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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Peterlabs Holdings Bhd's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2025 was RM3.6 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2025 was RM17.4 Mil.
Peterlabs Holdings Bhd (XKLS:0171) 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.
Peterlabs Holdings Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Peterlabs Holdings Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Peterlabs Holdings Bhd'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.
Peterlabs Holdings Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
XKLS:0171 vs ZTS, UTHR, VTRS: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Peterlabs Holdings Bhd'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.
Peterlabs Holdings Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Drug Manufacturers Industry
For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Peterlabs Holdings Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Peterlabs Holdings Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Peterlabs Holdings Bhd 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 Jun. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was RM17.4 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 RM17.4 Mil mean?
Peterlabs Holdings Bhd (XKLS:0171) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM17.4 Mil as of Jun. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Peterlabs Holdings Bhd and its competitors.
Is Peterlabs Holdings Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Peterlabs Holdings Bhd's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM17.4 Mil. Overall, Peterlabs Holdings Bhd has a GF Score™ of 47/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Peterlabs Holdings Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ZTS and UTHR?
Peterlabs Holdings Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM17.4 Mil can be compared against companies in the Drug Manufacturers 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 Drug Manufacturers company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Drug Manufacturers 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 Peterlabs Holdings Bhd and its competitors. Peterlabs Holdings Bhd's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM17.4 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Peterlabs Holdings Bhd stock overvalued right now?
Peterlabs Holdings Bhd (XKLS:0171) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM17.4 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM17.4 Mil. Peterlabs Holdings Bhd's overall GF Score™ is 47/100. 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 Peterlabs Holdings Bhd (XKLS:0171), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM17.4 Mil as of Jun. 2025. 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.
Peterlabs Holdings Bhd is engaged in the manufacturing, distribution, export, and trading of animal health and nutrition products. The Group offers biosecurity and disinfectants, compound feed supplements, feed additives, nutritional premixes, pharmaceuticals, and water-soluble supplements, as well as farm management, technical advisory services, raw material analysis, and feed formulation. Its segments are Manufacturing, which covers the manufacturing and distribution of animal health and nutrition products; Trading, which involves the trading and distribution of animal health and nutrition products and consumer goods, and contributes the majority of its revenue; and Others, which provides investment holding services. The company operates in Malaysia and internationally.
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