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Cairn Homes (LSE:CRN) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : £10.0 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cairn Homes Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Cairn Homes's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was £-4.4 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was £10.0 Mil.


Cairn Homes Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cairn Homes'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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Cairn Homes Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Cairn Homes Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 5.55 7.32 7.29 9.91 10.09

Cairn Homes Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 -3.34 13.30 -3.57 14.43 -4.40

Competitive Comparison of Cairn Homes's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Residential Construction subindustry, Cairn Homes'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.


Cairn Homes's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Homebuilding & Construction Industry

For the Homebuilding & Construction industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Cairn Homes's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cairn Homes 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 £10.0 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.


Cairn Homes  (LSE:CRN) 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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Cairn Homes (LSE:CRN) Business Description

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45 Mespil Road, Dublin, IRL, D04 W2F1
Cairn Homes PLC is an Irish homebuilder. Its core activity is to design and develop properties for residential purposes, majorly in the suburbs of Dublin City. The company's portfolio predominantly comprises single-family homes and apartments that form a minor share. Its sales of residential property drive most company revenues.

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