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Zynga (ZNGA) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $1,144 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2022)


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

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Zynga's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2022 was $312 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2022 was $1,144 Mil.


Zynga Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Zynga Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 320.68 325.40 563.90 819.50 1,117.10

Zynga Quarterly Data
Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22
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 284.40 282.10 265.90 284.70 311.60

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

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Zynga'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.


Zynga's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Zynga's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Zynga 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 Mar. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,144 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.


Zynga  (NAS:ZNGA) 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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Zynga (ZNGA) Business Description

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699 Eighth Street, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94103
Zynga Inc is a company that develops, markets, and operates social games as live services played on mobile platforms, such as iOS and Android, and social networking sites, such as Facebook. Zynga generates revenue through mobile game downloads, in-games sales of virtual goods, and advertising services. Zynga's revenue is divided between Online game and Advertising and other, where Online game accounts for the vast majority of total revenue. The firm's top three games account for the majority of its online game revenue. The company invests in several game categories, such as Social Casino, including Zynga Poker; Casual, including Words With Friends; Action Strategy, including Empires & Allies; and Invest Express, including Farmville.
Executives
Ellen F Siminoff director 555 ELLIS STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Jeffrey Miles Ryan officer: Chief People Officer C/O ZYNGA INC. 699 8TH STREET SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
James Gerard Griffin officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ZYNGA INC. 699 8TH STREET SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Matthew S Bromberg officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O ZYNGA INC., 699 8TH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Amy Marie Rawlings officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O ZYNGA INC., 699 8TH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Mark J Pincus director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO, Chief Product Officer C/O ZYNGA INC., 699 EIGHTH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Phuong Y. Phillips officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O ZYNGA INC. 699 8TH STREET SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Bernard Jin Kim officer: President of Publishing C/O MATCH GROUP, INC., 8750 N CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SUITE 1400, DALLAS TX 75231
Regina E Dugan director VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC, 3100 HANSEN WAY MAIL STOP E327, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Frank D Gibeau director 699 8TH STREET, C/O ZYNGA INC., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Jeffrey Buckley officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC., 1200 17TH STREET, FLOOR 15, DENVER CO 80202
Noel Bertram Watson director 400 1ST AVENUE, C/O TRIPADVISOR, INC., NEEDHAM MA 02494
William B Gordon director, 10 percent owner
Devang Shah officer: General Counsel, Sec. and VP 699 8TH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Carol Mills Baldwin director 600 TELEPHONE AVENUE, MS#65, ANCHORAGE AK 99503

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