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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Dawood Lawrencepur's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was ₨129 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was ₨209 Mil.
Dawood Lawrencepur (KAR:DLL) 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.
Dawood Lawrencepur Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Dawood Lawrencepur Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Dawood Lawrencepur'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.
Dawood Lawrencepur Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Dawood Lawrencepur Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison
For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Dawood Lawrencepur'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.
Dawood Lawrencepur Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry
For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Dawood Lawrencepur's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Dawood Lawrencepur's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Dawood Lawrencepur 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 Mar. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ₨209 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 ₨209 Mil mean?
Dawood Lawrencepur (KAR:DLL) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₨209 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Dawood Lawrencepur and its competitors.
Is Dawood Lawrencepur's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Dawood Lawrencepur's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₨209 Mil. Overall, Dawood Lawrencepur has a GF Score™ of 46/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Dawood Lawrencepur's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
Dawood Lawrencepur's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₨209 Mil can be compared against companies in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers 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 Utilities - Independent Power Producers company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Utilities - Independent Power Producers 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 Dawood Lawrencepur and its competitors. Dawood Lawrencepur's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₨209 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Dawood Lawrencepur stock overvalued right now?
Dawood Lawrencepur (KAR:DLL) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₨209 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₨209 Mil. Dawood Lawrencepur's overall GF Score™ is 46/100 with 3 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 Dawood Lawrencepur (KAR:DLL), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₨209 Mil as of Mar. 2026. 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.
Dawood Lawrencepur Ltd, along with its subsidiaries, operates as a renewable energy solutions company. It is in the business of electric power generation and sale, produced through renewable wind and solar energy, to the national grid and a commercial entity. It also actively manages an investment portfolio in the local capital markets. The company's two reportable operating segments are: Textile and Other operations - It mainly includes management of all investments made by the company including those made in subsidiaries and associate. The majority of revenue is derived from the Other operations segment.
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