Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Presco's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was ₦8,692 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was ₦45,910 Mil.
Presco (NSA:PRESCO) 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.
Presco Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Presco Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Presco'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.
NSA:PRESCO vs ADM, BG, TSN: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Farm Products subindustry, Presco'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.
Presco Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Presco's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Presco's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Presco 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 ₦45,910 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 ₦45,910 Mil mean?
Presco (NSA:PRESCO) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₦45,910 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 Presco and its competitors.
Is Presco's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Presco's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₦45,910 Mil. Overall, Presco has a GF Score™ of 94/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Presco's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ADM and BG?
Presco's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₦45,910 Mil can be compared against companies in the Consumer Packaged Goods 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 Consumer Packaged Goods company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Consumer Packaged Goods 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 Presco and its competitors. Presco's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₦45,910 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Presco stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Presco (NSA:PRESCO) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is ₦1,210.09, compared to a current price of ₦2,300.00 — trading 90.1% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₦45,910 Mil. Presco's overall GF Score™ is 94/100 with 6 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 Presco (NSA:PRESCO), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₦45,910 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.
Is Presco (NSA:PRESCO) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Presco stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of ₦2,300.00 is trading 90.1% above its estimated GF Value™ of ₦1,210.09.
GuruFocus considers Presco to be Significantly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for NSA:PRESCO:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: ₦45,910 Mil
GF Value™: ₦1,210.09 vs. price of ₦2,300.00 (90.1% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the NSA:PRESCO stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Presco PLC is engaged in the development of oil palm plantations, palm oil milling, palm kernel processing, and vegetable oil refining. The company's products are crude palm oil, refined bleached and deodorised palm oil, palm olein, palm stearin, palm fatty acid distillate, palm kernel oil (crude and refined), and palm kernel cake. The company operates a single, vertically integrated palm oil business encompassing plantation management, harvesting of fresh fruit bunches, milling of crude palm oil and palm kernel oil, and refining into finished palm based and derivative products. It generates revenue from the sale of crude palm oil, palm kernel oil, palm kernel cake, refined bleached deodorised olein, refined bleached deodorised stearin, and other palm based derivative products.
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