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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. i-CABLE Communications's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2025 was $14.53 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $25.01 Mil.
i-CABLE Communications (OTCPK:ICABY) 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.
i-CABLE Communications Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
i-CABLE Communications Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for i-CABLE Communications'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.
i-CABLE Communications Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
ICABY vs VZ, TMUS, T: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Telecom Services subindustry, i-CABLE Communications'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.
i-CABLE Communications Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Telecommunication Services Industry
For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, i-CABLE Communications's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where i-CABLE Communications's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
i-CABLE Communications 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 $25.01 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 $25.01 Mil mean?
i-CABLE Communications (ICABY) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $25.01 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 i-CABLE Communications and its competitors.
Is i-CABLE Communications' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
i-CABLE Communications' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $25.01 Mil. Overall, i-CABLE Communications has a GF Score™ of 26/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does i-CABLE Communications' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to VZ and TMUS?
i-CABLE Communications' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $25.01 Mil can be compared against companies in the Telecommunication Services 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 Telecommunication Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Telecommunication Services 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 i-CABLE Communications and its competitors. i-CABLE Communications's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $25.01 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is i-CABLE Communications stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, i-CABLE Communications (ICABY) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $0.07, compared to a current price of $0.14 — trading 105.7% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $25.01 Mil. i-CABLE Communications' overall GF Score™ is 26/100 with 6 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 i-CABLE Communications (ICABY), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $25.01 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 i-CABLE Communications (ICABY) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, i-CABLE Communications stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of $0.14 is trading 105.7% above its estimated GF Value™ of $0.07.
GuruFocus considers i-CABLE Communications to be Significantly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for ICABY:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $25.01 Mil
GF Value™: $0.07 vs. price of $0.14 (105.7% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the ICABY stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
i-CABLE Communications Ltd is an investment holding company. Along with its subsidiaries, it operates in two business segments; the Media segment includes operations related to the domestic free television programme service, advertising, television relay service, programme licensing, theatrical release and other media related businesses; and the Telecommunications segment includes operations related to broadband internet access services, portal operation, telephony services, network leasing, network construction, mobile service and mobile agency service as well as other telecommunications related businesses. A majority of its revenue is generated from the Telecommunications segment. Geographically, the group mainly operates and generates almost all of its revenue from Hong Kong.
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