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Hup Seng Industries Bhd (XKLS:5024) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : RM52.7 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Hup Seng Industries Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Hup Seng Industries Bhd's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was RM13.0 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was RM52.7 Mil.


Hup Seng Industries Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hup Seng Industries Bhd'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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Hup Seng Industries Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Hup Seng Industries Bhd 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 55.79 52.51 46.90 45.75 51.95

Hup Seng Industries Bhd Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of Hup Seng Industries Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Hup Seng Industries Bhd'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.


Hup Seng Industries Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Hup Seng Industries Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hup Seng Industries Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Hup Seng Industries Bhd 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 Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was RM52.7 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.


Hup Seng Industries Bhd  (XKLS:5024) 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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Hup Seng Industries Bhd (XKLS:5024) Business Description

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Address
14 Jalan Kilang, Kawasan Perindustrian, Batu Pahat, Tongkang Pecah, JHR, MYS, 83010
Hup Seng Industries Bhd is engaged in the business of manufacturing biscuits. Principally, it is involved in the production and sale of biscuits and confectionery food items as well as beverages. The company operates through three segments. It's Biscuit manufacturing segment manufacture and sells biscuits. The Beverage segment consists of wholesale of coffee mix and all kinds of foodstuff. It's Trading division segment markets and distributes biscuits, confectionery, and other foodstuffs. The company offers special cream crackers, cookies, cream sandwich biscuits, peanut butter sandwich, and many more.

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