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African Sun (XZIM:ASUN.ZW) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : ZWL940 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2022)


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What is African Sun Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. African Sun's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2022 was ZWL692 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2022 was ZWL940 Mil.


African Sun Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for African Sun'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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African Sun Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

African Sun Annual Data
Trend Sep09 Sep11 Sep12 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 52.74 157.35 245.17 628.36 940.29

African Sun Semi-Annual Data
Sep09 Mar11 Sep11 Mar12 Sep12 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22
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 - 119.93 508.43 248.47 691.83

Competitive Comparison of African Sun's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Lodging subindustry, African Sun'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.


African Sun's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, African Sun's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



African Sun 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 Dec. 2022 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ZWL940 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.


African Sun  (XZIM:ASUN.ZW) 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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African Sun (XZIM:ASUN.ZW) Business Description

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Address
870 Endeavour Crescent off Norfolk Road, Bally House, P.O. Box CY 1211, Mount Pleasant Business Park, Causeway, Harare, ZWE
African Sun Ltd is a hotel investment company. It manages hotel operations in Zimbabwe. The company has five segments namely, Resort Hotels, City and Country Hotels, Victoria Falls Hotel Partnership, Sun Leisure and Real Estate and Others. It generates the majority of its revenue from the City and Country Hotels segment.

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