Popular Islamic Modaraba (KAR:PIM) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: ₨ Mil (TTM As of . 20)

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What is Popular Islamic Modaraba Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Popular Islamic Modaraba KAR:PIM +6.59% 11 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₨ Mil as of . 20. GuruFocus rates KAR:PIM with a GF Score™ of 11/100. The stock has 1 warning sign investors should review.

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


Popular Islamic Modaraba  (KAR:PIM) 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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Popular Islamic Modaraba Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Popular Islamic Modaraba's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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* 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.

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KAR:PIM vs V, MA, AXP: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Credit Services subindustry, Popular Islamic Modaraba'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.


Popular Islamic Modaraba Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Popular Islamic Modaraba's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Popular Islamic Modaraba's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Popular Islamic Modaraba 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?
Popular Islamic Modaraba (KAR:PIM) 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 Popular Islamic Modaraba and its competitors.
Is Popular Islamic Modaraba's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Popular Islamic Modaraba's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₨ Mil. Overall, Popular Islamic Modaraba has a GF Score™ of 11/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Popular Islamic Modaraba's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to V and MA?
Popular Islamic Modaraba's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₨ Mil can be compared against companies in the Credit 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 Credit Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Credit 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 Popular Islamic Modaraba and its competitors. Popular Islamic Modaraba'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 Popular Islamic Modaraba stock overvalued right now?
Popular Islamic Modaraba (KAR:PIM) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₨ Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₨ Mil. Popular Islamic Modaraba's overall GF Score™ is 11/100 with 1 warning sign 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 Popular Islamic Modaraba (KAR:PIM), 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.

Popular Islamic Modaraba Business Description

Address Hasrat Mohani Road, Off. I. I. Chundrigar Road, 406-410, 4th Floor, Chapal Plaza, Karachi, SD, PAK
Popular Islamic Modaraba is a Pakistan based company involved in providing various modes of Islamic Financing. The firm's products include Diminishing Musharaka, Ijarah, Murabaha, Salam, and Modaraba. It generates a majority of its revenue from the Ijarah.
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