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ARB Bhd (XKLS:7181) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : RM47.57 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is ARB Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. ARB Bhd's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was RM0.96 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was RM47.57 Mil.


ARB Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for ARB 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.

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ARB Bhd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

ARB Bhd Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 22.69 3.19 3.17 5.21 6.40

ARB Bhd Quarterly Data
Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.87 13.83 12.83 46.61 0.96

Competitive Comparison of ARB Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Conglomerates subindustry, ARB 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.


ARB Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, ARB Bhd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



ARB 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. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was RM47.57 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.


ARB Bhd  (XKLS:7181) 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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ARB Bhd (XKLS:7181) Business Description

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No. 17-03, Q Sentral, 2A, Jalan Stesen Sentral 2, Kuala Lumpur Sentral, Kuala Lumpur, MYS, 50470
ARB Bhd is engaged in manufacturing wood products in Malaysia. Besides, it is also involved in the provision of management services and investment holding. The company operates three business segments defined as Investment holdings and other segments, Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP") system segment and the Internet of Things ("IoT") segment. It operates predominantly in Malaysia.

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