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Cheetah Oil & Gas (Cheetah Oil & Gas) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $0.22 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2011)


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What is Cheetah Oil & Gas Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Cheetah Oil & Gas's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2011 was $0.05 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2011 was $0.22 Mil.


Cheetah Oil & Gas Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cheetah Oil & Gas'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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Cheetah Oil & Gas Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Cheetah Oil & Gas Annual Data
Trend Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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Cheetah Oil & Gas Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Cheetah Oil & Gas's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Cheetah Oil & Gas'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.


Cheetah Oil & Gas's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Cheetah Oil & Gas's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cheetah Oil & Gas's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Cheetah Oil & Gas 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 Jun. 2011 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.22 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.


Cheetah Oil & Gas  (OTCPK:COHG) 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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Cheetah Oil & Gas (Cheetah Oil & Gas) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
498 Ellis Street, Second Floor, Penticton, BC, CAN, V2A 4MS
Cheetah Oil & Gas Ltd is an exploration stage oil and gas company which engages in the exploration for petroleum and natural gas.
Executives
Robert Mcallister other: formerCEO #203 - 688 LEQUIME ROAD, KELOWNA A1 V1W 1A4
Donald James Findlay director #30 NEW STREET SE, CALGARY A0 T2G 3X9

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