QIND (Quality Industrial) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $13.68 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2023)

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What is Quality Industrial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Quality Industrial QIND +21.54% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $13.68 Mil as of Jun. 2023.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Quality Industrial's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2023 was $3.33 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2023 was $13.68 Mil.


Quality Industrial  (OTCPK:QIND) 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.


Quality Industrial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Quality Industrial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Quality Industrial'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.

Quality Industrial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Quality Industrial Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.09 1.94 0.33 11.47

Quality Industrial Quarterly Data
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QIND vs OPTT, AUSI, NSGP: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Quality Industrial'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.


Quality Industrial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Quality Industrial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Quality Industrial 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 Jun. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $13.68 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 $13.68 Mil mean?
Quality Industrial (QIND) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $13.68 Mil as of Jun. 2023. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Quality Industrial and its competitors.
Is Quality Industrial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Quality Industrial's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $13.68 Mil.
How does Quality Industrial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to OPTT and AUSI?
Quality Industrial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $13.68 Mil can be compared against companies in the Industrial Products 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 Industrial Products company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Industrial Products 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 Quality Industrial and its competitors. Quality Industrial's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $13.68 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Quality Industrial stock overvalued right now?
Quality Industrial (QIND) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $13.68 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $13.68 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 Quality Industrial (QIND), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $13.68 Mil as of Jun. 2023. 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.

Quality Industrial Business Description

Address 505 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94104
Quality Industrial Corp is engaged in the manufacture and assembly of industrial equipment and precision-engineered technology for the Industrial, Oil & Gas, and Utility sectors. Its services include consulting, designing, supplying, installing, and maintaining LPG systems, as well as the transportation and supply of LPG in both bulk and cylinder formats. The firm cater to a diverse range of clients, including commercial buildings, mixed-use apartment complexes, shopping centers, food courts, heavy industries, labor accommodations, catering units, commercial kitchens, and dining establishments.