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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Bangkok Union Insurance PCL's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was ฿18 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was ฿72 Mil.
Bangkok Union Insurance PCL (BKK:BUI) 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.
Bangkok Union Insurance PCL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Bangkok Union Insurance PCL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Bangkok Union Insurance PCL'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.
Bangkok Union Insurance PCL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
BKK:BUI vs CB, PGR, TRV: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Bangkok Union Insurance PCL'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.
Bangkok Union Insurance PCL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Bangkok Union Insurance PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Bangkok Union Insurance PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Bangkok Union Insurance PCL 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 ฿72 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 ฿72 Mil mean?
Bangkok Union Insurance PCL (BKK:BUI) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ฿72 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 Bangkok Union Insurance PCL and its competitors.
Is Bangkok Union Insurance PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Bangkok Union Insurance PCL's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ฿72 Mil. Overall, Bangkok Union Insurance PCL has a GF Score™ of 67/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Bangkok Union Insurance PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to CB and PGR?
Bangkok Union Insurance PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ฿72 Mil can be compared against companies in the Insurance 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 Insurance company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Insurance 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 Bangkok Union Insurance PCL and its competitors. Bangkok Union Insurance PCL's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ฿72 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Bangkok Union Insurance PCL stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Bangkok Union Insurance PCL (BKK:BUI) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is ฿11.16, compared to a current price of ฿11.00 — trading 1.4% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ฿72 Mil. Bangkok Union Insurance PCL's overall GF Score™ is 67/100 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 Bangkok Union Insurance PCL (BKK:BUI), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ฿72 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 Bangkok Union Insurance PCL (BKK:BUI) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Bangkok Union Insurance PCL stock appears to be undervalued.
The current stock price of ฿11.00 is trading 1.4% below its estimated GF Value™ of ฿11.16.
GuruFocus considers Bangkok Union Insurance PCL to be Fairly Valued.
Key valuation signals for BKK:BUI:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: ฿72 Mil
GF Value™: ฿11.16 vs. price of ฿11.00 (1.4% below fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the BKK:BUI stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Bangkok Union Insurance PCL is a Thailand-based company engaged in the insurance sector. Its two operating segments are non-life insurance business and rental of office space. The company operates principally in Thailand and generates the majority of the revenue from the non-insurance segment where it provides non-life insurance services like fire insurance, motor insurance, marine and transportation insurance, and miscellaneous insurance.
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