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Sound Group (Sound Group) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $49.7 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Sound Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Sound Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $11.5 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $49.7 Mil.


Sound Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sound Group'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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Sound Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Sound Group Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 23.49 36.25 35.42 77.06 52.55

Sound Group Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 14.00 13.54 11.87 12.77 11.53

Competitive Comparison of Sound Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Sound Group'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.


Sound Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

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

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



Sound Group 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 Sep. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $49.7 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.


Sound Group  (NAS:SOGP) 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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Sound Group (Sound Group) Business Description

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Yangcheng Creative Industry Zone, No. 309 Middle Huangpu Avenue, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, CHN, 510655
Lizhi Inc is engaged in the operation of providing audio entertainment, podcast, advertising, and others in the People's Republic of China. The company aims to bring people closer together through voices through its product portfolios. It offers LIZHI App, an online UGC audio community, an interactive audio entertainment platform, and an online audio platform in China. The group's revenues comprise audio entertainment revenue, podcast, advertising, and other revenue. It derives a majority of its revenue from the People's Republic of China.