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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2026 was KWD0.06 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2026 was KWD0.14 Mil.
Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP (KUW:EMIRATES) 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.
Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
* 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.
Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison
For the Real Estate - Diversified subindustry, Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP'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.
Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Real Estate Industry
For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP 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 Jun. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was KWD0.14 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 KWD0.14 Mil mean?
Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP (KUW:EMIRATES) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of KWD0.14 Mil as of Jun. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP and its competitors.
Is Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is KWD0.14 Mil. Overall, Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP has a GF Score™ of 56/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of KWD0.14 Mil can be compared against companies in the Real Estate 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 Real Estate company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Real Estate 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 Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP and its competitors. Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is KWD0.14 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP stock overvalued right now?
Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP (KUW:EMIRATES) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of KWD0.14 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is KWD0.14 Mil. Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP's overall GF Score™ is 56/100 with 3 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 Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP (KUW:EMIRATES), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is KWD0.14 Mil as of Jun. 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.
Kuwait Emirates Holding Co KSCP is a Kuwait-based shareholding company. Its activities include acquiring shares of Kuwaiti or foreign shareholding companies, lending to companies of which it owns part of their shares, obtaining industrial equity rights, purchasing properties, and utilizing available financial surplus by investment. Along with its subsidiaries, it operates in the following segments: Investment and Real Estate. The majority of its revenue is generated from the Real Estate segment, which includes real estate trading, development, and management. The Investment segment includes the Group's activities related to trading in securities and investments. Geographically, the Group has its presence in Kuwait and Syria.
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