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Guardian Holdings (TRN:GHL) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : TTD Mil (TTM As of . 20)


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What is Guardian Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Guardian Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in . 20 was TTD0.00 Mil. Guardian Holdings does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.


Guardian Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guardian Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of Guardian Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Guardian Holdings'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.


Guardian Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Guardian Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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Guardian Holdings 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.


Guardian Holdings  (TRN:GHL) 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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Guardian Holdings (TRN:GHL) Business Description

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1 Guardian Drive, Westmoorings, TTO
Guardian Holdings Ltd is a holding company. Its subsidiaries provide financial services through the production, distribution & administration of insurance & investment products. Its principal operations are conducted throughout the Caribbean and in Netherland. The company also provides services namely Life and health insurance, Asset management, Trust services, General insurance and others.