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Merko Ehitus AS (FRA:MKS) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : €5.7 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Merko Ehitus AS Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Merko Ehitus AS's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €5.2 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was €5.7 Mil.


Merko Ehitus AS Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Merko Ehitus AS'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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Merko Ehitus AS Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Merko Ehitus AS Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.03 4.70 4.71 5.29 5.52

Merko Ehitus AS Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of Merko Ehitus AS's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Merko Ehitus AS'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.


Merko Ehitus AS's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Merko Ehitus AS's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Merko Ehitus AS's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Merko Ehitus AS 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 Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €5.7 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.


Merko Ehitus AS  (FRA:MKS) 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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Merko Ehitus AS (FRA:MKS) Business Description

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Jarvevana tee 9G, Tallinn, EST, 11314
Merko Ehitus AS is a construction company. It is engaged in the business of general contracting of construction and on providing complete solutions in professional construction and real estate development. The company operates under two reportable segments that are construction service and real estate development. Construction service contributes to the majority of the revenue. The firm operates mainly in Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Norway.