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FGL Holdings (FGL Holdings) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $73 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2020)


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What is FGL Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. FGL Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2020 was $73 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2020 was $73 Mil.


FGL Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

FGL Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
- - 150.00 160.00

FGL Holdings Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of FGL Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, FGL Holdings'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.


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

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

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



FGL Holdings 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. 2020 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $73 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.


FGL Holdings  (NYSE:FG) 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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FGL Holdings (FGL Holdings) Business Description

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Boundary Hall, Cricket Square, 4th Floor, Grand Cayman, CYM, KY1-1102
FGL Holdings through its subsidiaries offers annuity and life insurance products. FGL Holdings offer products throughout the USA. The company distributes its products through agents. It also provides reinsurance solutions for life and annuity in Bermuda.