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DISH Network (DISH Network) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $2,535 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2023)


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What is DISH Network Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. DISH Network's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2023 was $643 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was $2,535 Mil.


DISH Network Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for DISH Network'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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DISH Network Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

DISH Network Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,437.28 1,728.07 1,806.12 2,214.94 2,545.59

DISH Network Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 658.53 657.41 586.85 648.60 642.62

Competitive Comparison of DISH Network's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Telecom Services subindustry, DISH Network'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.


DISH Network's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, DISH Network's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



DISH Network 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 quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2,535 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.


DISH Network  (NAS:DISH) 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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DISH Network (DISH Network) Business Description

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Address
9601 South Meridian Boulevard, Englewood, CO, USA, 80112
From its founding in the 1980s, Dish Network has primarily focused on the satellite television business, capitalizing on technological advancements to expand its reach. The firm now serves 7 million U.S. customers. Dish launched an internet-based television offering under the Sling brand in 2015 and now serves about 2 million customers on this platform. Dish's future, however, hinges primarily on the wireless business. The firm has amassed a large portfolio of spectrum licenses over the past 15 years, spending about $30 billion in the process, and is now building a nationwide wireless network. It acquired Sprint's prepaid business and now serves about 8 million customers. Dish plans to merge with EchoStar, a firm it spun out in 2008 that provides satellite-based communications services.
Executives
Paul W Orban officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer 9601 SOUTH MERIDIAN BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Ergen Two-year June 2023 Dish Grat 10 percent owner C/O CANTEY M. ERGEN, 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD., ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Thomas A Cullen officer: EVP, Corporate Development DISH NETWORK CORPORATION, 9601 SOUTH MERIDIAN BLVD., ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Ergen Two-year May 2023 Dish Grat 10 percent owner C/O CANTEY M. ERGEN, TRUSTEE, 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD., ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
James Defranco director, officer: Executive Vice President 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD., ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Douglas Balsbough officer: EVP and Chief People Officer 10 FARM SPRINGS ROAD, FARMINGTON CT 06032
Stephen J Bye director 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD., ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Ergen Two-year December 2022 Dish Grat 10 percent owner C/O CANTEY ERGEN, 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD., ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Ergen Two-year June 2022 Dish Grat 10 percent owner C/O CANTEY M. ERGEN, 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD., ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
George R Brokaw director DISH NETWORK CORPORATION, 9601 S MERIDIAN BLVD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Ergen Two-year May 2022 Dish Grat 10 percent owner C/O CANTEY M. ERGEN, 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD., ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Narayan Raghu Iyengar officer: EVP & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 415 SOUTH 18TH STREET, ST. LOUIS MO 63103
Ergen Two-year December 2021 Dish Grat 10 percent owner C/O DISH NETWORK L.L.C., 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD., ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
David A. Scott officer: EVP & Chief HR Officer 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD., ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Ergen Two-year June 2021 Dish Grat 10 percent owner 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD., ENGLEWOOD CO 80112