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Utility Split Trust (TSX:UST.PR.B.PFD) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : C$0.40 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2016)


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What is Utility Split Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Utility Split Trust's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2016 was C$0.21 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2016 was C$0.40 Mil.


Utility Split Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Utility Split Trust'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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Utility Split Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Utility Split Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.10 0.53 0.52 0.48 0.44

Utility Split Trust Semi-Annual Data
Dec08 Jun09 Dec09 Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16
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 0.26 0.21 0.25 0.19 0.21

Competitive Comparison of Utility Split Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Asset Management subindustry, Utility Split Trust'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.


Utility Split Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Utility Split Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Utility Split Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Utility Split Trust 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 Jun. 2016 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$0.40 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.


Utility Split Trust  (TSX:UST.PR.B.PFD) 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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Utility Split Trust (TSX:UST.PR.B.PFD) Business Description

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Utility Split Trust was formed on October 24, 2006 and is domiciled in Canada. It is a close ended equity mutual fund of fund launched by First Asset Fund Inc. The fund is managed by First Asset Investment Management Inc. It invests in funds investing in the public equity markets. The fund also makes direct investments in the public equity markets. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies engaged in the utilities sector.

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