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Pacific Online (Pacific Online) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $31.0 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Pacific Online Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Pacific Online's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $16.7 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $31.0 Mil.


Pacific Online Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pacific Online'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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Pacific Online Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Pacific Online 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 46.38 41.46 45.42 36.38 31.04

Pacific Online Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25.23 18.97 18.17 14.26 16.74

Competitive Comparison of Pacific Online's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Pacific Online'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.


Pacific Online's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Pacific Online's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Pacific Online 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 $31.0 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.


Pacific Online  (OTCPK:PCOLF) 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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Pacific Online (Pacific Online) Business Description

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115 Gaopu Road, National Software Park Base, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, CHN, 510663
Pacific Online Ltd is a provider of internet advertising services for different commodities in China. The Company has five specialized websites, namely PConline, PCauto, PClady, PCbaby, and PChouse, as well as an e-commerce portal. Its segments consist of PCauto, PConline, and Others. Maximum revenue is derived from PCauto which provides automobile-related content.

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