Northern Islami Insurance (DHA:NORTHRNINS) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: BDT Mil (TTM As of . 20)

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What is Northern Islami Insurance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Northern Islami Insurance DHA:NORTHRNINS -2.14% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT Mil as of . 20. The stock has 1 warning sign investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Northern Islami Insurance's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in . 20 was BDT0.00 Mil. Northern Islami Insurance does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.

Northern Islami Insurance  (DHA:NORTHRNINS) 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.

Northern Islami Insurance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms

Northern Islami Insurance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Northern Islami Insurance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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* 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.

Northern Islami Insurance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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DHA:NORTHRNINS vs ASIN, AFH, NSEC: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Northern Islami 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.

Northern Islami Insurance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Northern Islami Insurance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Northern Islami Insurance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


Northern Islami 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?
Northern Islami Insurance (DHA:NORTHRNINS) 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 Northern Islami Insurance and its competitors.
Is Northern Islami Insurance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Northern Islami Insurance's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT Mil.
How does Northern Islami Insurance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ASIN and AFH?
Northern Islami 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 Northern Islami Insurance and its competitors. Northern Islami 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 Northern Islami Insurance stock overvalued right now?
Northern Islami Insurance (DHA:NORTHRNINS) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BDT Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT Mil. 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 Northern Islami Insurance (DHA:NORTHRNINS), 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.

Northern Islami Insurance Business Description

Address WW Tower, 68 Motijheel, Level 12 and 13, Dhaka, BGD, 1000
Northern Islami Insurance PLC is a provider of general insurance business other than life insurance business. The company's products include Fire Insurance, Marine Cargo Insurance, Marine Hull Insurance, Engineering Insurance, Health Insurance, Motor Insurance, and Miscellaneous insurance.