PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk (ISX:POLY) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: Rp Mil (TTM As of . 20)

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What is PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk ISX:POLY Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is Rp Mil as of . 20.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in . 20 was Rp0.00 Mil. PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.


PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk  (ISX:POLY) 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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PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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ISX:POLY vs IKNX: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk'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.


PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk 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 Rp Mil mean?
PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk (ISX:POLY) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of Rp Mil as of . 20. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk and its competitors.
Is PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is Rp Mil.
How does PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to IKNX?
PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of Rp Mil can be compared against companies in the Chemicals 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 Chemicals company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Chemicals 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 PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk and its competitors. PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is Rp Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk stock overvalued right now?
PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk (ISX:POLY) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of Rp Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is Rp Mil. 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 PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk (ISX:POLY), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is Rp 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.

PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk Business Description

Address Jl. DR. Ide Anak Agung Gde Agung, The East, 35th floor, Unit 7, No. 1, Kav. E3.2, Jakarta, IDN, 12950
PT Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk is an Indonesian-based company engaged in the manufacturing of chemical and synthetic fibers, weaving and knitting, and other activities related to the textile industry. The Company has two manufacturing plants, and markets its product both locally and internationally, such as in Europe, the United States of America, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East. Its business segments are Chemical and synthetic fiber, and Weaving and Knitting segments.