Metisa Metalurgica Timboense (BSP:MTSA4) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: R$75.7 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2026)

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BSP:MTSA4 Metisa Metalurgica Timboense SA BSP:MTSA4
66 GF Score
Price R$45.60
GF Value R$41.75
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is Metisa Metalurgica Timboense Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Metisa Metalurgica Timboense BSP:MTSA4 -0.85% 66 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is R$75.7 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates BSP:MTSA4 with a GF Score™ of 66/100 and a GF Value™ of R$41.75 (Fairly Valued). The stock has 8 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. Metisa Metalurgica Timboense's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was R$10.7 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was R$75.7 Mil.


Metisa Metalurgica Timboense  (BSP:MTSA4) 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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Metisa Metalurgica Timboense Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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Metisa Metalurgica Timboense Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Metisa Metalurgica Timboense Annual Data
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Metisa Metalurgica Timboense Quarterly Data
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BSP:MTSA4 vs CAT, DE, PCAR: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Metisa Metalurgica Timboense'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.


Metisa Metalurgica Timboense Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Metisa Metalurgica Timboense's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Metisa Metalurgica Timboense's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Metisa Metalurgica Timboense 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$75.7 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$75.7 Mil mean?
Metisa Metalurgica Timboense (BSP:MTSA4) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of R$75.7 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 Metisa Metalurgica Timboense and its competitors.
Is Metisa Metalurgica Timboense's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Metisa Metalurgica Timboense's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is R$75.7 Mil. Overall, Metisa Metalurgica Timboense has a GF Score™ of 66/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Metisa Metalurgica Timboense's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to CAT and DE?
Metisa Metalurgica Timboense's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of R$75.7 Mil can be compared against companies in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery 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 Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery 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 Metisa Metalurgica Timboense and its competitors. Metisa Metalurgica Timboense's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is R$75.7 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Metisa Metalurgica Timboense stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Metisa Metalurgica Timboense (BSP:MTSA4) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is R$41.75, compared to a current price of R$45.60 — trading 9.2% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is R$75.7 Mil. Metisa Metalurgica Timboense's overall GF Score™ is 66/100 with 8 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 Metisa Metalurgica Timboense (BSP:MTSA4), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is R$75.7 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.

Is Metisa Metalurgica Timboense (BSP:MTSA4) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Metisa Metalurgica Timboense stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of R$45.60 is trading 9.2% above its estimated GF Value™ of R$41.75. GuruFocus considers Metisa Metalurgica Timboense to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for BSP:MTSA4:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: R$75.7 Mil
  • GF Value™: R$41.75 vs. price of R$45.60 (9.2% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 66/100 with 8 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the BSP:MTSA4 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Metisa Metalurgica Timboense Business Description

Address Rua Fritz Lorenz, 2442, Distrito Industrial - PO Box: 11, Timbo, SC, BRA, 89120000
Metisa Metalurgica Timboense SA manufactures and markets steel parts for industrial and agricultural equipment. Its products include parts for agricultural equipment, tractors, railways, blades for the construction sector, and hand tools, among others. It offers agricultural disc blades and implements for a range of equipment, including sugar-alcohol sector; stone saw blades; blades and edges, teeth, adapters and tips, track shoes, and grouser bars for tractors, bulldozers, scrapers, excavators, earth movers, motor graders; and railroad accessories, such as tie plates, joint bars, metallic cores, and steel sleepers for the construction of permanent ways. The company also provides hand tools comprising shovels, spades, picks, post hole diggers, and hoes.
66GF Score

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