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Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC (KUW:BOURSA) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : KWD4.18 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was KWD1.14 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was KWD4.18 Mil.


Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC'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.

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Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2.81 3.82 3.46 3.89 3.93

Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.89 0.94 0.80 1.30 1.14

Competitive Comparison of Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC'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.


Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC 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. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was KWD4.18 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.


Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC  (KUW:BOURSA) 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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Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC (KUW:BOURSA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Dasman, P.O.Box 1027, Kuwait City, KWT, 15461
Boursa Kuwait Securities Co KPSC operates as a financial exchange and clearing house in Kuwait. The company also provides securities-related services to participants in the financial sector. Its segment includes securities exchange and clearing, out of which the majority is from the securities exchange.

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