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Armada Data (TSXV:ARD) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : C$2.21 Mil (TTM As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Armada Data Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Armada Data's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was C$0.54 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was C$2.21 Mil.


Armada Data Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Armada Data'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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Armada Data Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Armada Data Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.96 3.02 2.85 2.58 2.29

Armada Data Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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Competitive Comparison of Armada Data's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Armada Data'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.


Armada Data's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

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

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



Armada Data 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 Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$2.21 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.


Armada Data  (TSXV:ARD) 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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Armada Data (TSXV:ARD) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
5080 Timberlea Boulevard, Suite 215, Mississauga, ON, CAN, L4W 4M2
Armada Data Corp is primarily involved in the accumulation and sale of data related to the purchase of new and used vehicles. The reportable segments of the company are Insurance services, CarCost Canada, and information technology services. The company generates the majority of revenue from Insurance services.
Executives
Glenn Hrabovsky Director

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