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Polar Power (Polar Power) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $5.38 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Polar Power Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Polar Power's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.36 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $5.38 Mil.


Polar Power Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Polar Power'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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Polar Power Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Polar Power 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 6.63 5.62 4.56 6.20 5.46

Polar Power Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 1.44 1.45 1.27 1.31 1.36

Competitive Comparison of Polar Power's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Polar Power'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.


Polar Power's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Polar Power's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Polar Power 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 $5.38 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.


Polar Power  (NAS:POLA) 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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Polar Power (Polar Power) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
249 East Gardena Boulevard, Gardena, CA, USA, 90248
Polar Power Inc is engaged in designing, manufacture, and sell DC power generators, renewable energy and cooling systems for applications primarily in the telecommunications market and, to a lesser extent, in other markets, including military, electric vehicle, marine and industrial. The company's products include DC generators, Back-up DC generators, hybrid power systems, Li-Ion battery systems, and Marine DC generators. The Companie's geographical presence is in United States, Canada, Mexico, South Pacific Islands, Japan, Europe and Middle East and Other Asia Pacific countries.
Executives
Keith Albrecht director 249 E. GARDENA BOULEVARD, GARDENA CA 90248
Arthur D. Sams director, 10 percent owner, officer: President, CEO, Secretary 249 E. GARDENA BOULEVARD, GARDENA CA 90248
Rajesh Masina officer: Chief Operating Officer 249 E. GARDENA BOULEVARD, GARDENA CA 90248
Luis Zavala officer: Chief Financial Officer 249 E. GARDENA BOULEVARD, GARDENA CA 90248
Peter Gross director 249 E. GARDENA BLVD., GARDENA CA 90248
Matthew Goldman director 249 E. GARDENA BOULEVARD, GARDENA CA 90248