GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Technology » Hardware » Lotes Co Ltd (TPE:3533) » Definitions » Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

Lotes Co (TPE:3533) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : NT$2,011 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2024)


View and export this data going back to 2007. Start your Free Trial

What is Lotes Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Lotes Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$721 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was NT$2,011 Mil.


Lotes Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lotes Co'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.

* Premium members only.

Lotes Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Lotes Co Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,459.61 1,612.51 1,760.05 2,158.53 2,361.00

Lotes Co Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 552.44 617.38 672.91 616.96 720.96

Competitive Comparison of Lotes Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Lotes Co'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.


Lotes Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Lotes Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lotes Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Lotes Co 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 Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was NT$2,011 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.


Lotes Co  (TPE:3533) 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.


Lotes Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Lotes Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Lotes Co Business Description

Industry
GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Technology » Hardware » Lotes Co Ltd (TPE:3533) » Definitions » Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
No. 15, Wuxun Street, Anle District, Keelung, TWN, 204
Lotes Co Ltd is principally engaged in the sale and purchase of various hardware parts and components, the manufacturing and processing of various terminals and their connectors, the import and export business in connection with the preceding item, and the agency of the preceding item in connection with the tender quotation and distribution of products of domestic and foreign manufacturers. It distributes its products within the domestic market and overseas markets.

Lotes Co Headlines

No Headlines