South Manganese Investment (FRA:00D0) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: €68.0 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)

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FRA:00D0 South Manganese Investment Ltd FRA:00D0
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GF Value €0.01
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What is South Manganese Investment Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

South Manganese Investment FRA:00D0 -2.99% 44 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €68.0 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates FRA:00D0 with a GF Score™ of 44/100 and a GF Value™ of €0.01. The stock has 4 warning signs investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. South Manganese Investment's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was €37.3 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was €68.0 Mil.


South Manganese Investment  (FRA:00D0) 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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South Manganese Investment Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for South Manganese Investment'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.

South Manganese Investment Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

South Manganese Investment Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
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South Manganese Investment Semi-Annual Data
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South Manganese Investment Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, South Manganese Investment'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.


South Manganese Investment Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, South Manganese Investment's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where South Manganese Investment's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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South Manganese Investment 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 Dec. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €68.0 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 €68.0 Mil mean?
South Manganese Investment (FRA:00D0) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €68.0 Mil as of Dec. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on South Manganese Investment and its competitors.
Is South Manganese Investment's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
South Manganese Investment's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €68.0 Mil. Overall, South Manganese Investment has a GF Score™ of 44/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does South Manganese Investment's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
South Manganese Investment's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €68.0 Mil can be compared against companies in the Metals & Mining 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 Metals & Mining company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Metals & Mining 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 South Manganese Investment and its competitors. South Manganese Investment's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €68.0 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is South Manganese Investment stock overvalued right now?
South Manganese Investment (FRA:00D0) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €68.0 Mil. The stock's GF Value™ is €0.01, compared to a current price of €0.03 — trading 225% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €68.0 Mil. South Manganese Investment's overall GF Score™ is 44/100 with 4 warning signs 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 South Manganese Investment (FRA:00D0), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €68.0 Mil as of Dec. 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.

Is South Manganese Investment (FRA:00D0) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, South Manganese Investment stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of €0.03 is trading 225% above its estimated GF Value™ of €0.01.

Key valuation signals for FRA:00D0:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: €68.0 Mil
  • GF Value™: €0.01 vs. price of €0.03 (225% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 44/100 with 4 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the FRA:00D0 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


South Manganese Investment Business Description

Other Exchanges 01091:Hong Kong
Address 89 Queensway, Room 3603, 36 Floor, United Centre, Admiralty, Hong Kong, HKG
South Manganese Investment Ltd is a mining company engaged in manganese mining, ore processing in China and Gabon, and downstream processing operations in the PRC. The company operates in four segments namely Manganese mining which engages in the mining and production of manganese products including mining, beneficiation, concentrating, grinding and the production of manganese concentrates; EMM and alloying materials production segment comprise hydrometallurgical processing and pyrometallurgical processing; Battery materials production segment engages in the production and sale of battery materials products, including Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide; and others business segment includes trading of various commodities such as manganese ore, sales of scraps, and others.
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