Centiel AG (XSWX:CNTL) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: CHF Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)

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XSWX:CNTL Centiel AG XSWX:CNTL
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What is Centiel AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Centiel AG XSWX:CNTL +10.89% 19 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is CHF Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates XSWX:CNTL with a GF Score™ of 19/100. The stock has 1 warning sign investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Centiel AG's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was CHF2.26 Mil. Centiel AG does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025.

Centiel AG  (XSWX:CNTL) 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.

Centiel AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms

Centiel AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Centiel AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Centiel AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Centiel AG Annual Data
Trend Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
0.86 1.60 2.26

Centiel AG Semi-Annual Data
Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense 0.86 1.60 2.26

XSWX:CNTL vs VRT, BE, HUBB: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Centiel AG'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.

Centiel AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Centiel AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Centiel AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Centiel AG 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.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of CHF Mil mean?
Centiel AG (XSWX:CNTL) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of CHF 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 Centiel AG and its competitors.
Is Centiel AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Centiel AG's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is CHF Mil. Overall, Centiel AG has a GF Score™ of 19/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Centiel AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to VRT and BE?
Centiel AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of CHF Mil can be compared against companies in the Industrial 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 an Industrial Products company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Industrial 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 Centiel AG and its competitors. Centiel AG's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is CHF Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Centiel AG stock overvalued right now?
Centiel AG (XSWX:CNTL) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of CHF Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is CHF Mil. Centiel AG's overall GF Score™ is 19/100 with 1 warning sign 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 Centiel AG (XSWX:CNTL), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is CHF 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.

Centiel AG Business Description

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Centiel AG is a Swiss-based technology company focused on the design, manufacture, and supply of power protection solutions for critical installations. Its products include uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems used in applications such as data centers, railways, medical facilities, and industrial infrastructure.
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