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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Automob Participacoes's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was R$406 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was R$1,639 Mil.
Automob Participacoes (BSP:AMOB3) 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.
Automob Participacoes Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Automob Participacoes Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Automob Participacoes'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.
Automob Participacoes Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
BSP:AMOB3 vs CVNA, PAG, ALTB: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, Automob Participacoes'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.
Automob Participacoes Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Vehicles & Parts Industry
For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Automob Participacoes's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Automob Participacoes's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Automob Participacoes 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. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was R$1,639 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 R$1,639 Mil mean?
Automob Participacoes (BSP:AMOB3) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of R$1,639 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Automob Participacoes and its competitors.
Is Automob Participacoes' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Automob Participacoes' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is R$1,639 Mil. Overall, Automob Participacoes has a GF Score™ of 9/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Automob Participacoes' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to CVNA and PAG?
Automob Participacoes' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of R$1,639 Mil can be compared against companies in the Vehicles & Parts 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 Vehicles & Parts company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Vehicles & Parts 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 Automob Participacoes and its competitors. Automob Participacoes's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is R$1,639 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Automob Participacoes stock overvalued right now?
Automob Participacoes (BSP:AMOB3) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of R$1,639 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is R$1,639 Mil. Automob Participacoes' overall GF Score™ is 9/100 with 5 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 Automob Participacoes (BSP:AMOB3), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is R$1,639 Mil as of Mar. 2026. 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.
Automob Participacoes SA, along with its subsidiaries, operates in the sale of new and used vehicles, including passenger cars, commercial vehicles, electric vehicles, motorcycles, trucks, buses, and forklifts. It also sells agricultural equipment and machinery for construction, mining, and industrial use, along with parts and accessories. It has two operating segments: Light Vehicles and Heavy Vehicles. The majority of revenue is derived from the Light Vehicles segment, which includes the sale of new and used vehicles (passenger cars, commercial vehicles and motorcycles), parts, accessories, mechanical, bodywork and painting services, armoring services, sale of electric vehicles and financing and insurance intermediation services.
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