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CRA International (CRA International) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $115.1 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is CRA International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. CRA International's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $29.0 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $115.1 Mil.


CRA International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

CRA International 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 93.61 90.03 97.37 110.09 115.12

CRA International 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 28.06 28.37 29.85 27.92 28.98

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

For the Consulting Services subindustry, CRA International'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.


CRA International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, CRA International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



CRA International 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 $115.1 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.


CRA International  (NAS:CRAI) 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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CRA International (CRA International) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
200 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA, USA, 02116-5092
CRA International Inc is a U.S.-based advisory firm that provides economic, financial, and management consultancy services. The company advises clients on economic and financial issues relating to litigation and regulatory proceedings and helps businesses set important business strategies and solve performance-related issues. The company's clients include domestic and foreign companies, government agencies, public and private utilities, and national and international trade associations. CRA International generates almost all its revenue from the United States and the United Kingdom.
Executives
Paul A Maleh officer: EVP, Platform Leader 200 CLARENDON STREET, T-9, BOSTON MA 02116
Chad M Holmes officer: CFO, EVP and Treasurer 200 CLARENDON STREET, T-9, BOSTON MA 02116
Jonathan D Yellin officer: EVP and General Counsel 200 CLARENDON STREET, T-9, BOSTON MA 02116
Thomas Aiken Avery director 465 LAUREL CHASE COURT, ATLANTA GA 30327
Heather Tookes director C/O FTAC OLYMPUS ACQUISITION CORP., 2929 ARCH STREET, SUITE 1703, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Robert W Holthausen director 200 CLARENDON STREET, T-9, BOSTON MA 02116
Alva Taylor director C/O CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC., 200 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Nancy Hawthorne director AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC., 75 NETWORK DRIVE, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Christine Rose Detrick director 200 CLARENDON STREET, T-9, BOSTON MA 02116
Daniel K. Mahoney officer: CFO, EVP and Treasurer C/O OLD MUTUAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, 200 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Richard Douglas Booth director 200 CLARENDON STREET, T-9, BOSTON MA 02116
William F Concannon director 200 PARK AVENUE, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10166
Rowland Moriarty director 200 CLARENDON ST T33, BOSTON MA 02116
Robert A Whitman director 4200 TEXAS COMMERCE TOWER WEST, 2200 ROSS AVE, DALLAS TX 75201
Douglas C Miller officer: VP, Chief Accounting Officer ONE AMERICAN ROW, P.O. BOX 5056, HARTFORD CT 06052