Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co (SAU:9623) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: ﷼8.94 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)

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SAU:9623 Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co SAU:9623
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What is Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co SAU:9623 -2.27% 16 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ﷼8.94 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates SAU:9623 with a GF Score™ of 16/100. The stock has 4 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. Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was ﷼8.94 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was ﷼8.94 Mil.


Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co  (SAU:9623) 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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Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries 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.

Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co Annual Data
Trend Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.00 9.00 8.94

Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co Semi-Annual Data
Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 Jun25 Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense 0.00 0.00 9.00 0.00 8.94

SAU:9623 vs LIN, SHW, ECL: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries 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.


Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries 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 Dec. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was ﷼8.94 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 ﷼8.94 Mil mean?
Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co (SAU:9623) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ﷼8.94 Mil as of Dec. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co and its competitors.
Is Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ﷼8.94 Mil. Overall, Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co has a GF Score™ of 16/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to LIN and SHW?
Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ﷼8.94 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 Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co and its competitors. Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ﷼8.94 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co stock overvalued right now?
Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co (SAU:9623) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ﷼8.94 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ﷼8.94 Mil. Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co's overall GF Score™ is 16/100 with 4 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 Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co (SAU:9623), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ﷼8.94 Mil as of Dec. 2025. 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.

Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co Business Description

Address Second Industrial Area, P.O. Box: 1738, Dammam, SAU, 34334
Al Battal Factory For Chemical Industries Co is engaged in the production and manufacture of basic organic chemicals that include acetylene. The company is engaged in production and marketing of top-quality cellulose ether products like Polyanionic Cellulose (PAC) and Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC).
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