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Tomen Electronics (TSE:7558) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : 円417 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2014)


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What is Tomen Electronics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Tomen Electronics's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2014 was 円213 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2014 was 円417 Mil.


Tomen Electronics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tomen Electronics'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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Tomen Electronics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Tomen Electronics Annual Data
Trend Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 586.00 812.00 668.00 402.00 411.00

Tomen Electronics Quarterly Data
Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14
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 184.00 -185.00 150.00 239.00 213.00

Competitive Comparison of Tomen Electronics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Electronics & Computer Distribution subindustry, Tomen Electronics'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.


Tomen Electronics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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Tomen Electronics 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. 2014 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was 円417 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.


Tomen Electronics  (TSE:7558) 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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Tomen Electronics (TSE:7558) Business Description

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Tomen Electronics Corporation is an importer, exporter, and distributor of electronic devices which includes semiconductor, storage and communication unit components, software and others. The company is segmented into Automotive; Consumer; Imaging; Information and communications; Industrial Equipment; Power Electronics and Amusement.

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