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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Unilex Colours and Chemicals's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Mar. 2026 was ₹52 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was ₹98 Mil.
Unilex Colours and Chemicals (NSE:UNILEX) 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.
Unilex Colours and Chemicals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Unilex Colours and Chemicals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Unilex Colours and Chemicals'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.
Unilex Colours and Chemicals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Unilex Colours and Chemicals Annual Data
Trend
Mar22
Mar23
Mar24
Mar25
Mar26
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
67.52
70.06
79.06
122.20
97.82
Unilex Colours and Chemicals Semi-Annual Data
Sep24
Mar25
Sep25
Mar26
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
50.39
57.35
46.19
51.62
NSE:UNILEX vs LIN, SHW, ECL: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Unilex Colours and Chemicals'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.
Unilex Colours and Chemicals Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Unilex Colours and Chemicals's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Unilex Colours and Chemicals's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Unilex Colours and Chemicals 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 semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ₹98 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 ₹98 Mil mean?
Unilex Colours and Chemicals (NSE:UNILEX) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₹98 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 Unilex Colours and Chemicals and its competitors.
Is Unilex Colours and Chemicals' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Unilex Colours and Chemicals' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₹98 Mil. Overall, Unilex Colours and Chemicals has a GF Score™ of 18/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Unilex Colours and Chemicals' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to LIN and SHW?
Unilex Colours and Chemicals' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₹98 Mil can be compared against companies in the Chemicals 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 Chemicals company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Chemicals 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 Unilex Colours and Chemicals and its competitors. Unilex Colours and Chemicals's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₹98 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Unilex Colours and Chemicals stock overvalued right now?
Unilex Colours and Chemicals (NSE:UNILEX) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₹98 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₹98 Mil. Unilex Colours and Chemicals' overall GF Score™ is 18/100 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 Unilex Colours and Chemicals (NSE:UNILEX), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₹98 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.
Unilex Colours and Chemicals Ltd is engaged in the business of manufacturing pigments and the trading of chemicals and food colours. The pigments manufactured by the company have diverse applications across various industries, including plastics, rubber, textiles, paper, printing inks, paints, and coatings. The company manufactures and trades multiple pigments such as pigment green 7, middle chrome, lemon chrome, pigment violet 3, 23, and 27, ultramarine blue, etc, as well as food colours such as tartrazine, sunset yellow, allura red, ponceau 4R, carmoisine, and brilliant blue, etc. Geographically, it caters to the Indian market, also exports its products to Vietnam, Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Turkey, the Netherlands, Poland, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Uzbekistan, and other regions.
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