Bowen Coking Coal (ASX:BCB) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: A$40.3 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2024)

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What is Bowen Coking Coal Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Bowen Coking Coal ASX:BCB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$40.3 Mil as of Dec. 2024.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Bowen Coking Coal's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2024 was A$20.5 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was A$40.3 Mil.


Bowen Coking Coal  (ASX:BCB) 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.


Bowen Coking Coal Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


Bowen Coking Coal Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Bowen Coking Coal'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.

Bowen Coking Coal Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Bowen Coking Coal Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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Bowen Coking Coal Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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ASX:BCB vs HCC, AMR, METC: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Coking Coal subindustry, Bowen Coking Coal'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.


Bowen Coking Coal Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Bowen Coking Coal's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bowen Coking Coal's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Bowen Coking Coal 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 Dec. 2024 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was A$40.3 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 A$40.3 Mil mean?
Bowen Coking Coal (ASX:BCB) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of A$40.3 Mil as of Dec. 2024. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Bowen Coking Coal and its competitors.
Is Bowen Coking Coal's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Bowen Coking Coal's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$40.3 Mil.
How does Bowen Coking Coal's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to HCC and AMR?
Bowen Coking Coal's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of A$40.3 Mil can be compared against companies in the Steel 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 a Steel company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Steel 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 Bowen Coking Coal and its competitors. Bowen Coking Coal's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$40.3 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Bowen Coking Coal stock overvalued right now?
Bowen Coking Coal (ASX:BCB) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of A$40.3 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$40.3 Mil. 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 Bowen Coking Coal (ASX:BCB), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$40.3 Mil as of Dec. 2024. 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.

Bowen Coking Coal Business Description

Address 167 Eagle Street, Level 4, Brisbane, QLD, AUS, 4000
Bowen Coking Coal Ltd is a coking coal exploration company. The firm holds the Broadmeadow East, Hillalong, Isaac River, Cooroorah, and Comet Ridge Coking Coal Projects, Bluff Mine, located in the Bowen Basin in Queensland, Australia. Also, BCB is a joint venture partner in the Lilyvale (15% interest) and Mackenzie (5% interest) Coking Coal Projects. The Group operates in one geographical location being Australia and its operations are organized into two business units being the exploration and development of coal and mining and sale of coal.