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Mettler-Toledo International (Mettler-Toledo International) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

: $904 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)
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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Mettler-Toledo International's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $223 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $904 Mil.

Mettler-Toledo International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mettler-Toledo International'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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Mettler-Toledo International Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 819.18 820.22 943.98 938.46 904.11

Mettler-Toledo International 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 227.59 234.64 228.59 217.45 223.43
Competitive Comparison

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Mettler-Toledo International'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.

Mettler-Toledo International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Mettler-Toledo International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mettler-Toledo International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


Mettler-Toledo International 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 $904 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.

Mettler-Toledo International  (NYSE:MTD) 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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Mettler-Toledo International (Mettler-Toledo International) Business Description

Industry
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Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1900 Polaris Parkway, Columbus, OH, USA, 43240
Website
https://www.mt.com
Mettler-Toledo supplies weighing and precision instruments to customers in the life sciences, industrial, and food retail industries. Its products include laboratory and retail scales, pipettes, pH meters, thermal analysis equipment, titrators, metal detectors, and X-ray analyzers. Mettler leads the market for weighing instrumentation and controls more than 50% of the market for lab balances. The business is geographically diversified, with sales distribution roughly as follows: United States around 30% of sales, Europe around 30%, China around 20%, and the rest of the world around 20%.
Executives
Roland D Diggelmann director 3950 SOUTH COUNTRY CLUB ROAD, SUITE 470, TUCSON AZ 85714
Wolfgang Wienand director IM LANGACHER 44, GREIFENSEE V8 8606
Gerry Keller officer: Head of Process Analytics 1900 POLARIS PKWY, COLUMBUS OH 43240
Wong Ann Ping Richard officer: Head of Asia/Pac Market Orgs IM LANGACHER 44, GREIFENSEE V8 8606
Shawn Vadala officer: Chief Financial Officer 1900 POLARIS PKWY, COLUMBUS OH 43240
Wah-hui Chu director IM LANGACHER, GREIFENSEE V8 8606
Oliver A Filliol director METTLER TOLEDO INTL INC, IM LANGACHER 44, GREIFENSEE V8 8606
Christian Magloth officer: Head of Human Resources IM LANGACHER, GREIFENSEE V8 8608
Robert F Spoerry director METTLER TOLEDO INTL INC, IM LANGACHER, GREIFENSEE V8 99999
Peter Aggersbjerg officer: Head of Divisions & Operations 1900 POLARIS PKWY, COLUMBUS OH 43240
Ingrid Zhang director IM LANGACHER 44, GREIFENSEE V8 8606
De La Guerroniere Marc officer: Head of Eur & NA Market Orgs IM LANGACHER, GREIFENSEE V8 8606
Elisha W Finney director C/O VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC, 3100 HANSEN WAY M/S E-327, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Michael A Kelly director 1900 POLARIS PKWY, COLUMBUS OH 43240
Patrick Kaltenbach officer: President and CEO IM LANGACHER 44, GREIFENSEE V8 8606