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Ameriwest Lithium (XCNQ:AWLI) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : C$1.60 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Ameriwest Lithium Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Ameriwest Lithium's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was C$0.10 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was C$1.60 Mil.


Ameriwest Lithium Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ameriwest Lithium'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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Ameriwest Lithium Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Ameriwest Lithium Annual Data
Trend Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.04 0.09 0.54 9.05 3.62

Ameriwest Lithium Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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Competitive Comparison of Ameriwest Lithium's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Ameriwest Lithium'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.


Ameriwest Lithium's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Ameriwest Lithium's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ameriwest Lithium 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$1.60 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.


Ameriwest Lithium  (XCNQ:AWLI) 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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Ameriwest Lithium (XCNQ:AWLI) Business Description

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Address
1110 Hamilton Street, Suite 306, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6B 2S2
Ameriwest Lithium Inc is a junior mining company with a focus on identifying and evaluating mineral resource projects for further exploration and future development. The company portfolio includes Koster Dam Property, Canada; Thunderbird Property, Canada; Quet & Fire Property, Canada; ESN Property, USA; Deer Musk East Property, USA; Railroad Valley Property, USA; Edwards Creek Valley Property, USA and Thompson Valley Property, USA. The company operates in one reportable operating segment, the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties. It operates in Canada and the United States.

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