Petro Times JSC (HSTC:PPT) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: ₫ Mil (TTM As of . 20)

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What is Petro Times JSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Petro Times JSC HSTC:PPT 32 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₫ Mil as of . 20. GuruFocus rates HSTC:PPT with a GF Score™ of 32/100. The stock has 2 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. Petro Times JSC's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in . 20 was ₫0.00 Mil. Petro Times JSC does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.


Petro Times JSC  (HSTC:PPT) 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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Petro Times JSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Petro Times JSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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HSTC:PPT vs WMB, EPD, KMI: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Petro Times JSC'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.


Petro Times JSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Petro Times JSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Petro Times JSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Petro Times JSC 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.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₫ Mil mean?
Petro Times JSC (HSTC:PPT) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₫ Mil as of . 20. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Petro Times JSC and its competitors.
Is Petro Times JSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Petro Times JSC's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₫ Mil. Overall, Petro Times JSC has a GF Score™ of 32/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Petro Times JSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to WMB and EPD?
Petro Times JSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₫ Mil can be compared against companies in the Oil & Gas 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 an Oil & Gas company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Oil & Gas 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 Petro Times JSC and its competitors. Petro Times JSC's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₫ Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Petro Times JSC stock overvalued right now?
Petro Times JSC (HSTC:PPT) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₫ Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₫ Mil. Petro Times JSC's overall GF Score™ is 32/100 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 Petro Times JSC (HSTC:PPT), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₫ Mil as of . 20. 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.

Petro Times JSC Business Description

Industry EnergyOil & Gas
Address No. 54 Tien Phong Street, Dang Hai Ward, Hai An District, Hai Phong, VNM
Petro Times JSC is engaged in the trading and distribution of petroleum and related products in Vietnam and operates under a license from the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The company supplies key fuel products, including DO 0.05S diesel, FO oil, and A95-E5 gasoline. Supported by a professionally trained workforce comprising economics graduates and petrochemical engineers, Petro Times maintains a nationwide logistics network. It owns and operates a fleet of tank trucks and barges, enabling efficient transportation of petroleum products by both road and water across the North, Central, and South regions of the country.
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