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Forth PCL (BKK:FORTH-R) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : ฿1,454 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Forth 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. Forth PCL's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was ฿371 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was ฿1,454 Mil.


Forth PCL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Forth 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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Forth PCL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Forth PCL Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 978.17 1,051.07 1,271.09 1,414.70 1,454.07

Forth PCL Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 401.56 327.24 328.33 427.02 371.49

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

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Forth 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.


Forth PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

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

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


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Forth 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 Dec. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ฿1,454 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.


Forth PCL  (BKK:FORTH-R) 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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Forth PCL Business Description

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1053/1, Phaholyothin Road, Phayathai Sub-district, Phayathai District, Bangkok, THA, 10400
Forth Corp PCL is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of electronic equipment and project work relating to design and install telecommunication equipment. The company is organized into business units based on its products and services and have three reportable segments as follows - Electronics Manufacturing Service segment derives maximum revenue, it designs manufactures of consigns and turnkey projects, and sales of semiconductor electronic parts. Enterprise solutions business segment that bids for project work, sources, subcontracts and install various systems for the government and private sectors. The Smart service business segment provides online financial transaction services and sells products and services through vending machines. The company operates in Thailand only.

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