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AJ Bell (LSE:AJB) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : £132.0 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2023)


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What is AJ Bell Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. AJ Bell's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was £70.0 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was £132.0 Mil.


AJ Bell Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for AJ Bell'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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AJ Bell Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

AJ Bell Annual Data
Trend Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 67.49 77.51 89.98 104.87 132.01

AJ Bell Semi-Annual Data
Sep16 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 48.11 49.04 55.82 62.02 69.99

Competitive Comparison of AJ Bell's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Asset Management subindustry, AJ Bell'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.


AJ Bell's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, AJ Bell's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



AJ Bell 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 Sep. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £132.0 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.


AJ Bell  (LSE:AJB) 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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AJ Bell (LSE:AJB) Business Description

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4 Exchange Quay, Salford Quays, Manchester, GBR, M5 3EE
AJ Bell PLC is an investment platform in the United Kingdom. The company's core products are SIPPs, ISAs, and Dealing Accounts. SIPPs and ISAs, Lifetime ISA, and junior products. The company generates revenue from Recurring ad valorem which includes custody fees, interest income and investment management fees; and transactional.

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