OTG (Otg Exp) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $ Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2014)

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What is Otg Exp Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Otg Exp OTG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil as of Dec. 2014.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Otg Exp's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2014 was $28.53 Mil. Otg Exp does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2014.


Otg Exp  (NAS:OTG) 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.


Otg Exp Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Otg Exp Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Otg Exp's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Otg Exp Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Otg Exp Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
20.29 28.53

Otg Exp Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Dec14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense 20.29 28.53

OTG vs IRGTQ, CDIF, STRZ: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Restaurants subindustry, Otg Exp'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.


Otg Exp Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Otg Exp's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Otg Exp's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Otg Exp 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.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil mean?
Otg Exp (OTG) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil as of Dec. 2014. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Otg Exp and its competitors.
Is Otg Exp's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Otg Exp's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil.
How does Otg Exp's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to IRGTQ and CDIF?
Otg Exp's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil can be compared against companies in the Restaurants 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 Restaurants company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Restaurants 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 Otg Exp and its competitors. Otg Exp's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Otg Exp stock overvalued right now?
Otg Exp (OTG) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $ Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ 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 Otg Exp (OTG), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $ Mil as of Dec. 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.

Otg Exp Business Description

Otg Exp Inc was incorporated on October 27, 2015 in Delaware. It is a travel restaurateur with operations in North America with more than 220 locations in 23 terminals across 10 airports. The Company designs, develops, operates and manages the terminal concessions programs, which refers to the programs where it either operates all of the F&B concessions or F&B and N&G concessions or have management authority over the concession program or terminal. The Company operates in the United States and Canada. It has relationships with manufacturers that deliver products directly to its concession locations. OTG's customers are comprised of two distinct groups. The first group includes airlines, such as United, Delta and JetBlue, airport operators and concession program managers. The other commercial enterprises include car rental companies, hotel chains and online shopping sites. The second group consists of the airport users, which include passengers, airline and airport employees. It competes with concession program companies, such as HMSHost Corporation, SSP Group and Hudson Group, as well as other regional and local concessionaires. The Company is subject to federal, state and local government regulations, including those relating to, among others, public health and safety, zoning and fire codes. Failure to obtain or retain food service, health permit or other licenses and approvals would adversely affect its operations.