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China Everbright Water (SGX:U9E) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : S$110 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is China Everbright Water Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. China Everbright Water's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was S$61 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was S$110 Mil.


China Everbright Water Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Everbright Water'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.

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China Everbright Water Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

China Everbright Water Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 82.82 75.89 117.33 126.87 109.38

China Everbright Water Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 73.67 56.83 70.92 48.28 61.46

Competitive Comparison of China Everbright Water's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, China Everbright Water'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.


China Everbright Water's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, China Everbright Water's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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China Everbright Water 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 Dec. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was S$110 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.


China Everbright Water  (SGX:U9E) 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.


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China Everbright Water (SGX:U9E) Business Description

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Number 1003 Shennan Avenue, 26th Floor, Block A, Oriental Xintiandi Plaza, Futian District, Shenzhen, CHN, 518000
China Everbright Water Ltd provides water supply, waste water treatment, sludge treatment, and other environmental services. It designs, constructs, and operates water treatment plants, and extracts energy from water discharged by the plants to power air-conditioning for various buildings. Concession arrangements from various Chinese government authorities span multiple years, and allow the company to operate plants and charge users a fee for consumption. Under the arrangements, China Everbright is obligated to maintain the plants, and receives annual payments from the grantors. Raw materials and consumables are utilized by experienced technicians to repair and maintain facilities. Majority of sales and assets are generated and located in China.

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