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World Chess (LSE:CHSS) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : £3.31 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is World Chess Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. World Chess's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.00 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was £3.31 Mil.


World Chess Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for World Chess'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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World Chess Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

World Chess Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.70 2.05 2.65 2.85 3.74

World Chess Semi-Annual Data
Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 1.84 1.22 1.62 1.69 -

Competitive Comparison of World Chess's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Software - Application subindustry, World Chess'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.


World Chess's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, World Chess's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



World Chess 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. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £3.31 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.


World Chess  (LSE:CHSS) 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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World Chess (LSE:CHSS) Business Description

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World Chess PLC is the holding company of a group promoting the mass market appeal of chess globally through the commercial offering of chess-related activities. The activities of the company include the organization of top-level tournaments, operation of the official online gaming platform of the International Chess Federation and other sports, lifestyle and social activities, and merchandise related to chess.

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