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Algoma Steel Group (Algoma Steel Group) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $80 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Algoma Steel Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Algoma Steel Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $21 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $80 Mil.


Algoma Steel Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Algoma Steel Group'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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Algoma Steel Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Algoma Steel Group Annual Data
Trend Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
40.40 57.28 81.04 72.35

Algoma Steel Group Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.90 18.27 17.54 22.84 21.24

Competitive Comparison of Algoma Steel Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Steel subindustry, Algoma Steel Group'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.


Algoma Steel Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Algoma Steel Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Algoma Steel Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Algoma Steel Group 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 Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $80 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.


Algoma Steel Group  (NAS:ASTL) 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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Algoma Steel Group (Algoma Steel Group) Business Description

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105 West Street, Sault Ste., Marie, ON, CAN, P6A 7B4
Algoma Steel Group Inc is a Canadian company engaged in the production of clean and consistent light gauge steel. The company offers a range of hot and cold rolled steel sheet and plate products. The firm operates in a single segment of basic steel production including sheets, plates, slabs, and freights. The Company's revenue is generated from contracts to produce, ship, and deliver steel products Geographically it serves Canada, the United States, and the rest of the world, whilst driving key revenue from domestic sales. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the sale of Steel sheets and strips.