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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. ASTARTA Holding NV's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was ₴657 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was ₴2,473 Mil.
ASTARTA Holding NV (UKEX:AST) 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.
ASTARTA Holding NV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
ASTARTA Holding NV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for ASTARTA Holding NV'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.
ASTARTA Holding NV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
UKEX:AST vs ADM, BG, TSN: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Farm Products subindustry, ASTARTA Holding NV'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.
ASTARTA Holding NV Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, ASTARTA Holding NV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where ASTARTA Holding NV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
ASTARTA Holding NV 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 ₴2,473 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 ₴2,473 Mil mean?
ASTARTA Holding NV (UKEX:AST) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₴2,473 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 ASTARTA Holding NV and its competitors.
Is ASTARTA Holding NV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
ASTARTA Holding NV's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₴2,473 Mil. Overall, ASTARTA Holding NV has a GF Score™ of 66/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does ASTARTA Holding NV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ADM and BG?
ASTARTA Holding NV's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₴2,473 Mil can be compared against companies in the Consumer Packaged Goods 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 Consumer Packaged Goods company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Consumer Packaged Goods 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 ASTARTA Holding NV and its competitors. ASTARTA Holding NV's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₴2,473 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is ASTARTA Holding NV stock overvalued right now?
ASTARTA Holding NV (UKEX:AST) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of ₴2,473 Mil. The stock's GF Value™ is ₴24.30, compared to a current price of ₴38.00 — trading 56.4% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₴2,473 Mil. ASTARTA Holding NV's overall GF Score™ is 66/100 with 10 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 ASTARTA Holding NV (UKEX:AST), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is ₴2,473 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 ASTARTA Holding NV (UKEX:AST) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, ASTARTA Holding NV stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of ₴38.00 is trading 56.4% above its estimated GF Value™ of ₴24.30.
Key valuation signals for UKEX:AST:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: ₴2,473 Mil
GF Value™: ₴24.30 vs. price of ₴38.00 (56.4% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the UKEX:AST stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
ASTARTA Holding NV specializes in sugar production, crop growing, soybean processing and cattle farming. Its operations are vertically integrated, with sugar produced mainly using own-grown sugar beet and soybeans processed from in-house grown crops. Its production includes sugar and sugar by-products, grains and oilseeds, soybean crushing products and others. Its segments include production and wholesale distribution of sugar, growing and selling of grain and oilseeds crops, dairy cattle farming, and soybean processing. The agriculture segment generates maximum revenue. Its croplands, sugar and soybean processing plants, and cattle operations are mainly located in the Poltava, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytsky, Ternopil and Kharkiv oblasts of Ukraine, with maximum revenue generated from Ukraine.
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