QEXXF (Quattro Exploration and Production) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $3.21 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2016)

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What is Quattro Exploration and Production Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Quattro Exploration and Production QEXXF Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.21 Mil as of Sep. 2016.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Quattro Exploration and Production's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2016 was $0.80 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2016 was $3.21 Mil.


Quattro Exploration and Production  (OTCPK:QEXXF) 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.


Quattro Exploration and Production Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Quattro Exploration and Production Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Quattro Exploration and Production'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.

Quattro Exploration and Production Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Quattro Exploration and Production Annual Data
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Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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Quattro Exploration and Production Quarterly Data
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QEXXF vs COIL, PVAHQ, CPPXF: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Quattro Exploration and Production'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.


Quattro Exploration and Production Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Oil & Gas Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Quattro Exploration and Production's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Quattro Exploration and Production 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. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.21 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 $3.21 Mil mean?
Quattro Exploration and Production (QEXXF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $3.21 Mil as of Sep. 2016. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Quattro Exploration and Production and its competitors.
Is Quattro Exploration and Production's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Quattro Exploration and Production's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.21 Mil.
How does Quattro Exploration and Production's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to COIL and PVAHQ?
Quattro Exploration and Production's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $3.21 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 Quattro Exploration and Production and its competitors. Quattro Exploration and Production's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.21 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Quattro Exploration and Production stock overvalued right now?
Quattro Exploration and Production (QEXXF) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $3.21 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.21 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 Quattro Exploration and Production (QEXXF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.21 Mil as of Sep. 2016. 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.

Quattro Exploration and Production Business Description

Industry EnergyOil & Gas
Address 1250, 639-5 Avenue South West, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2P 2T3
Quattro Exploration and Production Ltd are principally engaged in the business of exploration and development of oil and natural gas reserves in Western Canada and Central America.