Botswana Telecommunications (BOT:BTCL) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: BWP Mil (TTM As of . 20)

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BOT:BTCL Botswana Telecommunications Corp Ltd BOT:BTCL
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What is Botswana Telecommunications Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Botswana Telecommunications BOT:BTCL 43 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BWP Mil as of . 20. GuruFocus rates BOT:BTCL with a GF Score™ of 43/100. The stock has 2 warning signs investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Botswana Telecommunications's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in . 20 was BWP0.00 Mil. Botswana Telecommunications does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.


Botswana Telecommunications  (BOT:BTCL) 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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Botswana Telecommunications Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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BOT:BTCL vs : Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Botswana Telecommunications'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.


Botswana Telecommunications Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Botswana Telecommunications's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Botswana Telecommunications 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.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BWP Mil mean?
Botswana Telecommunications (BOT:BTCL) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BWP Mil as of . 20. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Botswana Telecommunications and its competitors.
Is Botswana Telecommunications' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Botswana Telecommunications' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BWP Mil. Overall, Botswana Telecommunications has a GF Score™ of 43/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Botswana Telecommunications' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ?
Botswana Telecommunications' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BWP Mil can be compared against companies in the Telecommunication Services 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 Telecommunication Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Telecommunication Services 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 Botswana Telecommunications and its competitors. Botswana Telecommunications's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BWP Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Botswana Telecommunications stock overvalued right now?
Botswana Telecommunications (BOT:BTCL) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BWP Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BWP Mil. Botswana Telecommunications' overall GF Score™ is 43/100 with 2 warning signs 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 Botswana Telecommunications (BOT:BTCL), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BWP Mil as of . 20. 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.

Botswana Telecommunications Business Description

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Address Plot 50350, Megaleng House, Khama Crescent, P.O. Box 700, Gaborone, BWA
Botswana Telecommunications Corp Ltd is a Botswana- based telecommunication company. The company is a converged telecommunications operator offering Fixed (voice and data), Mobile (voice and data) and Digital Solutions to consumers, enterprises and other licensed service providers.
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