin Technology Group Co (Ostin Technology Group Co) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $9.72 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Ostin Technology Group Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Ostin Technology Group Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was $5.22 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $9.72 Mil.


Ostin Technology Group Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ostin Technology Group Co'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.

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Ostin Technology Group Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Ostin Technology Group Co Annual Data
Trend Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
2.22 5.30 8.96 10.44 9.72

Ostin Technology Group Co Semi-Annual Data
Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 3.86 4.97 5.47 4.50 5.22

Competitive Comparison of Ostin Technology Group Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Ostin Technology Group Co'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.


Ostin Technology Group Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Ostin Technology Group Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ostin Technology Group Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Ostin Technology Group Co 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. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9.72 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.


Ostin Technology Group Co  (NAS:OST) 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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Ostin Technology Group Co (Ostin Technology Group Co) Business Description

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1 Kechuang Road, Building 2, 101/201, Qixia District, Nanjing, CHN, 210046
Ostin Technology Group Co Ltd is a supplier of display modules and polarizers in China. It designs, develops, and manufactures TFT-LCD modules in a wide range of sizes and customized sizes according to the specifications of its customers. Its display modules are mainly used in consumer electronics, commercial LCD displays, and automotive displays. The company also manufactures polarizers used in the TFT-LCD display modules and is in the process of developing polarizers for the OLED display panel.

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