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

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DHA:PRIMEINSUR Prime Islami Insurance PLC DHA:PRIMEINSUR
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What is Prime Islami Insurance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Prime Islami Insurance DHA:PRIMEINSUR +3.04% 27 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT Mil as of . 20. GuruFocus rates DHA:PRIMEINSUR with a GF Score™ of 27/100.

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


Prime Islami Insurance  (DHA:PRIMEINSUR) 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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Prime Islami Insurance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

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Prime Islami Insurance Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Prime 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.


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

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

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


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Prime 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?
Prime Islami Insurance (DHA:PRIMEINSUR) 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 Prime Islami Insurance and its competitors.
Is Prime Islami Insurance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Prime Islami Insurance's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT Mil. Overall, Prime Islami Insurance has a GF Score™ of 27/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Prime Islami Insurance's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
Prime 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 Prime Islami Insurance and its competitors. Prime 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 Prime Islami Insurance stock overvalued right now?
Prime Islami Insurance (DHA:PRIMEINSUR) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BDT Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT Mil. Prime Islami Insurance's overall GF Score™ is 27/100. 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 Prime Islami Insurance (DHA:PRIMEINSUR), 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.

Prime Islami Insurance Business Description

Address 117, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Unique Heights (9th Floor), Dhaka, BGD, 1000
Prime Islami Insurance PLC, formerly known as Prime Insurance Co Ltd, is a non-life insurance company in Bangladesh. The company provides fire insurance, marine insurance, marine hull, motor insurance, engineering insurance, and miscellaneous insurance.
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