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Buffalo Wild Wings (Buffalo Wild Wings) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $138 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2017)


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What is Buffalo Wild Wings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Buffalo Wild Wings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2017 was $32 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2017 was $138 Mil.


Buffalo Wild Wings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Buffalo Wild Wings'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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Buffalo Wild Wings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Buffalo Wild Wings Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 98.78 110.83 131.58 143.29 131.84

Buffalo Wild Wings Quarterly Data
Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17
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 33.75 32.90 33.34 40.07 31.91

Competitive Comparison of Buffalo Wild Wings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Restaurants subindustry, Buffalo Wild Wings'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.


Buffalo Wild Wings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Buffalo Wild Wings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Buffalo Wild Wings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Buffalo Wild Wings 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 Sep. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $138 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.


Buffalo Wild Wings  (NAS:BWLD) 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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Buffalo Wild Wings (Buffalo Wild Wings) Business Description

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Buffalo Wild Wings operates and franchises restaurants under the names Buffalo Wild Wings, R Taco, and PizzaRev. The Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants, which provide the vast majority of company revenue, have sports-bar atmospheres and feature Buffalo-style chicken wings. The restaurants are designed for group gatherings and feature projection screens and dozens of televisions. About half of the company's restaurants are franchised. The company has a centralized supply chain that serves all company-owned and franchised restaurants. The majority of its restaurants are in the United States, but the company has a small presence in Canada and Mexico and is expanding to the Middle East and Asia.
Executives
Richard Mcguire director FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 2100, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Alexander H Ware officer: Chief Financial Officer 4000 DAIN RAUSCHER PLAZA, 60 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Andre J Fernandez director 333 WEST STATE STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53203
Harmit J Singh director 71 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, 12TH FLOOR, CHICAGO IL 60606
Cindy L Davis director 2635 SW GRENWOLDE PLACE, PORTLAND OR 97201
Andrew D. Block officer: SVP-Talent Management 5500 WAYZATA BOULEVARD, SUITE 1600, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416
Lawton Iii Harry A director C/O EBAY INC., 2065, SAN JOSE CA 95125
Marcato Capital Management Llc director FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 2100, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Marcato International Master Fund, Ltd. director C/O OGIER FIDUCIARY SERVICES (CAYMAN)LTD, 89 NEXUS WAY, CAMANA BAY, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-9007
Janice L Fields director 800 NORTH LINDBERGH BLVD., ST. LOUIS MO 63167
Scott Bergren director 1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Sally J Smith officer: CEO & President 5500 WAYZATA BLVD., SUITE 1600, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416
Sam Brian Rovit director KRAFT FOODS GROUP, INC., THREE LAKES DRIVE, NORTHFIELD IL 60093
Michael P Johnson director 2431 EAST 61ST STREET, TULSA OK 74136
Mary J Twinem officer: Exec VP, CFO & Treasurer 5500 WAYZATA BLVD., SUITE 1600, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416

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