What is Finish Line Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?
Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Finish Line's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Feb. 2018 was $138 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2018 was $486 Mil.
Finish Line Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
The historical data trend for Finish Line'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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Finish Line Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Competitive Comparison of Finish Line's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Finish Line'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.
Finish Line's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Finish Line's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Finish Line's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Finish Line 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 Feb. 2018 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $486 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.
Finish Line (NAS:FINL) 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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Finish Line is a United States-based specialty retailer that is principally engaged in the sale of athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories, with presence in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. The company operates business through physical stores and digital formats under two brands: Finish Line and JackRabbit. Finish Line is a mall-based retailer offering brand names including Nike, Brand Jordan, Adidas, Under Armour, and Puma. JackRabbit is a lifestyle community-based retailer offering brand names, such as Brooks, Asics, Nike, Saucony, New Balance, and others. The company also operates unbranded stores at Macy's, without Finish Line signage. The company generates the majority of its total net sales from the Finish Line division.
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