Media Times (KAR:MDTL) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : ₨ Mil (TTM As of . 20)

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What is Media Times Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Media Times's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in . 20 was ₨0.00 Mil. Media Times does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.

Media Times Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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Competitive Comparison of Media Times's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

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Media Times's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Media Times's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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Media Times 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.

Media Times (KAR:MDTL) 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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96-B/1, M.M. Alam Road, Lower Ground Floor, First Capital House, Gulberg-III, Lahore, PB, PAK

Website

https://www.dailytimes.com.pk

Media Times Ltd is involved in printing and publishing English and Urdu newspapers and magazines under the names Daily Times and AajKal. The company is also engaged in production, promotion, advertisement, distribution, and broadcasting of television programs through satellite channels by the name of Business Plus and Zaiqa. The company's operating segment includes Print Media and Electronic Media. Geographically, it operates only in Pakistan.

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