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Las Vegasnds (Las Vegasnds) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $1,142 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Las Vegasnds Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Las Vegasnds's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $286 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $1,142 Mil.


Las Vegasnds Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Las Vegasnds 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 1,118.00 798.00 831.00 936.00 1,107.00

Las Vegasnds 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 251.00 279.00 290.00 287.00 286.00

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

For the Resorts & Casinos subindustry, Las Vegasnds'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.


Las Vegasnds's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Las Vegasnds's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Las Vegasnds 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 $1,142 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.


Las Vegasnds  (NYSE:LVS) 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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Las Vegasnds (Las Vegasnds) Business Description

Address
5500 Haven Street, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 89119
Las Vegas Sands is the world's largest operator of fully integrated resorts, featuring casino, hotel, entertainment, food and beverage, retail, and convention center operations. The company owns the Venetian Macao, Sands Macao, Londoner Macao, Four Seasons Hotel Macao, and Parisian Macao, as well as the Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore. Its Venetian and Palazzo Las Vegas assets in the U.S. were sold to Apollo and VICI for $6.25 billion in 2022. We expect Sands to open a fourth tower in Singapore in 2029. With the sale of its Vegas assets, the company generates all its EBITDA from Asia, with its casino operations generating the majority of sales.
Executives
Miriam Adelson 10 percent owner 5500 HAVEN STREET, LAS VEGAS NV 89119
Charles D Forman director 3355 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Yibing Mao director C/O LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP., 3355 LAS VEGAS BLVD SOUTH, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Nora M. Jordan director 3355 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
D. Zachary Hudson officer: EVP and Global General Counsel 3355 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Xuan Yan director 3355 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Lawrence A Jacobs officer: EVP & Global General Counsel THE NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED, 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Robert G Goldstein officer: Senior Vice President 3355 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
George Jamieson director C/O LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP, 3355 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Lewis Kramer director C/O L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, 600 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10016
Randy Hyzak officer: SVP, Chief Accounting Officer C/O FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., 6501 WILLIAM CANNON DRIVE WEST, AUSTIN TX 78735
Patrick Dumont officer: Principal Financial Officer 3355 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Stephanie Marz officer: Principal Accounting Officer 3355 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
George Tanasijevich officer: Pres & CEO, Marina Bay Sands LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP., 3355 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Ira H Raphaelson officer: EVP & Global General Counsel LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP., 3355 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH, LAS VEGAS NV 89109