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CH. Karnchang PCL (BKK:CK-F) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : ฿2,089 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is CH. Karnchang PCL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. CH. Karnchang PCL's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ฿533 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was ฿2,089 Mil.


CH. Karnchang PCL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for CH. Karnchang 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.

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CH. Karnchang PCL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

CH. Karnchang PCL Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2,429.56 2,027.42 1,914.69 1,926.84 2,050.97

CH. Karnchang PCL Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 494.73 469.74 532.66 553.85 533.04

Competitive Comparison of CH. Karnchang PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, CH. Karnchang 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.


CH. Karnchang PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, CH. Karnchang PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CH. Karnchang PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



CH. Karnchang 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. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ฿2,089 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.


CH. Karnchang PCL  (BKK:CK-F) 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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CH. Karnchang PCL (BKK:CK-F) Business Description

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587 Suthisarn Winitchai Road, Khwaeng Ratchadapisek, Khet Dindaeng, Bangkok, THA, 10400
CH. Karnchang PCL completes various construction and infrastructure projects. It accepts orders from government agencies, state enterprises, and private entities. The company operates as a main contractor, winning contracts through the bidding process and negotiations, or as a subcontractor for other entities. The company has two operating segments: construction & related service (the majority of total sales) and investment in the infrastructure business. Infrastructure projects are primarily related to transportation, water treatment systems, and energy production. In certain situations, Ch Karnchang receives concessions from government entities to build public systems and may receive the rights to continue operation upon completion. The majority of its revenue is derived from Thailand.

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