OQ Exploration and Production (MUS:OQEP) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: ر.ع17 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2026)

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MUS:OQEP OQ Exploration and Production MUS:OQEP
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What is OQ Exploration and Production Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

OQ Exploration and Production MUS:OQEP +1.29% 31 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ر.ع17 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates MUS:OQEP with a GF Score™ of 31/100. The stock has 2 warning signs investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. OQ Exploration and Production's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was ر.ع2 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was ر.ع17 Mil.


OQ Exploration and Production  (MUS:OQEP) 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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OQ Exploration and Production Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for OQ Exploration and Production'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.

OQ Exploration and Production Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

OQ Exploration and Production Annual Data
Trend Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
15.36 14.52 16.46

OQ Exploration and Production Quarterly Data
Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25 Dec25 Mar26
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.64 1.53 4.20 9.10 1.90

MUS:OQEP vs COP, EOG, FANG: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, OQ Exploration and Production'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.


OQ Exploration and Production Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, OQ Exploration and Production's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where OQ Exploration and Production's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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OQ Exploration and Production 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. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ر.ع17 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 ر.ع17 Mil mean?
OQ Exploration and Production (MUS:OQEP) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ر.ع17 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on OQ Exploration and Production and its competitors.
Is OQ Exploration and Production's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
OQ Exploration and Production's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ر.ع17 Mil. Overall, OQ Exploration and Production has a GF Score™ of 31/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does OQ Exploration and Production's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to COP and EOG?
OQ Exploration and Production's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ر.ع17 Mil can be compared against companies in the Oil & Gas 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 an Oil & Gas company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Oil & Gas 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 OQ Exploration and Production and its competitors. OQ Exploration and Production's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ر.ع17 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is OQ Exploration and Production stock overvalued right now?
OQ Exploration and Production (MUS:OQEP) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ر.ع17 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ر.ع17 Mil. OQ Exploration and Production's overall GF Score™ is 31/100 with 2 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 OQ Exploration and Production (MUS:OQEP), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ر.ع17 Mil as of Mar. 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.

OQ Exploration and Production Business Description

Industry EnergyOil & Gas
Address P.O. Box 200, Muscat Governorate, Madinat Al Irfan, Bawshar, Muscat, OMN, 102
OQ Exploration and Production is engaged in identifying, acquiring, managing, and operating interests in petroleum and other related enterprises. The company reports across two operating segments: blocks operated by OQEP and blocks operated by other entities. The company generates majority of revenue from blocks operated by other entities.
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