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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Value Valves Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was NT$96 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was NT$377 Mil.
Value Valves Co (ROCO:4580) 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.
Value Valves Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Value Valves Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Value Valves Co'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.
Value Valves Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
ROCO:4580 vs GEV, ETN, PH: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Value Valves Co'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.
Value Valves Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Value Valves Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Value Valves Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Value Valves Co 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 NT$377 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 NT$377 Mil mean?
Value Valves Co (ROCO:4580) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of NT$377 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 Value Valves Co and its competitors.
Is Value Valves Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Value Valves Co's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is NT$377 Mil. Overall, Value Valves Co has a GF Score™ of 85/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Value Valves Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to GEV and ETN?
Value Valves Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of NT$377 Mil can be compared against companies in the Industrial Products 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 Industrial Products company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Industrial Products 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 Value Valves Co and its competitors. Value Valves Co's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is NT$377 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Value Valves Co stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Value Valves Co (ROCO:4580) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is NT$80.16, compared to a current price of NT$80.50 — trading 0.4% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is NT$377 Mil. Value Valves Co's overall GF Score™ is 85/100 with 3 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 Value Valves Co (ROCO:4580), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is NT$377 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 Value Valves Co (ROCO:4580) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Value Valves Co stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of NT$80.50 is trading 0.4% above its estimated GF Value™ of NT$80.16.
GuruFocus considers Value Valves Co to be Fairly Valued.
Key valuation signals for ROCO:4580:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: NT$377 Mil
GF Value™: NT$80.16 vs. price of NT$80.50 (0.4% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the ROCO:4580 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Value Valves Co Ltd is a Taiwan based company engaged in the development, design, manufacture, inspection and marketing of a different variety of valves. Its product offerings include butterfly valves, check valves, damper valves, ball valves, globe valves, gate valves, gear box control, pneumatic control, hydraulic control, electric control and customized valves. The company exports its products to the United States, Japan, Europe, Oceania and other advanced industrial and regions. Its products are widely used in petroleum and petrochemical products, steel, shipbuilding, energy. water treatment, paper, air-conditioning, electronic and other industrial fields.
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