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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Southern Hydropower JSC's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was ₫1,932 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was ₫11,681 Mil.
Southern Hydropower JSC (STC:SHP) 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.
Southern Hydropower JSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Southern Hydropower JSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Southern Hydropower JSC'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.
Southern Hydropower JSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
STC:SHP vs SRE: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, Southern Hydropower JSC'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.
Southern Hydropower JSC Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Utilities - Regulated Industry
For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Southern Hydropower JSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Southern Hydropower JSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Southern Hydropower JSC 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 ₫11,681 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 ₫11,681 Mil mean?
Southern Hydropower JSC (STC:SHP) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₫11,681 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 Southern Hydropower JSC and its competitors.
Is Southern Hydropower JSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Southern Hydropower JSC's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₫11,681 Mil. Overall, Southern Hydropower JSC has a GF Score™ of 81/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Southern Hydropower JSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to SRE?
Southern Hydropower JSC's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₫11,681 Mil can be compared against companies in the Utilities - Regulated 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 Utilities - Regulated company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Utilities - Regulated 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 Southern Hydropower JSC and its competitors. Southern Hydropower JSC's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₫11,681 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Southern Hydropower JSC stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Southern Hydropower JSC (STC:SHP) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is ₫35,561.20, compared to a current price of ₫32,850.00 — trading 7.6% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₫11,681 Mil. Southern Hydropower JSC's overall GF Score™ is 81/100 with 1 warning sign 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 Southern Hydropower JSC (STC:SHP), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₫11,681 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 Southern Hydropower JSC (STC:SHP) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Southern Hydropower JSC stock appears to be undervalued.
The current stock price of ₫32,850.00 is trading 7.6% below its estimated GF Value™ of ₫35,561.20.
GuruFocus considers Southern Hydropower JSC to be Fairly Valued.
Key valuation signals for STC:SHP:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: ₫11,681 Mil
GF Value™: ₫35,561.20 vs. price of ₫32,850.00 (7.6% below fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the STC:SHP stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Southern Hydropower JSC is a Vietnam based company engaged in manufacturing, transmitting and distributing electricity, providing architectural and related technical consultancy services, installing water supply and drainage systems, fireplace and air-conditioner, installing power systems, installing industrial machinery and equipment, repairing electrical equipment, machinery and equipment, products made of pre-casted metal (not at the head office), providing vocational training services, trading electrical machinery and equipment, electrical materials and mechanical spare parts, exploiting stones, sands, gravels, clays, repairing electronic and optical devices. The company's hydropower plants are Da Siat, Da Dang 2 and Da M'bri.
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