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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Pentech Holdings Bhd's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2025 was RM1.1 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was RM1.1 Mil.
Pentech Holdings Bhd (XKLS:0457) 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.
Pentech Holdings Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Pentech Holdings Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Pentech 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.
Pentech Holdings Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Pentech Holdings Bhd Annual Data
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Dec22
Dec23
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Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.75
1.10
0.75
1.09
Pentech Holdings Bhd Semi-Annual Data
Dec22
Dec23
Dec24
Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.75
1.10
0.75
1.09
XKLS:0457 vs IBM, ACN, FISV: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Pentech 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.
Pentech Holdings Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Pentech Holdings Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Pentech Holdings Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Pentech 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.
For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was RM1.1 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 RM1.1 Mil mean?
Pentech Holdings Bhd (XKLS:0457) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM1.1 Mil as of Dec. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Pentech Holdings Bhd and its competitors.
Is Pentech Holdings Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Pentech Holdings Bhd's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM1.1 Mil. Overall, Pentech Holdings Bhd has a GF Score™ of 19/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Pentech Holdings Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to IBM and ACN?
Pentech Holdings Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM1.1 Mil can be compared against companies in the Software 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 Software company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Software 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 Pentech Holdings Bhd and its competitors. Pentech Holdings Bhd's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM1.1 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Pentech Holdings Bhd stock overvalued right now?
Pentech Holdings Bhd (XKLS:0457) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM1.1 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM1.1 Mil. Pentech Holdings Bhd's overall GF Score™ is 19/100. 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 Pentech Holdings Bhd (XKLS:0457), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM1.1 Mil as of Dec. 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.
Pentech Holdings Bhd is principally involved in providing enterprise ICT solutions, which include integrating enterprise ICT infrastructure, supplying hardware and software, and providing cloud, managed, and other services such as technical and digital transformation services. The four reportable operating segments are as follows: Integration of enterprise ICT infrastructure, Supply of hardware and software, Provision of cloud and managed services, and Other services. The majority of revenue is derived from the Integration of enterprise ICT infrastructure segment. Geographically, the maximum revenue is generated from Malaysia.
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