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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Bescient Technologies Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was ¥15.9 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was ¥27.3 Mil.
Bescient Technologies Co (SHSE:688671) 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.
Bescient Technologies Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Bescient Technologies Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Bescient Technologies 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.
Bescient Technologies Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
SHSE:688671 vs VLTO, ZWS, CECO: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Bescient Technologies 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.
Bescient Technologies Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Bescient Technologies Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Bescient Technologies Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Bescient Technologies 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 ¥27.3 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 ¥27.3 Mil mean?
Bescient Technologies Co (SHSE:688671) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ¥27.3 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 Bescient Technologies Co and its competitors.
Is Bescient Technologies Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Bescient Technologies Co's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ¥27.3 Mil. Overall, Bescient Technologies Co has a GF Score™ of 71/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Bescient Technologies Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to VLTO and ZWS?
Bescient Technologies Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ¥27.3 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 Bescient Technologies Co and its competitors. Bescient Technologies Co's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ¥27.3 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Bescient Technologies Co stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Bescient Technologies Co (SHSE:688671) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is ¥19.02, compared to a current price of ¥24.88 — trading 30.8% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ¥27.3 Mil. Bescient Technologies Co's overall GF Score™ is 71/100 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 Bescient Technologies Co (SHSE:688671), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ¥27.3 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 Bescient Technologies Co (SHSE:688671) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Bescient Technologies Co stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of ¥24.88 is trading 30.8% above its estimated GF Value™ of ¥19.02.
GuruFocus considers Bescient Technologies Co to be Significantly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for SHSE:688671:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: ¥27.3 Mil
GF Value™: ¥19.02 vs. price of ¥24.88 (30.8% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the SHSE:688671 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Bescient Technologies Co Ltd is a national high-tech backbone enterprise engaged in the development of environmental automatic monitoring. It has always focused on the independent research and development of scientific instruments and big data and is committed to building multi-industry intelligent applications and services that perceive and interconnect all things, and provide strong technical support for the construction of the national ecological environment, water conservancy and public safety. Its main business involves research and development, production and technical services in the fields of intelligent environmental monitoring equipment, environmental monitoring Internet of Things and ecological environment big data, smart water affairs, digital agriculture, and public security.
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