The Thal Industrial (KAR:TICL) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: ₨ Mil (TTM As of . 20)

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What is The Thal Industrial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

The Thal Industrial KAR:TICL -4.58% 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. The Thal Industrial's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in . 20 was ₨0.00 Mil. The Thal Industrial does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in . 20.


The Thal Industrial  (KAR:TICL) 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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The Thal Industrial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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KAR:TICL vs PARF: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Confectioners subindustry, The Thal Industrial'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.


The Thal Industrial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, The Thal Industrial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Thal Industrial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



The Thal Industrial 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?
The Thal Industrial (KAR:TICL) 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 The Thal Industrial and its competitors.
Is The Thal Industrial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
The Thal Industrial's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₨ Mil.
How does The Thal Industrial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to PARF?
The Thal Industrial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₨ Mil can be compared against companies in the Consumer Packaged Goods 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 Consumer Packaged Goods company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Consumer Packaged Goods 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 The Thal Industrial and its competitors. The Thal Industrial'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 The Thal Industrial stock overvalued right now?
The Thal Industrial (KAR:TICL) 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 The Thal Industrial (KAR:TICL), 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.

The Thal Industrial Business Description

Address 2-D-1, Gulberg-III, Lahore, PB, PAK, 54600
The Thal Industrial Corp Ltd is engaged in the production and sale of refined sugar and its by-products by leveraging core competencies, adopting upgraded technologies, and maintaining ethical, efficient practices. Its product portfolio consists of white refined sugar: Ultra White Refined Sugar, White Refined Sugar, White Refined Sugar (Fine Grain), molasses, and bio-fertilizer. The firm generates revenue from the sale of sugar and its by-products. It also engages in power generation and export, agricultural research and development, and has a biological pest control lab.