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Samchai Steel Industries PCL (BKK:SAM-R) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : ฿187 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Samchai Steel Industries 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. Samchai Steel Industries PCL's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ฿41 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was ฿187 Mil.


Samchai Steel Industries PCL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Samchai Steel Industries 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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Samchai Steel Industries PCL Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Samchai Steel Industries 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 134.36 146.58 143.61 152.05 184.44

Samchai Steel Industries PCL Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Competitive Comparison of Samchai Steel Industries PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Steel subindustry, Samchai Steel Industries 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.


Samchai Steel Industries PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Samchai Steel Industries PCL's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Samchai Steel Industries 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. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ฿187 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.


Samchai Steel Industries PCL  (BKK:SAM-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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Samchai Steel Industries PCL Business Description

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Address
Ekkachai Road, 75/14, 75/17, 85 Soi Wat Sopanaram, Tumbol Kokkham, Amphur Muang, Samutsakorn, THA, 74000
Samchai Steel Industries PCL is a Thailand-based manufacturer of steel pipes and tubes. The company's products include black steel pipes, galvanized steel pipes, structural steel pipes, furniture pipes, and hot-rolled steel plates and sheets. Its products are mainly used in the construction and furniture industries. Geographically, it operates in both domestic and overseas markets. The company generates a majority of its revenue from the domestic market.

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