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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Euro Tech Holdings Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2025 was $1.84 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $3.91 Mil.
Euro Tech Holdings Co (NAS:CLWT) 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.
Euro Tech Holdings Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Euro Tech Holdings Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Euro Tech Holdings 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.
Euro Tech Holdings Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
CLWT vs EESH, BNET, QWTR: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Euro Tech Holdings 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.
Euro Tech Holdings Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Euro Tech Holdings Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Euro Tech Holdings Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Euro Tech Holdings 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.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.91 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 $3.91 Mil mean?
Euro Tech Holdings Co (CLWT) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $3.91 Mil as of Dec. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Euro Tech Holdings Co and its competitors.
Is Euro Tech Holdings Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Euro Tech Holdings Co's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.91 Mil. Overall, Euro Tech Holdings Co has a GF Score™ of 64/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Euro Tech Holdings Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to EESH and BNET?
Euro Tech Holdings Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $3.91 Mil can be compared against companies in the Industrial Products 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 an Industrial Products company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Industrial Products 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 Euro Tech Holdings Co and its competitors. Euro Tech Holdings Co's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.91 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Euro Tech Holdings Co stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Euro Tech Holdings Co (CLWT) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $1.16, compared to a current price of $1.62 — trading 39.7% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.91 Mil. Euro Tech Holdings Co's overall GF Score™ is 64/100 with 4 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 Euro Tech Holdings Co (CLWT), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $3.91 Mil as of Dec. 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 Euro Tech Holdings Co (CLWT) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Euro Tech Holdings Co stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of $1.62 is trading 39.7% above its estimated GF Value™ of $1.16.
GuruFocus considers Euro Tech Holdings Co to be Significantly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for CLWT:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $3.91 Mil
GF Value™: $1.16 vs. price of $1.62 (39.7% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the CLWT stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Euro Tech Holdings Co Ltd is mainly a distributor of a wide range of water treatment equipment, laboratory instruments, analyzers, test kits, and related supplies, and power generation equipment, including recorders and power quality analyzers. The Company acts as an exclusive or non-exclusive distributor for manufacturers of such equipment to commercial customers and governmental agencies in Hong Kong and mainland China, as well as commercial customers in Macau. It has two operating segments: Trading and manufacturing, which generate maximum revenue and act as a distributor of water treatment equipment, laboratory instruments, analyzers, test kits, related supplies, and power generation equipment; and the Engineering segment. The Company generates maximum revenue from the PRC.
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