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Guangzhou Automobile Group Co (SHSE:601238) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : ¥6,671 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Guangzhou Automobile Group Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was ¥4,764 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was ¥6,671 Mil.


Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guangzhou Automobile Group Co'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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Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Guangzhou Automobile Group Co 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 4,665.91 3,707.16 4,258.75 4,560.67 6,212.42

Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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Competitive Comparison of Guangzhou Automobile Group Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Guangzhou Automobile Group Co'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.


Guangzhou Automobile Group Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Guangzhou Automobile Group Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Guangzhou Automobile Group Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Guangzhou Automobile Group Co 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 Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ¥6,671 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.


Guangzhou Automobile Group Co  (SHSE:601238) 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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Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
18 Whitfield Road, Room 808, Citicorp Centre, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, HKG
Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Ltd is a state-controlled producer of passenger vehicles, motorcycles, and auto parts. The company's activities are broadly classified into two segments; The vehicles and related operations segment include the production and sale of a variety of passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, automotive parts, and related operations, and the Others segment includes mainly the production and sale of motorcycles, automobile finance, and insurance, other financing services, and investing businesses. The firm's operations are spread across Mainland China and Hong Kong. Its vehicles segment generates a majority of the revenues for the company. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Mainland China.
Executives
Chen Mao Shan Director
Ceng Qing Hong Director
Wang Dan senior management
Chen Han Jun senior management
Chen Xiao Mu Director
Sui Li senior management
Wu Song senior management
Feng Xing Ya Directors, senior managers
Li Shao senior management
Shi Lei Supervisors
Gao Rui senior management
Yan Zhuang Li senior management
Zhang Qing Song senior management
Qu Yong Jian senior management
Yuan Zhong Rong Director

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