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Equity Commonwealth (Equity Commonwealth) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $36.74 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Equity Commonwealth Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Equity Commonwealth's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $8.32 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $36.74 Mil.


Equity Commonwealth Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Equity Commonwealth 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 38.44 33.23 37.44 30.38 36.97

Equity Commonwealth 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 8.56 13.85 7.06 7.50 8.32

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

For the REIT - Office subindustry, Equity Commonwealth'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.


Equity Commonwealth's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Equity Commonwealth's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Equity Commonwealth 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 Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $36.74 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.


Equity Commonwealth  (NYSE:EQC) 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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Equity Commonwealth (Equity Commonwealth) Business Description

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Address
Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 2100, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606
Equity Commonwealth is a real estate investment trust engaged in the acquisition, ownership, and operation of primarily office buildings located throughout the United States. The vast majority of the company's real estate portfolio comprises office assets. These properties are fairly evenly dispersed between many of America's major urban markets, notably Washington, Austin, and Denver. Equity Commonwealth derives the vast majority of its income in the form of rental revenue from tenants occupying its offices. The company's largest tenants in terms of revenue generation include a variety of hiking, household goods, publishing, and financial firms.
Executives
Orrin S Shifrin officer: EVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary CWH MANAGEMENT LLC, 2 N RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 600, CHICAGO IL 60606
Andrew Levy officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer C/O EQUITY COMMONWEALTH, TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 2100, CHICAGO IL 60606
William H Griffiths officer: SVP, CFO & Treasurer C/O EQUITY COMMONWEALTH, TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 2100, CHICAGO IL 60606
Ellen-blair Chube director 150 N. RIVERSIDE PLAZA, CHICAGO IL 60606
Gerald A Spector director C/O EQUITY RESIDENTIAL, TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL 60606
Adam Scott Markman officer: EVP, CFO & Treasurer TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 600, CHICAGO IL 60606
Lozier James Lloyd Jr director 4616 DORSET RD, DALLAS TX 75229
David Helfand director, officer: President & CEO C/O MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES INC, 2 N RIVERSIDE PLAZA #800, CHICAGO IL 60606
Jeffrey Douglas Brown officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer 3726 AVALON TRAIL, LEBANON OH 45036
David S Weinberg officer: EVP & Chief Operating Officer CWH MANAGEMENT LLC, TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 600, CHICAGO IL 60606
Samuel Zell director, other: Chairman of the Board TWO N RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 600, CHICAGO IL 60606
Peter Linneman director 1696 N E MIAMI GARDENS DR, N MIAMI BEACH FL 33179
James A Star director
James Scott Corl director C/O COHEN & STEERS, INC, 280 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017
Martin L Edelman director C/O PAUL HASTINGS JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP, 75 EAST 55TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022

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