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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Longview Tea Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Sep. 2025 was ₹0.00 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2025 was ₹0.00 Mil.
Longview Tea Co (BOM:526568) 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.
Longview Tea Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Longview Tea Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Longview Tea Co'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.
Longview Tea Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
BOM:526568 vs HON, MMM: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Conglomerates subindustry, Longview Tea Co'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.
Longview Tea Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Conglomerates Industry
For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Longview Tea Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Longview Tea Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Longview Tea Co 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.
For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2025 was ₹0.00 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 ₹0.00 Mil mean?
Longview Tea Co (BOM:526568) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₹0.00 Mil as of Sep. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Longview Tea Co and its competitors.
Is Longview Tea Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Longview Tea Co's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₹0.00 Mil. Overall, Longview Tea Co has a GF Score™ of 63/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Longview Tea Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to HON and MMM?
Longview Tea Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₹0.00 Mil can be compared against companies in the Conglomerates 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 a Conglomerates company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Conglomerates 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 Longview Tea Co and its competitors. Longview Tea Co's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₹0.00 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Longview Tea Co stock overvalued right now?
Longview Tea Co (BOM:526568) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₹0.00 Mil. The stock's GF Value™ is ₹17.05, compared to a current price of ₹14.82 — trading 13.1% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₹0.00 Mil. Longview Tea Co's overall GF Score™ is 63/100 with 1 warning sign 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 Longview Tea Co (BOM:526568), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₹0.00 Mil as of Sep. 2025. 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 Longview Tea Co (BOM:526568) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Longview Tea Co stock appears to be undervalued.
The current stock price of ₹14.82 is trading 13.1% below its estimated GF Value™ of ₹17.05.
Key valuation signals for BOM:526568:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: ₹0.00 Mil
GF Value™: ₹17.05 vs. price of ₹14.82 (13.1% below fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the BOM:526568 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Longview Tea Co Ltd is an India-based company engaged in the business of trading in Tea, Ferrous Metals and non-ferrous metals. The company is also engaged in dealing and investing in shares and securities and has interest income from loans and advances. The company has two segments: Trading Activities and Financial Activities, and the company's group revenue is gained from Trading Activities.
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