Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS (IST:ALVES) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: ₺144 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)

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IST:ALVES Alves Kablo Sanayi ve Ticaret AS IST:ALVES
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What is Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS IST:ALVES -0.41% 58 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₺144 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates IST:ALVES with a GF Score™ of 58/100. The stock has 5 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. Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2025 was ₺-70 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was ₺144 Mil.


Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS  (IST:ALVES) 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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Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS'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.

Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 8.94 15.77 96.80 106.53 154.35

Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS Quarterly Data
Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25 Dec25
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IST:ALVES vs VRT, BE: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS'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.


Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS 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 quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ₺144 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 ₺144 Mil mean?
Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS (IST:ALVES) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₺144 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 Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS and its competitors.
Is Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₺144 Mil. Overall, Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS has a GF Score™ of 58/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to VRT and BE?
Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₺144 Mil can be compared against companies in the Industrial Products 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 Industrial Products company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Industrial Products 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 Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS and its competitors. Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₺144 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS stock overvalued right now?
Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS (IST:ALVES) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₺144 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₺144 Mil. Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS's overall GF Score™ is 58/100 with 5 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 Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS (IST:ALVES), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₺144 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.

Alves Kablonayi ve Ticaret AS Business Description

Address Fatih Mahallesi Karatay, Cad. No: 6, Kahramankazan, Ankara, TUR, 06980
Alves Kablo Sanayi ve Ticaret AS is engaged in producing cable wires. The company is engaged in the production of all starting from the production of 8 mm electrolytic copper wire to 3 kilovolts energy cables. The products of the company include installation cables, underground cables, halogen-free cables, aluminum cables, solar cables, and others.
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