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Taesan LCD Company (XKRX:036210) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : ₩1,925 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2013)


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What is Taesan LCD Company Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Taesan LCD Company's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2013 was ₩613 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2013 was ₩1,925 Mil.


Taesan LCD Company Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Taesan LCD Company'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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Taesan LCD Company Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Taesan LCD Company Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
2,344.81 8,014.34 1,660.23 1,699.42 973.41

Taesan LCD Company Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Taesan LCD Company's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Taesan LCD Company'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.


Taesan LCD Company's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Taesan LCD Company's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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Taesan LCD Company 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 Sep. 2013 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ₩1,925 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.


Taesan LCD Company  (XKRX:036210) 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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Taesan LCD Company (XKRX:036210) Business Description

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Taesan LCD Co., Ltd. was established in 1983. The company manufactures TFT-LCD. The company also mass-produced backlight units for TFT-LCD. The company was recognized for its high-quality products and high export sales.

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