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VBG Group AB (OSTO:VBG B) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : kr820 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is VBG Group AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. VBG Group AB's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr214 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was kr820 Mil.


VBG Group AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for VBG Group AB'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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VBG Group AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

VBG Group AB 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 654.96 564.29 584.56 729.17 798.17

VBG Group AB Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 191.60 203.70 183.10 219.67 213.70

Competitive Comparison of VBG Group AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Auto Parts subindustry, VBG Group AB'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.


VBG Group AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, VBG Group AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



VBG Group AB 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. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was kr820 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.


VBG Group AB  (OSTO:VBG B) 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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VBG Group AB (OSTO:VBG B) Business Description

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Kungsgatan 57, Box 1216, Trollhattan, SWE, SE-461 34
VBG Group AB is an international industrial group. The Parent Company VBG Group AB is a long-term owner that provides active management of the Group's three wholly owned divisions through considerable industrial expertise, a strong corporate culture and financial resilience. The Group's divisions - Truck & Trailer Equipment, Mobile Thermal Solutions and Ringfeder Power Transmission - develop, manufacture, market and sell products under strong, well-known brands all over the world.

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