National Flour Mills (TRN:NFM) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: TTD Mil (TTM As of . 20)

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What is National Flour Mills Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

National Flour Mills TRN:NFM +1.31% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is TTD Mil as of . 20.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. National Flour Mills's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in . 20 was TTD0.00 Mil. National Flour Mills does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.


National Flour Mills  (TRN:NFM) 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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National Flour Mills Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for National Flour Mills's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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National Flour Mills Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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TRN:NFM vs : Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, National Flour Mills'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.


National Flour Mills Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, National Flour Mills's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where National Flour Mills's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



National Flour Mills 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.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of TTD Mil mean?
National Flour Mills (TRN:NFM) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of TTD Mil as of . 20. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on National Flour Mills and its competitors.
Is National Flour Mills' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
National Flour Mills' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is TTD Mil.
How does National Flour Mills' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ?
National Flour Mills' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of TTD Mil can be compared against companies in the Consumer Packaged Goods 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 Consumer Packaged Goods company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Consumer Packaged Goods 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 National Flour Mills and its competitors. National Flour Mills's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is TTD Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is National Flour Mills stock overvalued right now?
National Flour Mills (TRN:NFM) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of TTD Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is TTD 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 National Flour Mills (TRN:NFM), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is TTD Mil as of . 20. 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.

National Flour Mills Business Description

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Address 27-29 Wrightson Road, P.O. Box 1154, Port of Spain, TTO
National Flour Mills Ltd is engaged in the production and distribution of food products and animal and poultry feeds. It manufactures and distributes flour, flour by-products, and rice. Its products include wheat-based products, such as all-purpose flour, bakers flour, whole wheat flour, cake flour, self-rising flour, wheat germ, wheat bran, and wheat cereal; and dry mix products, including pholourie mix, split peas powder, baking powder, custard powder, and icing sugar.