APWC (Asia Pacific Wire & Cable) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $29.7 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2026)


APWC Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corp Ltd APWC
62 GF Score
Price $1.56
GF Value $1.67
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable APWC +2.63% 62 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $29.7 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates APWC with a GF Score™ of 62/100 and a GF Value™ of $1.67 (Fairly Valued). The stock has 4 warning signs investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $7.6 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $29.7 Mil.


Asia Pacific Wire & Cable  (NAS:APWC) 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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Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Annual Data
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APWC vs CBAT, OESX, PPSI: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable'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.


Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Asia Pacific Wire & Cable 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. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $29.7 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.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $29.7 Mil mean?
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $29.7 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and its competitors.
Is Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $29.7 Mil. Overall, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has a GF Score™ of 62/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to CBAT and OESX?
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $29.7 Mil can be compared against companies in the Industrial Products industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for an Industrial Products company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Industrial Products industry context. However, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and its competitors. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $29.7 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Asia Pacific Wire & Cable stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is $1.67, compared to a current price of $1.56 — trading 6.6% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $29.7 Mil. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's overall GF Score™ is 62/100 with 4 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $29.7 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $1.56 is trading 6.6% below its estimated GF Value™ of $1.67. GuruFocus considers Asia Pacific Wire & Cable to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for APWC:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $29.7 Mil
  • GF Value™: $1.67 vs. price of $1.56 (6.6% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 62/100 with 4 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the APWC stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Business Description

Address Dunhua South Road, 15th Floor, B, No. 77, Section 2, Taipei, TWN, 106
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corp Ltd is a holding company. It is principally engaged in the manufacture and distribution of enameled wire, power cable, and telecommunications products in Thailand, Singapore, Australia, the PRC, Hong Kong, and certain other markets in the Asia Pacific region. It also provides project engineering services in the supply, delivery, and installation of power cables (SDI). Some of the company's products are Bare wires, Power cables, Communication cables, Electronic wires & cables, and Enamelled wires. The company's geographical segments are North Asia, Thailand, and the rest of the World.
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