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abrdn (SLFPY) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $750 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. abrdn's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $404 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $750 Mil.


abrdn Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

abrdn 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 981.65 799.73 789.89 806.33 750.63

abrdn Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 404.26 369.46 440.93 345.96 403.80

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

For the Asset Management subindustry, abrdn'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.


abrdn's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, abrdn's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



abrdn 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 semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $750 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.


abrdn  (OTCPK:SLFPY) 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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abrdn (SLFPY) Business Description

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1 George Street, Edinburgh, SCT, EH2 2LL
abrdn PLC provides a variety of investment services. It operates in the following segments: Investments, Adviser, Personal, and Corporate/strategic. The investments segment involves a global asset management business that provides investment solutions for Institutional, Wholesale, and Insurance clients. Adviser business provides services through the Wrap and Elevate platforms to wealth managers and advisers. The personal business combines financial planning business abrdn Financial Planning, digital direct-to-consumer services, and discretionary fund management services. Corporate/strategic mainly comprises certain corporate costs and businesses held for sale. The majority of the company's income comes from the United Kingdom.

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