TXRP (TX Rail Products) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $0.07 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2019)

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What is TX Rail Products Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

TX Rail Products TXRP Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.07 Mil as of Sep. 2019.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. TX Rail Products's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2019 was $-0.07 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2019 was $0.07 Mil.


TX Rail Products  (OTCPK:TXRP) 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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TX Rail Products Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for TX Rail Products'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.

TX Rail Products Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

TX Rail Products Annual Data
Trend Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20
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TX Rail Products Quarterly Data
Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Sep20
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TXRP vs FAST, GWW, WSO: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, TX Rail Products'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.


TX Rail Products Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Distribution Industry

For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, TX Rail Products's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where TX Rail Products's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



TX Rail Products 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. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.07 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.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.07 Mil mean?
TX Rail Products (TXRP) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.07 Mil as of Sep. 2019. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on TX Rail Products and its competitors.
Is TX Rail Products' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
TX Rail Products' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.07 Mil.
How does TX Rail Products' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to FAST and GWW?
TX Rail Products' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.07 Mil can be compared against companies in the Industrial Distribution 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 an Industrial Distribution company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Industrial Distribution 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 TX Rail Products and its competitors. TX Rail Products's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.07 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is TX Rail Products stock overvalued right now?
TX Rail Products (TXRP) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.07 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.07 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 TX Rail Products (TXRP), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.07 Mil as of Sep. 2019. 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.

TX Rail Products Business Description

Address 12080 Virginia Boulevard, Ashland, KY, USA, 41102
TX Rail Products Inc is in the business of supplying, distributing and selling rail material to domestic coal mining industry, short line railroads, and tunneling contractors.