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Chewy (CHWY) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $3,185 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2024)


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

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Chewy's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $822 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $3,185 Mil.


Chewy Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Chewy Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1,396.79 1,911.27 2,459.04 2,778.07 3,185.14

Chewy Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 747.32 767.40 804.69 790.92 822.13

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

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Chewy'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.


Chewy's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Chewy's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Chewy 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 Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3,185 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.


Chewy  (NYSE:CHWY) 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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Chewy (CHWY) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7700 West Sunrise Boulevard, Plantation, FL, USA, 33322
Chewy is the largest e-commerce pet care retailer in the U.S., generating $10.1 billion in 2022 sales across pet food, treats, hard goods, and pharmacy categories. The firm was founded in 2011, acquired by PetSmart in 2017, and tapped public markets as a standalone company in 2019 after spending a couple of years developing under the aegis of the pet superstore chain. The firm generates sales from pet food, treats, over-the-counter medications, medical prescription fulfillment, and hard goods, like crates, leashes, and bowls.
Executives
Argos Holdings Gp Llc 10 percent owner C/O CHEWY, INC., 1855 GRIFFIN ROAD, DANIA BEACH FL 33004
James A Star director
Stacy Bowman officer: Principal Accounting Officer C/O CHEWY, INC., 7700 WEST SUNRISE BLVD, PLANTATION FL 33322
Sumit Singh director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O CHEWY, INC., 7700 WEST SUNRISE BLVD, PLANTATION FL 33322
Michael Morant officer: General Counsel 7700 WEST SUNRISE BOULEVARD, PLANTATION FL 33322
Mario Jesus Marte officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CHEWY, INC., 7700 WEST SUNRISE BLVD, PLANTATION FL 33322
Satish Mehta officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O CHEWY, INC., 7700 WEST SUNRISE BLVD, PLANTATION FL 33322
Susan Helfrick officer: General Counsel C/O CHEWY, INC., 7700 WEST SUNRISE BLVD, PLANTATION FL 33322
Mathieu Bigand director 7700 WEST SUNRISE BOULEVARD, PLANTATION FL 33322
Marco Castelli director 1855 GRIFFIN ROAD, SUITE B-428, DANIA BEACH FL 33004
James Larry Nelson director 2747 PARADISE ROAD, PH2804, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Kristine Dickson director 7700 WEST SUNRISE BLVD, PLANTATION FL 33322
James Kevin Symancyk director C/O CHEWY, INC., 7700 WEST SUNRISE BLVD, PLANTATION FL 33222
Buddy Holdings Iii Llc 10 percent owner C/O ARGOS HOLDINGS, 650 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Buddy Holdings Ii Llc 10 percent owner C/O ARGOS HOLDINGS, 650 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022

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