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Westlake (Westlake) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $865 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Westlake's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $224 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $865 Mil.


Westlake Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Westlake 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 458.00 435.00 528.00 794.00 865.00

Westlake 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 179.00 222.00 213.00 206.00 224.00

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

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Westlake'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.


Westlake's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Westlake's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Westlake 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 $865 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.


Westlake  (NYSE:WLK) 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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Westlake (Westlake) Business Description

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2801 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 600, Houston, TX, USA, 77056
Westlake Corp is a manufacturer and global supplier of chemicals, polymers and building products. Its Performance and Essential Materials segment offers a wide range of essential building blocks for making products utilized in everyday living, including olefins, vinyl chemicals, polyethylene, and epoxies. Its Housing and Infrastructure Products segment produces key finished goods for building products, pipe and fittings, and global compounds businesses.
Executives
Robert F. Buesinger officer: Sr. Vice President, Vinyls 2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
David Tsung-hung Chao director, 10 percent owner 1000 UPTOWN PARK BLVD. #34, HOUSTON TX 77056
Kimberly S Lubel director P.O. BOX 696000, SAN ANTONIO TX 78269-6000
Johnathan Stevan Zoeller officer: VP and CAO 2801 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Thomas J. Janssens officer: SVP, Ops - PEM & Corp Logistic 2801 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Catherine T. Chao director, 10 percent owner 5815 NE 32ND AVE, PORTLAND OR 97211
Carolyn Chao Sabat director, 10 percent owner 3019 CHEVY CHASE DR., HOUSTON TX 77019
Albert Chao director, officer: President and CEO 2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Roger L. Kearns officer: EVP, Vinyls Chemicals 2801 POST OAK BLVD., HOUSTON TX 77056
L. Benjamin Ederington officer: VP, General Counsel, Corp Secy 2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Mark Steven Bender officer: Vice President/Treasurer 2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Lawrence E. Teel officer: Vice President, Olefins 2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Andrew Kenner officer: VP -- Manufacturing 2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
Ttwfgp Llc 10 percent owner 2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056
George J Mangieri officer: Vice President and Controller 2801 POST OAK BLVD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77056