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Ho Wah Genting Bhd (XKLS:9601) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : RM15.5 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Ho Wah Genting 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. Ho Wah Genting Bhd's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was RM3.9 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was RM15.5 Mil.


Ho Wah Genting Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ho Wah Genting 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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Ho Wah Genting Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Ho Wah Genting Bhd Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Apr22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.86 14.97 14.23 18.90 15.42

Ho Wah Genting Bhd Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Mar21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of Ho Wah Genting Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Ho Wah Genting 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.


Ho Wah Genting Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Ho Wah Genting Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ho Wah Genting Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Ho Wah Genting 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 RM15.5 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.


Ho Wah Genting Bhd  (XKLS:9601) 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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Ho Wah Genting Bhd (XKLS:9601) Business Description

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Address
No. 35, Jalan Maharajalela, 1st Floor, Wisma Ho Wah Genting, Kuala Lumpur, SGR, MYS, 50150
Ho Wah Genting Bhd is engaged in investment holdings and the provision of management services to its subsidiaries. The group has four operating segments, namely, Investment, Moulded power supply cord sets, Healthcare and Travelling Services. Moulded power supply cord sets is engaged in manufacturing and trading of wires and cables, moulded power supply cord sets and cable assemblies for electrical and electronic devices and equipment. The group earns a majority of the revenue from Moulded power supply cord sets. Geographically, the group has a presence in North America, Malaysia and the Rest of Asia; with a majority of the revenue being generated from North America.

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