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Wheelock and Co (Wheelock and Co) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $395 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2019)


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What is Wheelock and Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Wheelock and Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2019 was $201 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2019 was $395 Mil.


Wheelock and Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wheelock and Co'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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Wheelock and Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Wheelock and Co Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 508.86 462.07 492.53 406.68 395.41

Wheelock and Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19
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 224.38 178.79 227.26 193.84 201.04

Competitive Comparison of Wheelock and Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Real Estate - Diversified subindustry, Wheelock and Co'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.


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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Wheelock and Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Wheelock and 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 Dec. 2019 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $395 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.


Wheelock and Co  (OTCPK:WHLKF) 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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Wheelock and Co (Wheelock and Co) Business Description

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20 Pedder Street, 23rd Floor, Wheelock House, Hong Kong, HKG
Wheelock and Co Ltd is an investment holding company. The company through its subsidiaries operates through four segments namely Investment property, Development property, Hotels, and Logistics. It manages its diversified businesses according to the nature of services and products provided. The business of the group is functioned through the region of Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Singapore and it derives most of the revenue from Hong Kong as well as from the development segment.

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