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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. BTM Resources Bhd's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was RM1.64 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was RM2.71 Mil.
BTM Resources Bhd (XKLS:7188) 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.
BTM Resources Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
BTM Resources Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for BTM Resources 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.
BTM Resources Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
XKLS:7188 vs SSD, UFPI, BCC: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, BTM Resources 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.
BTM Resources Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Forest Products Industry
For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, BTM Resources Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where BTM Resources Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
BTM Resources 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 RM2.71 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 RM2.71 Mil mean?
BTM Resources Bhd (XKLS:7188) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM2.71 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 BTM Resources Bhd and its competitors.
Is BTM Resources Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
BTM Resources Bhd's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM2.71 Mil.
How does BTM Resources Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to SSD and UFPI?
BTM Resources Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of RM2.71 Mil can be compared against companies in the Forest Products 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 Forest Products company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Forest Products 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 BTM Resources Bhd and its competitors. BTM Resources Bhd's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM2.71 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is BTM Resources Bhd stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, BTM Resources Bhd (XKLS:7188) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is RM0.02, compared to a current price of RM0.03 — trading 50% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM2.71 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 BTM Resources Bhd (XKLS:7188), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is RM2.71 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.
BTM Resources Bhd is a Malaysian investment holding company. The principal activities of the company consist of investment holding and the provision of management services. It is engaged in the business of logging, sawmilling, trading in sawn timbers, plywood and logs, timber molding and manufacturing of finger-jointed timber and lamination boards and letting of plant and machinery. The company operates in Malaysia, Australia, Korea, USA and Singapore, of which it generates a majority of the revenue from Malaysia.
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