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Cerro Verde Forestal (BIGFOREST) (XGUA:BIG) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $ Mil (TTM As of . 20)


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What is Cerro Verde Forestal (BIGFOREST) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Cerro Verde Forestal (BIGFOREST)'s selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in . 20 was $0.00 Mil. Cerro Verde Forestal (BIGFOREST) does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.


Cerro Verde Forestal (BIGFOREST) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cerro Verde Forestal (BIGFOREST)'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Cerro Verde Forestal (BIGFOREST) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Cerro Verde Forestal (BIGFOREST)'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Farm Products subindustry, Cerro Verde Forestal (BIGFOREST)'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.


Cerro Verde Forestal (BIGFOREST)'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Cerro Verde Forestal (BIGFOREST)'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cerro Verde Forestal (BIGFOREST)'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Cerro Verde Forestal (BIGFOREST) 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.


Cerro Verde Forestal (BIGFOREST)  (XGUA:BIG) 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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Cerro Verde Forestal (BIGFOREST) (XGUA:BIG) Business Description

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Address
Avenue October 9 No. 100 and Malecon, Previsora Building of 2206, Guayaquil, ECU
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Cerro Verde Forestal (BIGFOREST) is engaged in the sowing, harvest, and commercialization of teak. The company buys and imports certified Teak seed from Costa Rica.