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WNS (Holdings) (WNS (Holdings)) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $259 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is WNS (Holdings) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. WNS (Holdings)'s selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $66 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $259 Mil.


WNS (Holdings) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for WNS (Holdings)'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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WNS (Holdings) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

WNS (Holdings) Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 159.83 181.39 175.91 204.90 232.90

WNS (Holdings) 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 58.30 60.90 66.94 65.30 65.90

Competitive Comparison of WNS (Holdings)'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, WNS (Holdings)'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.


WNS (Holdings)'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, WNS (Holdings)'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where WNS (Holdings)'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



WNS (Holdings) 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 $259 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.


WNS (Holdings)  (NYSE:WNS) 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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WNS (Holdings) (WNS (Holdings)) Business Description

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Gate No. 4, Godrej & Boyce Complex, Plant No. 10/11, Pirojshanagar, Vikhroli (West), Mumbai, MH, IND, 400 079
WNS (Holdings) Ltd is a Global provider of business process management (BPM) services, offering comprehensive data, voice, analytical and business transformation services with a blended onshore, nearshore and offshore delivery model. The company has two reportable segments namely WNS Global BPM and WNS Auto Claims BPM. It generates maximum revenue from WNS Global BPM segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the USA and also has a presence in the UK, Australia, Europe, South Africa and Rest of the world.