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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Sep. 2014 was KWD32.1 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2014 was KWD56.2 Mil.
Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC (KUW:TAIBA) 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.
Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Taiba Kuwaiti Holding 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.
Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison
For the Credit Services subindustry, Taiba Kuwaiti Holding 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.
Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Credit Services Industry
For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Taiba Kuwaiti Holding 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 Sep. 2014 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was KWD56.2 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 KWD56.2 Mil mean?
Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC (KUW:TAIBA) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of KWD56.2 Mil as of Sep. 2014. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC and its competitors.
Is Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is KWD56.2 Mil.
How does Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of KWD56.2 Mil can be compared against companies in the Credit Services 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 Credit Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Credit Services 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 Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC and its competitors. Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is KWD56.2 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC stock overvalued right now?
Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC (KUW:TAIBA) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of KWD56.2 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is KWD56.2 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 Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co KSC (KUW:TAIBA), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is KWD56.2 Mil as of Sep. 2014. 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.
Taiba Kuwaiti Holding Co operates as an investment holding company. It holds shares of other companies, extends loans to investee companies, provides guarantees for third parties and acquires industrial trademarks, among others.
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