Berger Paints Jamaica (XJAM:BRG) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : JMD Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2008)

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What is Berger Paints Jamaica Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Berger Paints Jamaica's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2008 was JMD0 Mil. Berger Paints Jamaica does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2008.

Berger Paints Jamaica Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Berger Paints Jamaica's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Berger Paints Jamaica Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Berger Paints Jamaica's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Berger Paints Jamaica'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.

Berger Paints Jamaica's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Berger Paints Jamaica's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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Berger Paints Jamaica 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.

Berger Paints Jamaica (XJAM:BRG) 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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Berger Paints Jamaica (XJAM:BRG) Business Description

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Address

256 Spanish Town Road, P O Box 8, Kingston, JAM, 11

Website

https://www.bergerpaintscaribbean.com

Berger Paints Jamaica Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of paint and paint related products. The company's products and services include consumer service, protective coatings, marine paints and architectural and wood finishes. It offers paints, primers, textures, wood finishes, and light industrial finishes. It serves homes and institutions. The group has a strong presence in five regions of the world, including Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, South Pacific, and the Caribbean, through its five corporate brands - Berger International, Asian Paints, SCIB Paints, Apco Coatings, Taubmans, and Kadisco.