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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Shimmick Construction Company's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Jun. 2015 was $10.33 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 was $19.10 Mil.
Shimmick Construction Company (NAS:SCCI) 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.
Shimmick Construction Company Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Shimmick Construction Company Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
* 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.
Shimmick Construction Company Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Shimmick Construction Company Annual Data
Trend
Dec13
Dec14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
10.39
15.42
Shimmick Construction Company Semi-Annual Data
Dec13
Jun14
Dec14
Jun15
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.00
6.66
8.77
10.33
SCCI vs TSSI, SWMM, SFHI: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Shimmick Construction Company'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.
Shimmick Construction Company Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Construction Industry
For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Shimmick Construction Company's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Shimmick Construction Company's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Shimmick Construction Company 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. 2015 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $19.10 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.
What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $19.10 Mil mean?
Shimmick Construction Company (SCCI) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $19.10 Mil as of Jun. 2015. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Shimmick Construction Company and its competitors.
Is Shimmick Construction Company's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Shimmick Construction Company's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $19.10 Mil.
How does Shimmick Construction Company's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to TSSI and SWMM?
Shimmick Construction Company's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $19.10 Mil can be compared against companies in the Construction 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 a Construction company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Construction 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 Shimmick Construction Company and its competitors. Shimmick Construction Company's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $19.10 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Shimmick Construction Company stock overvalued right now?
Shimmick Construction Company (SCCI) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $19.10 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $19.10 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 Shimmick Construction Company (SCCI), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $19.10 Mil as of Jun. 2015. 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.
Shimmick Construction Company Business Description
Shimmick Construction Company Inc is a heavy civil construction company founded in 1990. The Company is engaged in construction activities in the western United States, with operations in California. The Company offers general construction, construction management, and design-build services to federal, state, and local public agencies and private customers in California and the Western United States. The Company operates in two segments including construction Projects and Construction Materials. The Construction Projects segment performs construction projects including new construction and improvement of streets, roads, highways, bridges, site work, underground, power-related facilities, utilities and other infrastructure projects. The Construction Materials segment mines and processes aggregates and operates plants that produce construction materials for internal use and for sale to third parties. The Company's customers include Caltrans, City of San Francisco, Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, LA MTA, BART, VTA, and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). The Company faces competition from competitors including Balfour Beatty plc, Barnard Construction Company, Inc., Dragados S.A., Flatiron Construction Corp., Fluor Corporation, Granite Construction Incorporated, Kiewit Corporation, Obayashi Corporation, Skanska AB, Traylor Bros., Inc., Tutor Perini Corporation, and Walsh Construction Co. The Company's business is subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the environment, including those relating to discharges to air, water and land, the handling and disposal of solid and hazardous waste, the handling of underground storage tanks and the cleanup of properties affected by hazardous substances.
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