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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. King Yuan Electronics Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was NT$971 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was NT$2,876 Mil.
King Yuan Electronics Co (TPE:2449) 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.
King Yuan Electronics Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
King Yuan Electronics Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for King Yuan Electronics 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.
King Yuan Electronics Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
TPE:2449 vs NVDA, AVGO, MU: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Semiconductors subindustry, King Yuan Electronics 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.
King Yuan Electronics Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Semiconductors Industry
For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, King Yuan Electronics Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where King Yuan Electronics Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
King Yuan Electronics 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$2,876 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$2,876 Mil mean?
King Yuan Electronics Co (TPE:2449) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of NT$2,876 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 King Yuan Electronics Co and its competitors.
Is King Yuan Electronics Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
King Yuan Electronics Co's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is NT$2,876 Mil. Overall, King Yuan Electronics Co has a GF Score™ of 84/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does King Yuan Electronics Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to NVDA and AVGO?
King Yuan Electronics Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of NT$2,876 Mil can be compared against companies in the Semiconductors 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 Semiconductors company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Semiconductors 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 King Yuan Electronics Co and its competitors. King Yuan Electronics Co's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is NT$2,876 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is King Yuan Electronics Co stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, King Yuan Electronics Co (TPE:2449) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is NT$175.94, compared to a current price of NT$253.50 — trading 44.1% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is NT$2,876 Mil. King Yuan Electronics Co's overall GF Score™ is 84/100 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 King Yuan Electronics Co (TPE:2449), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is NT$2,876 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 King Yuan Electronics Co (TPE:2449) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, King Yuan Electronics Co stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of NT$253.50 is trading 44.1% above its estimated GF Value™ of NT$175.94.
GuruFocus considers King Yuan Electronics Co to be Significantly Overvalued.
Key valuation signals for TPE:2449:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: NT$2,876 Mil
GF Value™: NT$175.94 vs. price of NT$253.50 (44.1% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the TPE:2449 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
King Yuan Electronics Co Ltd mainly engages in the business of design, manufacturing, selling, testing, and assembly service of integrated circuits. Additionally, it manufactures and sells IC Monitoring Burn-In machinery and related components. King Yuan provides semiconductor back-end services globally, including testing, wafer grinding, die sawing, and pick-and-place operations. It supports a wide range of semiconductor technologies, including logic and mixed-signal devices, system-on-chip, CMOS image sensors (CIS) and charge-coupled devices (CCD), liquid crystal display drivers (LCDD), radio frequency (RF), wireless components, and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). Geographically, the company derives maximum revenue from North America, followed by Taiwan, Asia, and other regions.
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