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PrimeCare Systems (PrimeCare Systems) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $0.10 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2011)


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What is PrimeCare Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. PrimeCare Systems's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.03 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.10 Mil.


PrimeCare Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for PrimeCare Systems'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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PrimeCare Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

PrimeCare Systems Annual Data
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Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.28 0.11 0.08 0.19 0.07

PrimeCare Systems Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of PrimeCare Systems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Health Information Services subindustry, PrimeCare Systems'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.


PrimeCare Systems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, PrimeCare Systems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



PrimeCare Systems 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 Mar. 2011 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.10 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.


PrimeCare Systems  (OTCPK:PCYS) 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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PrimeCare Systems (PrimeCare Systems) Business Description

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610 Thimble Shoals Boulevard, Suite 402 A, Newport News, VA, USA, 23606
PrimeCare Systems Inc develops and markets software and diagnostic products for the healthcare industry.

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