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Covenant Logistics Group (Covenant Logistics Group) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $115 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Covenant Logistics Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Covenant Logistics Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $26 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $115 Mil.


Covenant Logistics Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Covenant Logistics Group'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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Covenant Logistics Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Covenant Logistics Group 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 84.78 93.09 73.02 93.69 104.56

Covenant Logistics Group 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 27.60 25.03 26.10 25.82 37.62

Competitive Comparison of Covenant Logistics Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Trucking subindustry, Covenant Logistics Group'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.


Covenant Logistics Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Covenant Logistics Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Covenant Logistics Group 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 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.


Covenant Logistics Group  (NAS:CVLG) 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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Covenant Logistics Group (Covenant Logistics Group) Business Description

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Address
400 Birmingham Highway, Chattanooga, TN, USA, 37419
Covenant Logistics Group Inc together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries offers truckload transportation and freight brokerage services to customers throughout the continental United States. The company's reportable segments include Expedited, Dedicated Services, Managed Freight and Warehousing. Expedited segment provides truckload services to customers with high service freight and delivery standards. Dedicated segment provides customers with committed truckload capacity over contracted periods with the goal of three to five years in length. Managed Freight segment includes brokerage services and TMS. Warehousing segment provides day-to-day warehouse management services to customers who have chosen to outsource this function. Majority of revenue is generated from expedited segment.
Executives
Joey B Hogan officer: Exec Vice President and CFO 400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY, CHATTANOOGA TN 37419
Wesley Miller Welborn director 6401 LEE HIGHWAY, STE B, CHATTANOOGA TN 37421
Benjamin Sr Carson director PO BOX 3599, BATTLE CREEK MI 49016-3599
Samuel F Hough officer: EVP - Expedited 400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY, CHATTANOOGA TN 37419
Lynn Doster officer: EVP - Dedicated & Warehousing 400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY, CHATTANOOGA TN 37419
Paul Bunn officer: President, COO, and Secretary COVENANT TRANSPORTATION GROUP, INC., 400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY, CHATTANOOGA TN 37419
Rachel Parker-hatchett director 400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY, CHATTANOOGA TN 37419
Herbert J Schmidt director 1950 LAKE RIDGE DRIVE, THE VILLAGES FL 32162
Grant James S Iii officer: EVP and CFO 400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY, CHATTANOOGA TN 37419
Joey Ballard officer: EVP, People and Safety 400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY, CHATTANOOGA TN 37419
D Michael Kramer director P O BOX 868, EVANSVILLE IN 47705-0868
George S. Yates officer: SVP - Brokerage 400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY, CHATTANOOGA TN 37419
Tracy L. Rosser director 400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY, CHATTANOOGA TN 37419
Bradley A Moline director 610 BROADWAY, IMPERIAL NE 69033
Robert E Bosworth director LIVINGSTON COMPANY & SOUTHPORT CAPITAL, ONE UNION SQUARE, SUITE 300, CHATTANOOGA TN 37402