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Citizens (Citizens) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $47.1 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Citizens's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $11.7 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $47.1 Mil.


Citizens Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Citizens 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 48.44 53.67 43.37 45.18 47.13

Citizens 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 12.19 11.26 12.27 11.95 11.65

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

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Citizens'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.


Citizens's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Citizens's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Citizens 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 $47.1 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.


Citizens  (NYSE:CIA) 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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Citizens (Citizens) Business Description

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Address
11815 Alterra Parkway, Suite 1500, Austin, TX, USA, 78758
Citizens Inc is an insurance holding company serving the life insurance needs of individuals in the United States. The company provides insurance benefits to residents in 32 U.S. states and more than 70 countries through its insurance subsidiaries. The company operates in two business segments namely the Life Insurance segment and the Home Service Insurance segment. The company majority generates revenues from Life Insurance segment.
Executives
James Keith Morgan director PO BOX 149151, AUSTIN TX 78714
Christopher W Claus director TRUECAR, INC., 120 BROADWAY, SUITE 200, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Jeffery P. Conklin officer: VP, CFO & Treasurer 2900 ESPERANZA CROSSING, 2ND FL, AUSTIN TX 78758
Gerald W Shields director, officer: President & CEO 11815 ALTERRA PARKWAY, SUITE 1500, AUSTIN TX 78758
Harvey J. Waite officer: VP, Chief Actuary 2900 ESPERANZA CROSSING, 2ND FLOOR, AUSTIN TX 78758
Mary Taylor director PO BOX 149151, AUSTIN TX 78714
Cynthia H Davis director PO BOX 149151, AUSTIN TX 78714
Davis Jerry Dodd Jr. director 11815 ALTERRA PARKWAY, SUITE 1500, AUSTIN TX 78758
Terry Sam Maness director 2900 ESPERANZA CROSSING, 2ND FL, AUSTIN TX 78758
Errol Dean Gage director 2900 ESPERANZA CROSSING, 2ND FL, AUSTIN TX 78758
Frank A Keating director 6100 N WESTERN AVENUE, OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73118
Mauldin Robert M Iii officer: VP, Chief Marketing Officer 2900 ESPERANZA CROSSING, 2ND FL, AUSTIN TX 78758
Sheryl L Kinlaw officer: Chief Legal Officer 11815 ALTERRA PKWY, FLOOR 15, AUSTIN TX 78758
Sloan Robert B Jr director 11815 ALTERRA PKWY, SUITE 1500, AUSTIN TX 78758
Fred L. Quatro director 2901 PENNY LANE, EULESS TX 76039

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