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Hotai Motor Co (TPE:2207) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : NT$25,332 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Hotai Motor 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. Hotai Motor Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$5,667 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$25,332 Mil.


Hotai Motor Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hotai Motor 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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Hotai Motor Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Hotai Motor 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 14,306.95 17,832.17 19,926.78 50,273.84 31,185.22

Hotai Motor Co 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 11,519.47 7,809.77 5,809.05 6,046.94 5,666.56

Competitive Comparison of Hotai Motor Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, Hotai Motor 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.


Hotai Motor Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Hotai Motor Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Hotai Motor 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 Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was NT$25,332 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.


Hotai Motor Co  (TPE:2207) 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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Hotai Motor Co (TPE:2207) Business Description

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No. 121 Sung Chiang Road, 8th-14th Floor, Taipei, TWN
Hotai Motor Co Ltd is an automobile distribution company domiciled in Taiwan. The company distributes new and used passenger vehicles under the Toyota and Lexus brands; commercial vehicles, including trucks, under the Toyota and HINO brands; and Toyota industrial equipment. It earns more than half its sales from HINO- and Toyota-branded products. In addition to vehicle sales, Hotai Motor provides leasing and financing services, insurance, vehicle accessories, and vehicle servicing. Its segments include the Distributor of Toyota and Hino products segments, Installment trading, Leasing, Property insurance, overseas sales agent and other segments. It has operations across both Taiwan and mainland China, with the vast majority of revenue derived domestically.

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