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United Brands (KAR:UBDL) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : ₨ Mil (TTM As of . 20)


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What is United Brands Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

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


United Brands Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Brands's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Competitive Comparison of United Brands's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, United Brands'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.


United Brands's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, United Brands's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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United Brands 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.


United Brands  (KAR:UBDL) 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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United Brands Business Description

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Delhi Mercantile Muslim Cooperative Housing Society, 2nd Floor, One IBL Center, Block No. 7&8, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi, SD, PAK, 75530
United Brands Ltd is engaged in the trading and distribution of fast-moving consumer goods and allied products. The company markets products for multinational companies on board that include Lindt, Johnsons, and the skincare brand Clean & clear. Its product portfolio includes cereals, snacks, baby care, personal care, milk modifiers, shaving blades, cosmetics, and other allied products.

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