What is DCT Industrial Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?
Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. DCT Industrial Trust's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2018 was $12.8 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2018 was $34.3 Mil.
DCT Industrial Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
The historical data trend for DCT Industrial Trust'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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DCT Industrial Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Competitive Comparison of DCT Industrial Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
For the REIT - Industrial subindustry, DCT Industrial Trust'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.
DCT Industrial Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the REITs Industry
For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, DCT Industrial Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where DCT Industrial Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
DCT Industrial Trust 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 Jun. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $34.3 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.
DCT Industrial Trust (NYSE:DCT) 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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DCT Industrial Trust (DCT Industrial Trust) Business Description
DCT Industrial Trust Inc is a real estate investment trust engaged in the acquiring, leasing, and managing of large distribution and light industrial warehouses near large U.S. urban markets. The company segments its operations into East, Central, and West divisions. DCT's property portfolio is fairly evenly distributed amongst its three regional units both in terms of total square footage and the percent of total revenue derived from each. The largest cities in each region play host to the most buildings. The company generates nearly all of its revenue in the form of rental revenue from its fairly diversified base of tenants. Manufacturing, transportation and warehousing, and wholesale trade companies account for most of DCT's revenue and total occupied square feet.
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