Pakistan Engineering Co (KAR:PECO) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: ₨ Mil (TTM As of . 20)

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What is Pakistan Engineering Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Pakistan Engineering Co KAR:PECO +0.85% Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₨ Mil as of . 20.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Pakistan Engineering Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in . 20 was ₨0.00 Mil. Pakistan Engineering Co does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.


Pakistan Engineering Co  (KAR:PECO) 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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Pakistan Engineering Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Pakistan Engineering Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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KAR:PECO vs IPWR, RGUS: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Pakistan Engineering Co'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.


Pakistan Engineering Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Pakistan Engineering Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pakistan Engineering Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Pakistan Engineering Co 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?
Pakistan Engineering Co (KAR:PECO) 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 Pakistan Engineering Co and its competitors.
Is Pakistan Engineering Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Pakistan Engineering Co's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₨ Mil.
How does Pakistan Engineering Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to IPWR and RGUS?
Pakistan Engineering Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₨ 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 Pakistan Engineering Co and its competitors. Pakistan Engineering Co'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 Pakistan Engineering Co stock overvalued right now?
Pakistan Engineering Co (KAR:PECO) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₨ Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₨ 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 Pakistan Engineering Co (KAR:PECO), 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.

Pakistan Engineering Co Business Description

Address Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam, 6/7- Sir Ganga Ram Trust Building, Lahore, PB, PAK
Pakistan Engineering Co Ltd manufactures and sells engineering products in Pakistan. It offers electricity transmission and distribution line towers, greenfield and rooftop telecommunication towers, electric motors, safes, room doors, and steel lockers. The company sells its products to electric supply, electricity transmission, and tower erection and installation companies.