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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. HDFC Bank's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Mar. 2025 was $3,826 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $6,941 Mil.
HDFC Bank (NYSE:HDB) 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.
HDFC Bank Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
HDFC Bank Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for HDFC Bank'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.
HDFC Bank Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
HDB vs PNC, USB: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Banks - Regional subindustry, HDFC Bank'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.
HDFC Bank Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Banks Industry
For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, HDFC Bank's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where HDFC Bank's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
HDFC Bank 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. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6,941 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 $6,941 Mil mean?
HDFC Bank (HDB) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6,941 Mil as of Mar. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on HDFC Bank and its competitors.
Is HDFC Bank's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
HDFC Bank's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6,941 Mil. Overall, HDFC Bank has a GF Score™ of 17/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does HDFC Bank's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to PNC and USB?
HDFC Bank's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6,941 Mil can be compared against companies in the Banks 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 Banks company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Banks 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 HDFC Bank and its competitors. HDFC Bank's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6,941 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is HDFC Bank stock overvalued right now?
HDFC Bank (HDB) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $6,941 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6,941 Mil. HDFC Bank's overall GF Score™ is 17/100. 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 HDFC Bank (HDB), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $6,941 Mil as of Mar. 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.
HDFC Bank Ltd is an Indian bank. It operates in the following segments: Treasury, Retail banking, Wholesale banking, and Other banking business. The maximum revenue for the company is generated from its Retail banking segment, which serves retail customers through its branch network and other channels. This segment raises customer deposits and provides loans and other services to customers using different product groups. Its other operations include providing wholesale banking services to corporates, government entities, and other enterprises, generating income from its treasury operations, and performing para-banking activities such as offering credit cards, debit cards, etc. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from its operations in India.
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