Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie (XTUN:BIAT) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: TND309 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)

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XTUN:BIAT Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie SA XTUN:BIAT
71 GF Score
Price TND164.00
GF Value TND114.79
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
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What is Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie XTUN:BIAT -0.61% 71 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is TND309 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates XTUN:BIAT with a GF Score™ of 71/100 and a GF Value™ of TND114.79 (Significantly Overvalued). The stock has 6 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. Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was TND309 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was TND309 Mil.


Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie  (XTUN:BIAT) 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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Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie'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.

Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie Annual Data
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Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie Semi-Annual Data
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XTUN:BIAT vs PNC, USB: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie'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.


Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie 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 TND309 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 TND309 Mil mean?
Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie (XTUN:BIAT) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of TND309 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 Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie and its competitors.
Is Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is TND309 Mil. Overall, Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie has a GF Score™ of 71/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to PNC and USB?
Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of TND309 Mil can be compared against companies in the Banks 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 Banks company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Banks 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 Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie and its competitors. Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is TND309 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie (XTUN:BIAT) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is TND114.79, compared to a current price of TND164.00 — trading 42.9% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is TND309 Mil. Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie's overall GF Score™ is 71/100 with 6 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 Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie (XTUN:BIAT), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is TND309 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.

Is Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie (XTUN:BIAT) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of TND164.00 is trading 42.9% above its estimated GF Value™ of TND114.79. GuruFocus considers Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for XTUN:BIAT:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: TND309 Mil
  • GF Value™: TND114.79 vs. price of TND164.00 (42.9% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 71/100 with 6 warning signs

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


Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie Business Description

Address 70-72 Avenue Habib Bourguiba, Tunis, TUN, 1000
Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie SA is a Tunisia-based banking services provider. The crux of its operations involves Retail Banking and Funding and Investment Banking Business. Under the Retail Banking umbrella, it provides deposit products and loans to individuals, and institutions in agriculture and fishing, industry, construction, olive oil, trading, tourism, transport, telecom, service, and other sectors. The Investment Banking services include corporate finance, venture capital, a securities portfolio and financial holdings management, asset management, and debt recovery. The bank generates a majority of its revenue in the form of interest income.
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