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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Jul. 2026 was KWD5.7 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jul. 2026 was KWD6.3 Mil.
Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC (KUW:BPCC) 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.
Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC'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.
Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
KUW:BPCC vs DOW: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Chemicals subindustry, Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC'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.
Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC 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 Jul. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was KWD6.3 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.
What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of KWD6.3 Mil mean?
Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC (KUW:BPCC) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of KWD6.3 Mil as of Jul. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC and its competitors.
Is Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is KWD6.3 Mil. Overall, Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC has a GF Score™ of 43/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to DOW?
Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of KWD6.3 Mil can be compared against companies in the Chemicals 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 Chemicals company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Chemicals 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 Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC and its competitors. Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is KWD6.3 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC (KUW:BPCC) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is KWD0.70, compared to a current price of KWD0.72 — trading 3.3% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is KWD6.3 Mil. Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC's overall GF Score™ is 43/100 with 11 warning signs 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 Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC (KUW:BPCC), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is KWD6.3 Mil as of Jul. 2026. 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.
Is Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC (KUW:BPCC) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of KWD0.72 is trading 3.3% above its estimated GF Value™ of KWD0.70.
GuruFocus considers Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC to be Fairly Valued.
Key valuation signals for KUW:BPCC:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: KWD6.3 Mil
GF Value™: KWD0.70 vs. price of KWD0.72 (3.3% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the KUW:BPCC stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Boubyan Petrochemical Co KSC is engaged in manufacturing petrochemical material and its derivatives and also sells, purchases, supplies, distributes, exports and stores such materials. The company's operating segment includes Energy, manufacturing and petrochemical sector and Services and education, and Others. It generates maximum revenue from the Energy, manufacturing and petrochemical sector segment.
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