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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. East African Portland Cement's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Jun. 2024 was KES269 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2024 was KES269 Mil.
East African Portland Cement (NAI:PORT) 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.
East African Portland Cement Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
East African Portland Cement Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for East African Portland Cement'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.
East African Portland Cement Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
NAI:PORT vs CRH, MLM, VMC: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Building Materials subindustry, East African Portland Cement'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.
East African Portland Cement Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Building Materials Industry
For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, East African Portland Cement's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where East African Portland Cement's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
East African Portland Cement 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.
For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2024 was KES269 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 KES269 Mil mean?
East African Portland Cement (NAI:PORT) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of KES269 Mil as of Jun. 2024. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on East African Portland Cement and its competitors.
Is East African Portland Cement's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
East African Portland Cement's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is KES269 Mil. Overall, East African Portland Cement has a GF Score™ of 19/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does East African Portland Cement's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to CRH and MLM?
East African Portland Cement's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of KES269 Mil can be compared against companies in the Building Materials 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 Building Materials company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Building Materials 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 East African Portland Cement and its competitors. East African Portland Cement's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is KES269 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is East African Portland Cement stock overvalued right now?
East African Portland Cement (NAI:PORT) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of KES269 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is KES269 Mil. East African Portland Cement's overall GF Score™ is 19/100. 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 East African Portland Cement (NAI:PORT), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is KES269 Mil as of Jun. 2024. 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.
East African Portland Cement is a Kenya based company engaged in the manufacturing of cement. The company serves many key areas, including housing, education, health, tourism, transport, and communication. Geographically, it operates through the region of the local market of Kenya and the regional market of East Africa, of which the local market of Kenya generates a majority of revenue. Its product portfolio includes PPC, Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC), and Paving Blocks.
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