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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Global Islami Bank's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2025 was BDT3.74 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2025 was BDT46.89 Mil.
Global Islami Bank (DHA:GIB) 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.
Global Islami Bank Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Global Islami Bank Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Global Islami Bank'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.
Global Islami Bank Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Global Islami Bank Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison
For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Global Islami Bank'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.
Global Islami Bank Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Banks Industry
For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Global Islami Bank's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Global Islami Bank's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Global Islami Bank 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 Sep. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was BDT46.89 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 BDT46.89 Mil mean?
Global Islami Bank (DHA:GIB) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BDT46.89 Mil as of Sep. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Global Islami Bank and its competitors.
Is Global Islami Bank's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Global Islami Bank's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT46.89 Mil. Overall, Global Islami Bank has a GF Score™ of 15/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Global Islami Bank's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
Global Islami Bank's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BDT46.89 Mil can be compared against companies in the Banks 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 Banks company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Banks 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 Global Islami Bank and its competitors. Global Islami Bank's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT46.89 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Global Islami Bank stock overvalued right now?
Global Islami Bank (DHA:GIB) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BDT46.89 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT46.89 Mil. Global Islami Bank's overall GF Score™ is 15/100 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 Global Islami Bank (DHA:GIB), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT46.89 Mil as of Sep. 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.
Global Islami Bank PLC is a commercial bank providing all kinds of banking services. It offers a wide range of banking products and services based on Islamic Shariah principles to corporate, SME, and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels. The core business of the bank is deposit mobilization and investment activities for short-term, long-term, including foreign trade business.
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