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Centene (Centene) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $12,563 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Centene Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Centene's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,488 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $12,563 Mil.


Centene Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Centene 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 6,533.00 11,343.00 9,601.00 11,589.00 12,563.00

Centene Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 3,198.00 3,011.00 3,016.00 3,048.00 3,488.00

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

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, Centene'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.


Centene's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Healthcare Plans Industry

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, Centene's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Centene 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 Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $12,563 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.


Centene  (NYSE:CNC) 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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Centene (Centene) Business Description

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Address
7700 Forsyth Boulevard, Centene Plaza, St. Louis, MO, USA, 63105
Centene is a managed-care organization focused on government-sponsored healthcare plans, including Medicaid, Medicare, and the individual exchanges. Centene served 24 million medical members as of June 2023, mostly in Medicaid (67% of membership), the individual exchanges (14%), and Medicare Advantage (6%) plans. The company also serves traditional Medicare users with its Medicare Part D pharmaceutical program.
Executives
Lori Jean Robinson director 5875 LANDERBROOK DRIVE, SUITE 220, CLEVELAND OH 44124
Andrew Lynn Asher officer: EVP, CFO 8735 HENDERSON ROAD, TAMPA FL 33634
James E Murray officer: EVP, Chief Transform. Officer 500 WEST MAIN STREET, LOUISVILLE KY 40202
Samuels Theodore R. Ii director 1990 E. GRAND AVE., EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Monte E Ford director C/O AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 8 CAMBRIDGE CENTER, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Kenneth J Fasola officer: EVP, Health Care Enterprises 500 WEST MAIN STREET, LOUISVILLE KY 40202
Shannon Bagley officer: EVP, Chief Admin. Officer 7700 FORSYTH BOULEVARD, CLAYTON MO 63105
Richard A Gephardt director 822 CAPITOL SQUARE PLACE, SW, WASHINGTON DC 20024
Christopher J Coughlin director
H James Dallas director 127 PUBLIC SQUARE, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Mark J Brooks officer: SVP, Chief Information Officer 7700 FORSYTH BOULEVARD, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
David P Thomas officer: EVP, MARKETS 7700 FORSYTH BOULEVARD, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Leslie V Norwalk director C/O 3661 VALLEY CENTRE DRIVE SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
Wayne S Deveydt director 120 MONUMENT CIRCLE, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46204
Toney Colin A officer: EVP, Mergers & Acquisitions 7700 FORSYTH BOULEVARD, ST. LOUIS MO 63105

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