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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai)'s selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2025 was €127.8 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was €127.8 Mil.
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.
Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
* 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.
Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai) Annual Data
Trend
Dec22
Dec23
Dec24
Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
13.64
14.93
68.11
127.76
Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai) Semi-Annual Data
Dec22
Dec23
Dec24
Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
13.64
14.93
68.11
127.76
FRA:E5D vs QH, SHOP, UBER: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Software - Application subindustry, Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai)'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.
Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai)'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai)'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai) 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.
For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was €127.8 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 €127.8 Mil mean?
Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai) (FRA:E5D) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €127.8 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 Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai) and its competitors.
Is Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai)'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai)'s current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €127.8 Mil. Overall, Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai) has a GF Score™ of 8/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai)'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to QH and SHOP?
Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai)'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €127.8 Mil can be compared against companies in the Software 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 Software company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Software 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 Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai) and its competitors. Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai)'s current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €127.8 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai) stock overvalued right now?
Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai) (FRA:E5D) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €127.8 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €127.8 Mil. Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai)'s overall GF Score™ is 8/100 with 2 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 Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai) (FRA:E5D), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €127.8 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.
Pateo Connect Technology (Shanghai) Corp is a smart cockpit solution provider in China. The company is a integrated IoV service provider offering active safety systems, automotive electronics, low-level automotive software, intelligent operating system (OS), application software, domestic & international Internet automobile ecosystem, mobile phone connectivity, communications operation, TSP platform development & operation services, cloud computing, big data, content services integration & operation, map engine software & cloud architecture, embedded voice & cloud platform solutions, to AI (Artificial Intelligence). Its segments include Smart cockpit solutions, Vehicle connectivity support services, and Others.
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