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AluworksXGHA:ALW Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is GHS1.39 Mil as of Dec. 2020.
Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Aluworks's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2020 was GHS1.39 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 was GHS1.39 Mil.
Aluworks (XGHA:ALW) 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.
Aluworks Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Aluworks Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Aluworks'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.
XGHA:ALW vs AA: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Aluminum subindustry, Aluworks'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.
Aluworks Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Metals & Mining Industry
For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Aluworks's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Aluworks's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Aluworks 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.
For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 was GHS1.39 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 GHS1.39 Mil mean?
Aluworks (XGHA:ALW) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of GHS1.39 Mil as of Dec. 2020. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Aluworks and its competitors.
Is Aluworks' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Aluworks' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is GHS1.39 Mil.
How does Aluworks' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to AA?
Aluworks' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of GHS1.39 Mil can be compared against companies in the Metals & Mining 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 a Metals & Mining company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Metals & Mining 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 Aluworks and its competitors. Aluworks's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is GHS1.39 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Aluworks stock overvalued right now?
Aluworks (XGHA:ALW) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of GHS1.39 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is GHS1.39 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 Aluworks (XGHA:ALW), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is GHS1.39 Mil as of Dec. 2020. 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.
Aluworks Ltd is engaged in continuous casting and cold rolling of aluminum products. The company manufactures aluminum coils, circles, corrugated sheets, and flat sheets. It acts as a supplier of aluminum coils, discs, flat sheets and sheet-in-coil as raw materials for many small and medium-scale factories manufacturing aluminum household cooking utensils, corrugated roofing sheets, and general fabrication. The company generates the majority of its revenue from Ghana.
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