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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Elsa Bhd's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2025 was RM1.0 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was RM1.0 Mil.
Elsa Bhd (XKLS:0458) 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.
Elsa Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Elsa Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Elsa 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.
Elsa Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Elsa Bhd Annual Data
Trend
Dec22
Dec23
Dec24
Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.35
0.82
0.98
0.97
Elsa Bhd Semi-Annual Data
Dec22
Dec23
Dec24
Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.35
0.82
0.98
0.97
XKLS:0458 vs SLB, BKR, FTI: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Elsa 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.
Elsa Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Oil & Gas Industry
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Elsa Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Elsa Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Elsa 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 RM1.0 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 RM1.0 Mil mean?
Elsa Bhd (XKLS:0458) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM1.0 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 Elsa Bhd and its competitors.
Is Elsa Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Elsa Bhd's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM1.0 Mil. Overall, Elsa Bhd has a GF Score™ of 16/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Elsa Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to SLB and BKR?
Elsa Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM1.0 Mil can be compared against companies in the Oil & Gas 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 an Oil & Gas company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Oil & Gas 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 Elsa Bhd and its competitors. Elsa Bhd's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM1.0 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Elsa Bhd stock overvalued right now?
Elsa Bhd (XKLS:0458) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM1.0 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM1.0 Mil. Elsa Bhd's overall GF Score™ is 16/100. 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 Elsa Bhd (XKLS:0458), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM1.0 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.
Elsa Bhd is an investment holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is principally involved in the provision of O&G service and equipment solutions which include, amongst others, oilfield service solutions, talent solutions, digital solutions as well as robotics and engineering solutions. Its main business segments comprise: i) Oilfield service solutions, Talent solutions, Digital solutions, and Robotics and engineering solutions. The majority of revenue is derived from the Oilfield service solutions segment, which include supporting activities throughout the lifecycle of an oilfield, mainly in subsurface geoscience and petroleum engineering services, production optimisation services and well services subsegments. Geographically, key revenue is derived from Malaysia.
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