Ingenio Azucarero del Norte Compania de Economia Mixta IANCEM (QUI:ICM) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $ Mil (TTM As of . 20)

Ingenio Azucarero del Norte Compania de Economia Mixta IANCEM  (QUI:ICM) 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.

Ingenio Azucarero del Norte Compania de Economia Mixta IANCEM Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms

The historical data trend for Ingenio Azucarero del Norte Compania de Economia Mixta IANCEM'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.

Ingenio Azucarero del Norte Compania de Economia Mixta IANCEM Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

QUI:ICM vs : Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Farm Products subindustry, Ingenio Azucarero del Norte Compania de Economia Mixta IANCEM'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.

Ingenio Azucarero del Norte Compania de Economia Mixta IANCEM Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Ingenio Azucarero del Norte Compania de Economia Mixta IANCEM's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ingenio Azucarero del Norte Compania de Economia Mixta IANCEM's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.

Ingenio Azucarero del Norte Compania de Economia Mixta IANCEM 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.

Ingenio Azucarero del Norte Compania de Economia Mixta IANCEM Business Description