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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Siem Industries's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Jun. 2022 was $9.5 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 was $9.5 Mil.
Siem Industries (OTCPK:SEMUF) 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.
Siem Industries Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Siem Industries Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Siem Industries'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.
Siem Industries Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
SEMUF vs GNK, ASC, CPLP: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Siem Industries'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.
Siem Industries Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Transportation Industry
For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Siem Industries's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Siem Industries's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Siem Industries 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. 2022 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9.5 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 $9.5 Mil mean?
Siem Industries (SEMUF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $9.5 Mil as of Jun. 2022. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Siem Industries and its competitors.
Is Siem Industries' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Siem Industries' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $9.5 Mil. Overall, Siem Industries has a GF Score™ of 12/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Siem Industries' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to GNK and ASC?
Siem Industries' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $9.5 Mil can be compared against companies in the Transportation 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 Transportation company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Transportation 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 Siem Industries and its competitors. Siem Industries's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $9.5 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Siem Industries stock overvalued right now?
Siem Industries (SEMUF) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $9.5 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $9.5 Mil. Siem Industries' overall GF Score™ is 12/100. 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 Siem Industries (SEMUF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $9.5 Mil as of Jun. 2022. 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.
Siem Industries Inc is a diversified industrial holding company that operates through autonomous affiliates. The company hold interests in several industrial areas including the oil and gas services industry and renewable energy sector, ocean transportation of refrigerated cargoes and automobiles, industrial shipping lease financing and potash-mining. It has segregated its operations into Offshore Support Vessels, Reefer Vessels and Car Carriers, Potash production, RoRo vessels, Scientific Core-Drilling and Corporate and Other.
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