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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Synthesis Energy Systems's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2019 was $1.91 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2019 was $4.74 Mil.
Synthesis Energy Systems (OTCPK:SYNE) 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.
Synthesis Energy Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Synthesis Energy Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Synthesis Energy Systems'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.
Synthesis Energy Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
SYNE vs SMGI, ALYE, FLSS: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Synthesis Energy Systems'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.
Synthesis Energy Systems Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Oil & Gas Industry
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Synthesis Energy Systems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Synthesis Energy Systems's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Synthesis Energy Systems 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. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4.74 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 $4.74 Mil mean?
Synthesis Energy Systems (SYNE) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.74 Mil as of Dec. 2019. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Synthesis Energy Systems and its competitors.
Is Synthesis Energy Systems' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Synthesis Energy Systems' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.74 Mil. Overall, Synthesis Energy Systems has a GF Score™ of 12/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Synthesis Energy Systems' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to SMGI and ALYE?
Synthesis Energy Systems' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.74 Mil can be compared against companies in the Oil & Gas 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 Oil & Gas company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Oil & Gas 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 Synthesis Energy Systems and its competitors. Synthesis Energy Systems's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.74 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Synthesis Energy Systems stock overvalued right now?
Synthesis Energy Systems (SYNE) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $4.74 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.74 Mil. Synthesis Energy Systems' 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 Synthesis Energy Systems (SYNE), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $4.74 Mil as of Dec. 2019. 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.
Synthesis Energy Systems Inc is a US-based clean energy company that develops, builds and owns clean energy projects. The company provides proprietary gasification technology systems and solutions to the energy and chemical industries. Its gasification technology is a flexible, efficient and economic technology used for the production of synthesis gas or syngas which is a mixture of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and methane. Business activities of the company include supplying its proprietary gasification technology, equipment, and services into projects where these lower cost feedstocks can be profitably converted into clean syngas, which can then be used to produce a variety of high-value energy and chemical products.
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