Pacific Lime and Cement (ASX:PLA) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: A$9.25 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)


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What is Pacific Lime and Cement Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Pacific Lime and Cement ASX:PLA +2.63% 26 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$9.25 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates ASX:PLA with a GF Score™ of 26/100. The stock has 5 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. Pacific Lime and Cement's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was A$4.68 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was A$9.25 Mil.


Pacific Lime and Cement  (ASX:PLA) 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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Pacific Lime and Cement Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Pacific Lime and Cement'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.

Pacific Lime and Cement Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Pacific Lime and Cement Annual Data
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Pacific Lime and Cement Semi-Annual Data
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Pacific Lime and Cement Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Pacific Lime and Cement'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.


Pacific Lime and Cement Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Pacific Lime and Cement's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pacific Lime and Cement's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Pacific Lime and Cement 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. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was A$9.25 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$9.25 Mil mean?
Pacific Lime and Cement (ASX:PLA) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of A$9.25 Mil as of Dec. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Pacific Lime and Cement and its competitors.
Is Pacific Lime and Cement's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Pacific Lime and Cement's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$9.25 Mil. Overall, Pacific Lime and Cement has a GF Score™ of 26/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Pacific Lime and Cement's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
Pacific Lime and Cement's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of A$9.25 Mil can be compared against companies in the Metals & Mining 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 Metals & Mining company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Metals & Mining 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 Pacific Lime and Cement and its competitors. Pacific Lime and Cement's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$9.25 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Pacific Lime and Cement stock overvalued right now?
Pacific Lime and Cement (ASX:PLA) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of A$9.25 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$9.25 Mil. Pacific Lime and Cement's overall GF Score™ is 26/100 with 5 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 Pacific Lime and Cement (ASX:PLA), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is A$9.25 Mil as of Dec. 2025. 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.

Pacific Lime and Cement Business Description

Address 300 Adelaide Street, Level 7, Brisbane, QLD, AUS, 4000
Pacific Lime and Cement Ltd is an investment holding company focused on exploration and evaluation in Papua New Guinea. The Group is organized into the following segments: Cement and Lime, which includes limestone and the Central Cement and Lime Project; Iron and Industrial Sands, focusing on the development of the Orokolo Bay Iron and Industrial Sands Project; Coal and Power, managing the Depot Creek coal resource and domestic power project proposals; Renewables, investing in forestry carbon credit projects and proposed solar and geothermal projects; and Corporate, providing group-level corporate services, investment, and treasury functions.
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