Toho Real Estate Co. (TSE:8833) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : 円1,985 Mil (TTM As of Feb. 2013)

Toho Real Estate Co. Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Toho Real Estate Co. Quarterly Data
	Feb11	May11	Aug11	Nov11	Feb12	May12	Aug12	Nov12	Feb13
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense	Get a 7-Day Free Trial				510.21	496.42	482.49	488.23	517.55

Competitive Comparison of Toho Real Estate Co.'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Toho Real Estate Co.'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:

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Toho Real Estate Co.'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Toho Real Estate Co.'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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Toho Real Estate 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 Feb. 2013 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was 円1,985 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.

Toho Real Estate Co.  (TSE:8833) 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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