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Sina Finance and Credit Co (XTEH:VSIN1) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : IRR Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2014)


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What is Sina Finance and Credit Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Sina Finance and Credit Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Mar. 2014 was IRR1,819,000 Mil. Sina Finance and Credit Co does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2014.


Sina Finance and Credit Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sina Finance and Credit Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Sina Finance and Credit Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Sina Finance and Credit Co Annual Data
Trend Mar12 Mar13 Mar14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
1,127,000.00 1,428,000.00 1,819,000.00

Sina Finance and Credit Co Semi-Annual Data
Mar12 Mar13 Mar14
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense 1,127,000.00 1,428,000.00 1,819,000.00

Competitive Comparison of Sina Finance and Credit Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Sina Finance and Credit Co'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.


Sina Finance and Credit Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Sina Finance and Credit Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sina Finance and Credit Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Sina Finance and Credit Co 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.


Sina Finance and Credit Co  (XTEH:VSIN1) 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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Sina Finance and Credit Co (XTEH:VSIN1) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No 187 Motahari Avenue, Tehran, IRN, 1587998411
Sina Finance and Credit Co is a credit and finance company. Its business activities consist of monetary, financial and credential performances as well as other activities related to various parts of the economy and giving service to real and legal persons. The company also aims at funding various production, business and service units as well as granting credit facilities to various economic sectors. Sina offers various banking services including internet banking, mobile banking, telephone banking, loans, foreign exchange and SMS banking services.

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