Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Active Fine Chemicals's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2023 was BDT38 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2023 was BDT-137 Mil.
Active Fine Chemicals (DHA:ACTIVEFINE) 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.
Active Fine Chemicals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Active Fine Chemicals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Active Fine Chemicals'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.
Active Fine Chemicals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
DHA:ACTIVEFINE vs DOW, CE: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Chemicals subindustry, Active Fine Chemicals'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.
Active Fine Chemicals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Active Fine Chemicals's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Active Fine Chemicals's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Active Fine Chemicals 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. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was BDT-137 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 BDT-137 Mil mean?
Active Fine Chemicals (DHA:ACTIVEFINE) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BDT-137 Mil as of Mar. 2023. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Active Fine Chemicals and its competitors.
Is Active Fine Chemicals' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Active Fine Chemicals' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT-137 Mil. Overall, Active Fine Chemicals has a GF Score™ of 10/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Active Fine Chemicals' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to DOW and CE?
Active Fine Chemicals' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BDT-137 Mil can be compared against companies in the Chemicals 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 Chemicals company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Chemicals 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 Active Fine Chemicals and its competitors. Active Fine Chemicals's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT-137 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Active Fine Chemicals stock overvalued right now?
Active Fine Chemicals (DHA:ACTIVEFINE) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BDT-137 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT-137 Mil. Active Fine Chemicals' overall GF Score™ is 10/100. 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 Active Fine Chemicals (DHA:ACTIVEFINE), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT-137 Mil as of Mar. 2023. 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.
Active Fine Chemicals Ltd is a Bangladesh based chemical company engaged in manufacturing active pharmaceutical ingredients and laboratory reagents. Its product offerings include azithromycin dihydrate, erythromycin ethyl succinate, erythromycin stearate, pantoprazole sodium sesquihydrate, venlafaxine HCL, sitagliptin phosphate monohydrate, and pregabalin. While it also manufactures laboratory reagents including HPLC Grade solvents, solvents, and powder reagents.
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