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Matang BhdXKLS:0189 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM10.15 Mil as of Mar. 2026. The stock has 7 warning signs investors should review.
Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Matang Bhd's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was RM2.33 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was RM10.15 Mil.
Matang Bhd (XKLS:0189) 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.
Matang Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Matang Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Matang 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.
Matang Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
XKLS:0189 vs ADM, BG, TSN: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Farm Products subindustry, Matang 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.
Matang Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Matang Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Matang Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Matang 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 Mar. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was RM10.15 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 RM10.15 Mil mean?
Matang Bhd (XKLS:0189) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM10.15 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 Matang Bhd and its competitors.
Is Matang Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Matang Bhd's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM10.15 Mil.
How does Matang Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ADM and BG?
Matang Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM10.15 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 Matang Bhd and its competitors. Matang Bhd's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM10.15 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Matang Bhd stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Matang Bhd (XKLS:0189) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is RM0.08, compared to a current price of RM0.08 — trading 6.3% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM10.15 Mil. 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 Matang Bhd (XKLS:0189), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM10.15 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.
Matang Bhd is an investment holding company. The company is engaged in the management of plantation estate, the sale of fresh fruit bunches, and property investment. Its activities also include procuring germinated oil palm seeds, planting or replanting, field upkeeping that includes pruning, manuring and pest control, harvesting, transporting, and selling fresh fruit bunch (FFB). The company has one reportable segment i.e. management of plantation estate, cultivation of oil palm and durian, and sale of fresh fruit bunch and durian. Geographically, all of the company's operations are carried out in Malaysia.
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