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Axfood AB (Axfood AB) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $825 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Axfood AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Axfood AB's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $219 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $825 Mil.


Axfood AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Axfood AB'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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Axfood AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Axfood AB Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 649.46 791.21 756.47 757.28 842.30

Axfood AB Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 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 207.52 204.85 177.54 223.44 219.47

Competitive Comparison of Axfood AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Axfood AB'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.


Axfood AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Axfood AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Axfood AB 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 $825 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.


Axfood AB  (OTCPK:AXFOF) 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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Axfood AB (Axfood AB) Business Description

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Solnavagen 4, Stockholm, SWE, 113 65
Axfood AB operates food retail and wholesale businesses in Sweden. Its operating segments include Willys, Hemkop, Dagab, and Snabbgross. The Willys segment operates two discount grocery chains: Willys and Eurocash. Willys is Sweden's primary discount market chain, while Eurocash serves mainly the Norwegian-Swedish border. Hemkop offers a wide range of fresh products for meal solutions. Dagab is engaged in the wholesale purchasing and logistics business. Narlivs operates within this segment as a wholesaler serving independent grocers and convenience retailers. This segment contributes to the majority of the company's revenue. Snabbgross is a restaurant wholesaler, catering primarily to cafes, fast-food establishments, and high-end restaurants.

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