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Formosa Taffeta Co (TPE:1434) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : NT$2,419 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Formosa Taffeta Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Formosa Taffeta Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was NT$592 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was NT$2,419 Mil.


Formosa Taffeta Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Formosa Taffeta 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.

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Formosa Taffeta Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Formosa Taffeta Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2,436.48 2,623.40 2,498.93 2,269.73 2,411.26

Formosa Taffeta Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Competitive Comparison of Formosa Taffeta Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Textile Manufacturing subindustry, Formosa Taffeta 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.


Formosa Taffeta Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories Industry

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Formosa Taffeta Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Formosa Taffeta Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Formosa Taffeta 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. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was NT$2,419 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.


Formosa Taffeta Co  (TPE:1434) 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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Formosa Taffeta Co Business Description

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Address
Nanjing East Road, Neihu, 2F., No.388, Sec.6, Taipei, TWN, 114030
Formosa Taffeta Co Ltd is a Taiwan-based company that is principally involved in the textile industry. The company is engaged in fiber dyeing and finishing, manufacturing, and sales of curtains. The company's business segments include the first business group segment, which is involved in the production and sale of woven, dyeing & finishing products, and management of overseas subsidiaries' plants; the cord fabric segment, which produces and offers tire cords; the gasoline segment, which offers gasoline and car washing, and Other segments. The company generates maximum revenue through the First business group segment.

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