POOSF (Poseidon Concepts) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $24.0 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2012)


What is Poseidon Concepts Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Poseidon Concepts POOSF -90.00% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $24.0 Mil as of Sep. 2012.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Poseidon Concepts's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2012 was $7.9 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2012 was $24.0 Mil.


Poseidon Concepts  (OTCPK:POOSF) 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.


Poseidon Concepts Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Poseidon Concepts Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Poseidon Concepts'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.

Poseidon Concepts Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Poseidon Concepts Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 3.01 2.24 3.16 0.24 5.53

Poseidon Concepts Quarterly Data
Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.23 3.09 5.51 7.51 7.94

POOSF vs FLSS, BRS, GWTI: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Poseidon Concepts'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.


Poseidon Concepts Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Poseidon Concepts's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Poseidon Concepts 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. 2012 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $24.0 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 $24.0 Mil mean?
Poseidon Concepts (POOSF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $24.0 Mil as of Sep. 2012. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Poseidon Concepts and its competitors.
Is Poseidon Concepts' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Poseidon Concepts' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $24.0 Mil.
How does Poseidon Concepts' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to FLSS and BRS?
Poseidon Concepts' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $24.0 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 Poseidon Concepts and its competitors. Poseidon Concepts's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $24.0 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Poseidon Concepts stock overvalued right now?
Poseidon Concepts (POOSF) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $24.0 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $24.0 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 Poseidon Concepts (POOSF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $24.0 Mil as of Sep. 2012. 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.

Poseidon Concepts Business Description

Industry EnergyOil & Gas
Address 645 - 7th Avenue SW, Suite 1200, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2P 4G8
Poseidon Concepts Corp is a customer-focused provider of safe fluid handling solutions to the oil and natural gas sector across North America.