What is Regal Entertainment Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?
Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Regal Entertainment Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2017 was $129 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2017 was $513 Mil.
Regal Entertainment Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
The historical data trend for Regal Entertainment Group'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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Regal Entertainment Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Competitive Comparison of Regal Entertainment Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
For the Broadcasting subindustry, Regal Entertainment Group'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.
Regal Entertainment Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry
For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Regal Entertainment Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Regal Entertainment Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Regal Entertainment Group 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. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $513 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.
Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE:RGC) 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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Regal Entertainment Group (Regal Entertainment Group) Business Description
Regal is the largest movie theater circuit in the United States. It operates more than 6,300 screens in 39 states, including 44 of the top 50 designated market areas. Regal generated nearly $3 billion of revenue, approximately 70% of which was from ticket sales, 25% from concessions sales, and the remaining 5% from other streams, such as on-screen advertising and in-lobby video games. Most of Regal's theaters are located in midsize cities and suburban areas of larger cities.
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