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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. KWI PCL's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2024 was ฿25 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was ฿178 Mil.
KWI PCL (BKK:KWI) 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.
KWI PCL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
KWI PCL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for KWI 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.
BKK:KWI vs BRK.A, AIG, ACGL: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, KWI 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.
KWI PCL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, KWI PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where KWI PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
KWI 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 Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ฿178 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 ฿178 Mil mean?
KWI PCL (BKK:KWI) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ฿178 Mil as of Sep. 2024. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on KWI PCL and its competitors.
Is KWI PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
KWI PCL's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ฿178 Mil. Overall, KWI PCL has a GF Score™ of 8/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does KWI PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to BRK.A and AIG?
KWI PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ฿178 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 KWI PCL and its competitors. KWI PCL's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ฿178 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is KWI PCL stock overvalued right now?
KWI PCL (BKK:KWI) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ฿178 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ฿178 Mil. KWI PCL's overall GF Score™ is 8/100. 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 KWI PCL (BKK:KWI), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ฿178 Mil as of Sep. 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.
KWI PCL is engaged in a diverse range of businesses throughout Greater China and Southeast Asia. The principal businesses of the group are general insurance, life insurance, mutual fund management, and real estate development where business synergies are created to offer personal and business customers from home building and daily protection to lifelong protection, and wealth management. The company constantly searches for new opportunities that will strengthen existing businesses and further promote the synergies between businesses to achieve its goal which is to provide sustainable maximum returns for stakeholders.
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