Fortive (NYSE:FTV) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

: $1,957 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2022)

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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Fortive's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2022 was $500 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2022 was $1,957 Mil.

Fortive Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fortive's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Fortive Annual Data

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Dec22

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

1,262.80

1,719.00

1,748.40

1,839.50

1,956.60

Fortive Quarterly Data
	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense																499.40	480.60	484.90	491.30	499.80

Competitive Comparison

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Fortive'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.

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Fortive Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Fortive's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fortive's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Selling, General, & Admin. Expense's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.

Fortive 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. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,957 Mil.

Fortive (NYSE:FTV) 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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Fortive (NYSE:FTV) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

6920 Seaway Boulevard, Everett, WA, USA, 98203

Website

https://www.fortive.com

Fortive is a diversified industrial technology firm with a broad portfolio of mission-critical products and services that include field solutions, product realization, health, and sensing technologies. The company serves a wide range of end markets, including manufacturing, utilities, medical, and electronics. Fortive generated roughly $5.3 billion in revenue and $1.2 billion in adjusted operating income in 2021.

Executives

Eric Branderiz	director	915 DEGUIGNE DRIVE, PO BOX 3453, SUNNYVALE CA 94088-3453
Tamara S. Newcombe	officer: President & CEO of PT	6920 SEAWAY BLVD., EVERETT WA 98203
Wright Iii Lassiter	director	500 PLAZA DRIVE, C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, SECAUCUS NJ 07094
Olumide Soroye	officer: President & CEO of IOS	6920 SEAWAY BLVD., EVERETT WA 98203
Edward Read Simmons	officer: SVP - Strategy	6920 SEAWAY BLVD, EVERETT WA 98203
Rejji P Hayes	director	ONE ENERGY PLAZA, JACKSON MI 49201
Sharmistha Dubey	director	8750 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY SUITE 1400, DALLAS TX 75231
Christopher M. Mulhall	officer: VP - Chief Accounting Officer	C/O FORTIVE CORPORATION, 6920 SEAWAY BLVD, EVERETT WA 98203
Jeannine P Sargent	director	C/O VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC., 100 SUNNYSIDE BOULEVARD SUITE B, WOODBURY NY 11797
Barbara B. Hulit	officer: Senior Vice President	C/O FORTIVE CORPORATION, 6920 SEAWAY BLVD, EVERETT WA 98203
Emily A. Weaver	officer: VP-Chief Accounting Officer	C/O FORTIVE CORPORATION, 6920 SEAWAY BOULEVARD, EVERETT WA 98203
Charles E Mclaughlin	officer: SVP - Chief Financial Officer	C/O FORTIVE CORPORATION, 6920 SEAWAY BOULEVARD, EVERETT WA 98203
Patrick K Murphy	officer: Senior Vice President	C/O FORTIVE CORPORATION, 6920 SEAWAY BOULEVARD, EVERETT WA 98203
Jonathan L Schwarz	officer: VP-Corporate Development	C/O FORTIVE CORPORATION, 6920 SEAWAY BOULEVARD, EVERETT WA 98203
William W Pringle	officer: Senior Vice President	C/O FORTIVE CORPORATION, 6920 SEAWAY BOULEVARD, EVERETT WA 98203