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Newell Brands (Newell Brands) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

: $2,001 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. Newell Brands's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $544 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,001 Mil.


Newell Brands Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Newell Brands'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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Newell Brands 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 2,451.00 2,189.00 2,274.00 2,033.00 2,001.00

Newell Brands 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 544.00 480.00 476.00 501.00 544.00

Competitive Comparison

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Newell Brands'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.


Newell Brands Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Newell Brands's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Newell Brands 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 $2,001 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.


Newell Brands  (NAS:NWL) 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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Newell Brands (Newell Brands) Business Description

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Address
6655 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30328
Newell Brands Inc is an American global consumer goods company. The business activities of the group function through five segments namely, Commercial Solutions, Home Appliances, Home Solutions, Learning and Development, Outdoor and Recreation. The learning and Development segment generates most of the revenue for the firm which offers baby gear and infant care products; writing instruments, including markers and highlighters, pens and pencils; art products; activity-based adhesive and cutting products, and labeling solutions.
Executives
Bradford R Turner officer: Sr. VP, Gen. Sounsel & Secy C/O NEWELL BRANDS INC., 6055 PEACHTREE DUNWOODY ROAD, ATLANTA GA 30328
Gaoxiang Hu director 16690 COLLINS AVE., SUITE PH-1, SUNNY ISLES BEACH FL 33160
Dennis Senovich officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer 6655 PEACHTREE DUNWOODY RD, ATLANTA GA 30328
Mark J Erceg officer: Chief Financial Officer 248 E. SKYLINE DRIVE, WASHINGTON UT 84780
David Willetts director 16690 COLLINS AVENUE - PH-1, SUNNY ISLES BEACH FL 33160
Brett Icahn director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Melanie Arlene Huet officer: President, Brand Management 6655 PEACHTREE DUNWOODY ROAD, ATLANTA GA 30328
Stephanie Stahl director C/O KNOLL, INC., 1235 WATER STREET, EAST GREENVILLE PA 18041
James Craigie director 500 CHARLES EWING BLVD, EWING NJ 08628
Mather Courtney director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Maria Fernanda Mejia officer: CEO, International ONE KELLOGG SQUARE, PO BOX 3599, BATTLE CREEK MI 49016-3599
Carl C Icahn 10 percent owner C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH-1, SUNNY ISLES BEACH FL 33160
Icahn Partners Lp 10 percent owner 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Icahn Partners Master Fund Lp 10 percent owner 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Kristine Kay Malkoski officer: Business Unit CEO - Food 6655 PEACHTREE DUNWOODY ROAD, ATLANTA GA 30328