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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Chartered Life Insurance's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in . 20 was BDT0.00 Mil.
Chartered Life Insurance does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.
Chartered Life Insurance (DHA:CLICL) 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.
Chartered Life Insurance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Chartered Life Insurance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Chartered Life Insurance'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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DHA:CLICL vs : Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Chartered Life Insurance'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.
Chartered Life Insurance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Chartered Life Insurance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Chartered Life Insurance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Chartered Life Insurance 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.
What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BDT Mil mean?
Chartered Life Insurance (DHA:CLICL) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BDT Mil as of . 20. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Chartered Life Insurance and its competitors.
Is Chartered Life Insurance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Chartered Life Insurance's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT Mil. Overall, Chartered Life Insurance has a GF Score™ of 32/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Chartered Life Insurance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ?
Chartered Life Insurance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BDT Mil can be compared against companies in the Insurance 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 Insurance company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Insurance 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 Chartered Life Insurance and its competitors. Chartered Life Insurance's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Chartered Life Insurance stock overvalued right now?
Chartered Life Insurance (DHA:CLICL) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BDT Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT Mil. Chartered Life Insurance's overall GF Score™ is 32/100 with 1 warning sign 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 Chartered Life Insurance (DHA:CLICL), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT Mil as of . 20. 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.
Chartered Life Insurance PLC is engaged in the life insurance business. It offers Group Life, Individual Life, and Health insurance. It derives revenue from Premium Income, Individual Life Policies, and investment income.
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