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Arpak International Investments (KAR:ARPAK) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : ₨ Mil (TTM As of . 20)


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What is Arpak International Investments Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Arpak International Investments's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in . 20 was ₨0.00 Mil. Arpak International Investments does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.


Arpak International Investments Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arpak International Investments's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of Arpak International Investments's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Asset Management subindustry, Arpak International Investments'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.


Arpak International Investments's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Arpak International Investments's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Arpak International Investments's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Arpak International Investments 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.


Arpak International Investments  (KAR:ARPAK) 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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Arpak International Investments (KAR:ARPAK) Business Description

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Address
King’s Arcade, 20-A, Markaz F-7, Islamabad, PAK
Arpak International Investments Ltd is principally engaged in the investment business of various forms. Additionally, it offers to buy, rent, and sell industrial and agricultural commodities as well as real estate for development. Investment of funds in shares, stocks, fixed income instruments, bonds, modaraba certificates, TFCs, and certificates of investments, etc are also included in its range of business activities.

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