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Meridian BhdXKLS:5040 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM4.74 Mil as of May. 2025.
Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Meridian Bhd's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in May. 2025 was RM1.90 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2025 was RM4.74 Mil.
Meridian Bhd (XKLS:5040) 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.
Meridian Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Meridian Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Meridian 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.
Meridian Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
XKLS:5040 vs CBRE, BEKE, CSGP: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Meridian 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.
Meridian Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Real Estate Industry
For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Meridian Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Meridian Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Meridian 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 May. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was RM4.74 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 RM4.74 Mil mean?
Meridian Bhd (XKLS:5040) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM4.74 Mil as of May. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Meridian Bhd and its competitors.
Is Meridian Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Meridian Bhd's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM4.74 Mil.
How does Meridian Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to CBRE and BEKE?
Meridian Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM4.74 Mil can be compared against companies in the Real Estate 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 Real Estate company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Real Estate 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 Meridian Bhd and its competitors. Meridian Bhd's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM4.74 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Meridian Bhd stock overvalued right now?
Meridian Bhd (XKLS:5040) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM4.74 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM4.74 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 Meridian Bhd (XKLS:5040), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM4.74 Mil as of May. 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.
Meridian Bhd is an investment holding company. Along with its subsidiaries, it is engaged in property development and investment in properties. The group has completed the development of several properties, such as The Summit Subang USJ, The Summit Bukit Mertajam, Aman Larkin, Scott Garden, Scott Tower, The Arc at Cyberjaya, etc., and has many other projects under development. The group's operating segments are: Property investment, Construction, Property development, and Others. Maximum revenue is generated from its Property investment segment, which is involved in rental collection from investment properties and the operation of car parks in commercial properties. Geographically, the group mainly operates in Malaysia.
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