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HKTTY (HKT Trust and HKT) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $1,153 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2024)


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What is HKT Trust and HKT Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. HKT Trust and HKT's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was $600 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2024 was $1,153 Mil.


HKT Trust and HKT Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for HKT Trust and HKT'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.

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HKT Trust and HKT Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

HKT Trust and HKT Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 345.06 317.86 296.32 244.30 1,169.04

HKT Trust and HKT Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 638.88 -399.72 614.32 552.90 599.74

Competitive Comparison of HKT Trust and HKT's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Telecom Services subindustry, HKT Trust and HKT'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.


HKT Trust and HKT's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, HKT Trust and HKT's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where HKT Trust and HKT's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



HKT Trust and HKT 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 Jun. 2024 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,153 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.


HKT Trust and HKT  (OTCPK:HKTTY) 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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HKT Trust and HKT Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
979 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, 39th Floor, PCCW Tower, Taikoo Place, Hong Kong, HKG
HKT Trust and HKT Ltd is a triple-play telecommunications provider that operates through three segments, telecommunications services, mobile, and Other businesses. Telecommunication services are the larger business segment and generates revenue by providing technology and telecommunications and related services including enterprise solutions, total home solutions, healthtech services, and media entertainment. The Mobile segment represents mobile telecommunications businesses in Hong Kong, and the other segment comprises other new businesses such as The Club's loyalty platform and HKT Financial Services, and corporate support functions. The company's key revenue is generated from Hong Kong.