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Solution Financial (TSX:SFI) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : C$2.54 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Solution Financial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Solution Financial's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was C$0.61 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was C$2.54 Mil.


Solution Financial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Solution Financial'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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Solution Financial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Solution Financial Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.20 1.93 2.91 2.92 2.80

Solution Financial Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 0.80 0.57 0.56 0.80 0.61

Competitive Comparison of Solution Financial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, Solution Financial'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.


Solution Financial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Solution Financial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Solution Financial 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 Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$2.54 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.


Solution Financial  (TSX:SFI) 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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Solution Financial (TSX:SFI) Business Description

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Unit 137 - 8680 Cambie Road, Richmond, BC, CAN, V6X 4K1
Solution Financial Inc is engaged in retail sales, leases, and financing for high-end automotive vehicles, ultra-luxury vehicles, boats, and commercial equipment. The firm generates the majority of its revenue through the sales and leases of vehicles.

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