Southern Steel Bhd (XKLS:5665) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: RM0 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2025)

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XKLS:5665 Southern Steel Bhd XKLS:5665
30 GF Score
Price RM0.39
GF Value RM0.26
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
! 3 Warning Signs
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What is Southern Steel Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Southern Steel Bhd XKLS:5665 30 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM0 Mil as of Sep. 2025. GuruFocus rates XKLS:5665 with a GF Score™ of 30/100 and a GF Value™ of RM0.26 (Significantly Overvalued). The stock has 3 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. Southern Steel Bhd's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2025 was RM0 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2025 was RM0 Mil.


Southern Steel Bhd  (XKLS:5665) 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.


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Southern Steel Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Southern Steel 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.

Southern Steel Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Southern Steel Bhd Annual Data
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XKLS:5665 vs NUE, STLD, RS: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Steel subindustry, Southern Steel 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.


Southern Steel Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Southern Steel Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Southern Steel Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Southern Steel 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 Sep. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was RM0 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 RM0 Mil mean?
Southern Steel Bhd (XKLS:5665) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM0 Mil as of Sep. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Southern Steel Bhd and its competitors.
Is Southern Steel Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Southern Steel Bhd's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM0 Mil. Overall, Southern Steel Bhd has a GF Score™ of 30/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Southern Steel Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to NUE and STLD?
Southern Steel Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM0 Mil can be compared against companies in the Steel 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 Steel company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Steel 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 Southern Steel Bhd and its competitors. Southern Steel Bhd's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM0 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Southern Steel Bhd stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Southern Steel Bhd (XKLS:5665) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is RM0.26, compared to a current price of RM0.39 — trading 48.1% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM0 Mil. Southern Steel Bhd's overall GF Score™ is 30/100 with 3 warning signs to review. 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 Southern Steel Bhd (XKLS:5665), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM0 Mil as of Sep. 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.

Is Southern Steel Bhd (XKLS:5665) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Southern Steel Bhd stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of RM0.39 is trading 48.1% above its estimated GF Value™ of RM0.26. GuruFocus considers Southern Steel Bhd to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for XKLS:5665:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: RM0 Mil
  • GF Value™: RM0.26 vs. price of RM0.39 (48.1% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 30/100 with 3 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the XKLS:5665 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Southern Steel Bhd Business Description

Address 2723, Lorong Perusahaan 12, Prai Industrial Estate, Prai, PNG, MYS, 13600
Southern Steel Bhd is an investment holding company involved in the manufacturing, sale and trading of steel bars and related products, while the principal activities of its subsidiaries include the manufacturing, sale and trading in billets, steel bars, wire rods, pre-stressed concrete strands, bars and wires, steel pipes, steel wires, and other related products, as well as rental of properties and investment holding. The company comprises the following reportable segments: Steel products, Investment holding and others and Hot rolled coil operation. The company derived the majority of revenue from the sale of its products: bars, wire rod, wire mesh, cut and bend and pre-stressed concrete wire.
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