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Kopp Glass (Kopp Glass) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $ Mil (TTM As of . 20)


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What is Kopp Glass Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

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


Kopp Glass Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kopp Glass's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of Kopp Glass's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Kopp Glass's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:

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Kopp Glass's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Kopp Glass's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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Kopp Glass 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.


Kopp Glass  (OTCPK:KOGL) 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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Kopp Glass (Kopp Glass) Business Description

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2108 Palmer St., Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 15218-2516
Kopp Glass Inc is engaged in manufacturing of hand molded, technical glass. Its products include colored filter glasses, aviation glasses, NVIS filter glass and spectral calculator.

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