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John Keells Holdings (COL:JKH.N0000) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : රු45,428 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2025)


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What is John Keells Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. John Keells Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was රු11,425 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was රු45,428 Mil.


John Keells Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for John Keells Holdings'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.

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John Keells Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

John Keells Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 17,688.75 20,495.34 29,849.64 36,045.85 45,528.63

John Keells Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8,110.97 10,392.08 11,570.28 12,040.95 11,424.91

Competitive Comparison of John Keells Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Conglomerates subindustry, John Keells Holdings'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.


John Keells Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, John Keells Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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John Keells Holdings 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. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was රු45,428 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.


John Keells Holdings  (COL:JKH.N0000) 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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John Keells Holdings Business Description

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Address
No. 117, Sir Chittampalam A. Gardiner Mawatha, Mawatha, Colombo, LKA, 2
John Keells Holdings PLC is a Sri Lankan company. It has a diversified business, which includes food and beverage, transportation, tea and rubber plantations, tour operations, retail and financial services, and others. The company segments include Transportation, Consumer Foods, Retail, Leisure, Property, Financial Services, and Others. The retail segment focuses on organized retailing through a chain of supermarkets and distribution of printers, copiers, smartphones, and other office automation equipment. It generates maximum revenue from the Retail segment. Geographically, the company derives a majority of revenue from Sri Lanka and also has a presence in Asia, Europe, and Others Countries.

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