Progressive Life Insurance Co (DHA:PROGRESLIF) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: BDT Mil (TTM As of . 20)

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DHA:PROGRESLIF Progressive Life Insurance Co Ltd DHA:PROGRESLIF
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What is Progressive Life Insurance Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Progressive Life Insurance Co DHA:PROGRESLIF -0.69% 21 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT Mil as of . 20. GuruFocus rates DHA:PROGRESLIF with a GF Score™ of 21/100.

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

Progressive Life Insurance Co  (DHA:PROGRESLIF) 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.

Progressive Life Insurance Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms

Progressive Life Insurance Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

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Progressive Life Insurance Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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DHA:PROGRESLIF vs MDWT, EMGC, FLFG: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Progressive Life Insurance Co'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.

Progressive Life Insurance Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Insurance Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Progressive Life Insurance Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Progressive Life Insurance Co 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?
Progressive Life Insurance Co (DHA:PROGRESLIF) 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 Progressive Life Insurance Co and its competitors.
Is Progressive Life Insurance Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Progressive Life Insurance Co's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT Mil. Overall, Progressive Life Insurance Co has a GF Score™ of 21/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Progressive Life Insurance Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to MDWT and EMGC?
Progressive Life Insurance Co'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 Progressive Life Insurance Co and its competitors. Progressive Life Insurance Co'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 Progressive Life Insurance Co stock overvalued right now?
Progressive Life Insurance Co (DHA:PROGRESLIF) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BDT Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT Mil. Progressive Life Insurance Co's overall GF Score™ is 21/100. 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 Progressive Life Insurance Co (DHA:PROGRESLIF), 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.

Progressive Life Insurance Co Business Description

Address Anjuman Mufidul Islam Road, National Scout Bhaban 6th,7th & 8th Floor, Kakrail, Dhaka, BGD, 1000
Progressive Life Insurance Co Ltd provides various life insurance products and services in Bangladesh. It is engaged in a different portfolio of traditional life insurance business i.e. Ordinary Life, Group Life including pension, health scheme, and micro life insurance business under names of Sujan Bima and Surrid Bima.
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