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Wellstar Energy (Wellstar Energy) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $0.55 Mil (TTM As of Oct. 2016)


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What is Wellstar Energy Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Wellstar Energy's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Oct. 2016 was $0.12 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2016 was $0.55 Mil.


Wellstar Energy Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wellstar Energy'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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Wellstar Energy Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Wellstar Energy Annual Data
Trend Jan07 Jan08 Jan09 Jan10 Jan11 Jan12 Jan13 Jan14 Jan15 Jan16
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.22 0.45 0.68 0.51 0.64

Wellstar Energy Quarterly Data
Jan12 Apr12 Jul12 Oct12 Jan13 Apr13 Jul13 Oct13 Jan14 Apr14 Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16
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 0.15 0.18 0.12 0.13 0.12

Competitive Comparison of Wellstar Energy's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Wellstar Energy'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.


Wellstar Energy's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Wellstar Energy's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Wellstar Energy 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 Oct. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.55 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.


Wellstar Energy  (GREY:WSEYF) 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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Wellstar Energy (Wellstar Energy) Business Description

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Wellstar Energy Corp was incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia on August 26, 1985, and has continued as a company under the Business Corporations Act of British Columbia. The Company is engaged in the exploration and evaluation of oil and gas and mineral properties in the USA and Canada.

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