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MS International (LSE:MSI) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : £19.56 Mil (TTM As of Oct. 2023)


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What is MS International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. MS International's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Oct. 2023 was £9.74 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2023 was £19.56 Mil.


MS International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for MS International'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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MS International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

MS International Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.38 16.00 15.54 15.40 18.15

MS International Semi-Annual Data
Apr14 Oct14 Apr15 Oct15 Apr16 Oct16 Apr17 Oct17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.63 7.77 8.34 9.81 9.74

Competitive Comparison of MS International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Conglomerates subindustry, MS International'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.


MS International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, MS International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where MS International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



MS International 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 Oct. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £19.56 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.


MS International  (LSE:MSI) 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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MS International (LSE:MSI) Business Description

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Balby Carr Bank, Doncaster, GBR, DN4 8DH
MS International PLC is engaged in the design and manufacturing of specialist engineering products and the provision of related services. The company's operating segment include Defence; Forgings; Petrol Station Superstructures and Corporate Branding. Defence segment designs, manufactures, and services defence equipment. The Petrol Station Branding division is engaged in the design and installation of the complete appearance of petrol stations. It generates maximum revenue from the Defence segment. Geographically, it derives most of the revenue from Europe and has a presence in the United Kingdom, the Americas, and the Rest of the World.