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CNM (Core & Main) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $1,114 Mil (TTM As of Apr. 2025)


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What is Core & Main Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Core & Main's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $293 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2025 was $1,114 Mil.


Core & Main Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Core & Main Annual Data
Trend Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 556.00 717.00 880.00 931.00 1,078.00

Core & Main Quarterly Data
Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25
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 257.00 268.00 274.00 279.00 293.00

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

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, Core & Main'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.


Core & Main's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry

For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, Core & Main's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Core & Main 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 Apr. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,114 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.


Core & Main  (NYSE:CNM) 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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Core & Main Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1830 Craig Park Court, Saint Louis, MO, USA, 63146
Core & Main Inc is a specialty distributor focusing on water, wastewater, storm drainage, and fire protection products and services. Catering to municipalities, private water companies, and contractors, it serves municipal, non-residential, and residential markets nationwide. Its diverse product line includes pipes, valves, fittings, storm drainage products, fire protection products, and meter products. Revenue is principally generated from pipes, valves, and fittings. The company operates across three construction sectors: municipal, non-residential, and residential, contributing to reliable infrastructure development nationwide.
Executives
John Weldon Stephens officer: VP, Corp. Controller C/O CORE & MAIN, INC., 1830 CRAIG PARK COURT, ST. LOUIS MO 63146
John R Schaller officer: President, Waterworks C/O CORE & MAIN, INC., 1830 CRAIG PARK COURT, ST. LOUIS MO 63146
Bradford A Cowles officer: President, Fire Protection C/O CORE & MAIN, INC., 1830 CRAIG PARK COURT, ST. LOUIS MO 63146
Mark G Whittenburg officer: General Counsel and Secretary C/O CORE & MAIN, INC., 1830 CRAIG PARK COURT, ST. LOUIS MO 63146
Margaret Newman director KEURIG DR PEPPER INC., 53 SOUTH AVE., BURLINGTON MA 01803
Stephen O Leclair director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 3100 CUMBERLAND BLVD, SUITE 1700, ATLANTA GA 30339
Jeffrey D Giles officer: VP, Corporate Department C/O CORE & MAIN, INC., 1830 CRAIG PARK COURT, ST. LOUIS MO 63146
Dennis G Gipson director C/O CORE & MAIN, INC., 1830 CRAIG PARK COURT, ST. LOUIS MO 63146
James G Castellano director C/O CORE & MAIN, INC., 1830 CRAIG PARK COURT, ST. LOUIS MO 63146
Mark R Witkowski officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CORE & MAIN, INC., 1830 CRAIG PARK COURT, ST. LOUIS MO 63146
Orvin T Kimbrough director C/O CORE & MAIN, INC., 1830 CRAIG PARK COURT, ST. LOUIS MO 63146
Laura K Schneider officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O CORE & MAIN, INC., 1830 CRAIG PARK COURT, ST. LOUIS MO 63146
Cd&r Fund X Waterworks B1, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O CLAYTON, DUBILIER & RICE, LLC, 375 PARK AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10152
Robert M Buck director 260 JIMMY ANN DRIVE, DAYTONA BEACH FL 32114
Bhavani Amirthalingam director 1901 CHOUTEAU AVENUE, P.O. BOX 66149, ST. LOUIS MO 63166-6149