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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. S Alam Cold Rolled Steels's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2024 was BDT3 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was BDT8 Mil.
S Alam Cold Rolled Steels (DHA:SALAMCRST) 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.
S Alam Cold Rolled Steels Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
S Alam Cold Rolled Steels Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for S Alam Cold Rolled Steels'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.
S Alam Cold Rolled Steels Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
DHA:SALAMCRST vs NUE, STLD, RS: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Steel subindustry, S Alam Cold Rolled Steels'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.
S Alam Cold Rolled Steels Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Steel Industry
For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, S Alam Cold Rolled Steels's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where S Alam Cold Rolled Steels's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
S Alam Cold Rolled Steels 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 Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was BDT8 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 BDT8 Mil mean?
S Alam Cold Rolled Steels (DHA:SALAMCRST) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BDT8 Mil as of Mar. 2024. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on S Alam Cold Rolled Steels and its competitors.
Is S Alam Cold Rolled Steels' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
S Alam Cold Rolled Steels' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT8 Mil. Overall, S Alam Cold Rolled Steels has a GF Score™ of 10/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does S Alam Cold Rolled Steels' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to NUE and STLD?
S Alam Cold Rolled Steels' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BDT8 Mil can be compared against companies in the Steel 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 Steel company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Steel 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 S Alam Cold Rolled Steels and its competitors. S Alam Cold Rolled Steels's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT8 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is S Alam Cold Rolled Steels stock overvalued right now?
S Alam Cold Rolled Steels (DHA:SALAMCRST) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of BDT8 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT8 Mil. S Alam Cold Rolled Steels' overall GF Score™ is 10/100. 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 S Alam Cold Rolled Steels (DHA:SALAMCRST), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is BDT8 Mil as of Mar. 2024. 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.
S Alam Cold Rolled Steels Ltd is a steel manufacturing company. Its business activities include manufacturing and marketing cold rolled steel strips and galvanized steel sheets. The company has two business segments - the Cold Rolled Strips segment, which includes purchasing hot roll and manufacturing and distribution of cold-rolled strips; and the Non-Oxide Furnace segment which comprises purchasing cold-rolled strips and manufacturing and distribution of galvanized steel sheets.
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