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LDOS (Leidos Holdings) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $987 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Leidos 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. Leidos Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $230 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $987 Mil.


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

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

Leidos Holdings Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 770.00 851.00 951.00 942.00 983.00

Leidos Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 226.00 231.00 247.00 279.00 230.00

Competitive Comparison of Leidos Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Leidos 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.


Leidos Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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


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Leidos 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. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $987 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.


Leidos Holdings  (NYSE:LDOS) 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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Leidos Holdings Business Description

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Address
1750 Presidents Street, Reston, VA, USA, 20190
Leidos Holdings Inc is a technology, engineering, and science company that provides services and solutions in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets, both domestically and internationally. Company customer includes the U.S. Department of Defense ("DoD"), the U.S. Intelligence Community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ("DHS"), the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA"), the Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA"), and many other U.S. civilian, state and local government agencies, etc. The company is engaged in four reportable segments; National Security & Digital, Health & Civil, Commercial & International and Defense Systems. It provides a wide array of scientific, engineering and technical services and solutions across these reportable segments.
Executives
Gregory R Dahlberg director 11951 FREEDOM DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Kovarik Robert C Jr director C/O ALLIANCE BANKSHARES CORPORATION, 14200 PARK MEADOW DR #200S, CHANTILLY VA 20151
Noel B Williams director 1750 PRESIDENTS STREET, RESTON VA 20190
Roy E Stevens officer: Chief of Business Development 11951 FREEDOM DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Surya N Mohapatra director 3 GIRALDA FARMS, MADISON NJ 07940
Gary Stephen May director 11951 FREEDOM DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Thomas Arthur Bell director, officer: CEO 1750 PRESIDENTS STREET, RESTON VA 20190
Susan M Stalnecker director TWO N NINTHST, ALLENTOWN PA 18101
David G Fubini director D.G. FUBINI CONSULTANTS, LLC, 80 SEARS ROAD, BROOKLINE MA 02445
Miriam E John director 7011 EAST AVENUE, LIVERMORE CA 94550
James Robert Moos officer: Group President 11951 FREEDOM DRIVE, RESTON VA 20190
Cindy Gruensfelder officer: Executive Vice President 1750 PRESIDENTS STREET, RESTON VA 20190
Kraemer Harry M Jansen Jr director DENTSPLY SIRONA INC., 13320 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Howe Jerald S Jr officer: Executive VP & General Counsel
Robert S Shapard director P O BOX 696000, SANANTONIO TX 782696000