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MPLX LP (MPLX LP) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $379 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is MPLX LP Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. MPLX LP's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $99 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $379 Mil.


MPLX LP Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

MPLX LP 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 388.00 378.00 353.00 335.00 379.00

MPLX LP 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 87.00 89.00 89.00 102.00 99.00

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

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, MPLX LP'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.


MPLX LP's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, MPLX LP's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



MPLX LP 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 $379 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.


MPLX LP  (NYSE:MPLX) 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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MPLX LP (MPLX LP) Business Description

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Address
200 East Hardin Street, Findlay, OH, USA, 45840-3229
MPLX is a partnership that owns both pipelines and gathering and processing assets with extensive holdings in the Appalachian region. The asset base is made up of pipeline assets dropped down from Marathon Petroleum, its sponsor, and gathering and processing assets from MarkWest, which it acquired in 2015. MPLX also acquired Andeavor Logistics in July 2019.
Executives
Christine S Breves director 600 GRANT STREET, SUITE 6100, PITTSBURGH PA 16059
Shawn M Lyon officer: Senior VP, Log. & Storage C/O MPLX, 200 E HARDIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840
Gregory Scott Floerke officer: Exec VP and CCO C/O MARKWEST ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P., 1515 ARAPAHOE STREET, TOWER 1, SUITE 160, DENVER CO 80202
Frank M Semple director, officer: Vice Chairman 1515 ARAPAHOE ST., TOWER 2, SUITE 700, DENVER CO 80202
Kelly D Wright officer: VP and Controller C/O MPLX LP, 200 E HARDIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840
John J Quaid officer: Exec VP and CFO C/O MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION, 539 SOUTH MAIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840
Maryann T. Mannen director C/O MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION, 539 SOUTH MAIN ST, FINDLAY OH 45840
Ttc Holdings Llc 10 percent owner 539 SOUTH MAIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840
Timothy J Aydt officer: Chief Comm. Ofc.,Exec. VP C/O MPLX LP, 200 E. HARDIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840
Garry L. Peiffer director, officer: President C/O MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION, 539 S. MAIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840
Gary R Heminger director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION, 539 S. MAIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840
Dan D Sandman director
Tesoro Logistics Gp, Llc other: Less than 10% owner 200 E. HARDIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840
Western Refining, Inc. 10 percent owner 539 SOUTH MAIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840-3229
Tesoro Refining & Marketing Co Llc other: Less than 10% owner 539 SOUTH MAIN STREET, FINDLAY OH 45840-3229

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