Tribune Media Co (Tribune Media Co) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $550 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2019)

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What is Tribune Media Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Tribune Media Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2019 was $125 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2019 was $550 Mil.

Tribune Media Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

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Tribune Media Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Tribune Media Co Annual Data

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Tribune Media Co Quarterly Data
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Selling, General, & Admin. Expense	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															118.89	135.71	160.18	128.63	125.18

Competitive Comparison of Tribune Media Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Tribune Media Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:

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Tribune Media Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Tribune Media Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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Tribune Media Co 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 Jun. 2019 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $550 Mil.

Tribune Media Co (NYSE:TRCO) 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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Tribune Media Co (Tribune Media Co) Business Description

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Address

515 North State Street, Chicago, IL, USA, 60654

Website

http://www.tribunemedia.com

Tribune is one of the country's largest media companies. It reaches more than 80% of U.S. households and is the only media organization with newspapers, TV stations, and Web sites in the nation's top three markets. Tribune's newspapers include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Newsday. Its broadcasting group operates more than 20 television stations, superstation WGN on national cable, an AM radio station, and the Chicago Cubs baseball team.

Executives

Peter M Kern	director, officer: CEO	C/O EXPEDIA, INC., 333 108TH AVENUE NE, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Ross Levinsohn	director	701 FIRST AVENUE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Peter E Murphy	director	ONE CAESARS PALACE DRIVE, LAS VEGAS NV 89109
Craig A Jacobson	director	C/O EXPEDIA, INC., 333 108TH AVENUE NE, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Edward P Lazarus	officer: EVP, General Counsel & CSO	C/O TRIBUNE COMPANY, 435 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, CHICAGO IL 60611
Oaktree Capital Group Holdings Gp, Llc	other: Former director and 10% owner	333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, L.p.	other: Former director and 10% owner	333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Oaktree Tribune, L.p.	other: Former director and 10% owner	C/O OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 333 S. GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Oaktree Aif Investments, L.p.	other: Former director and 10% owner	333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Oaktree Aif Investment Gp, Llc	other: Former director and 10% owner	333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Peter Liguori	director, officer: President and CEO	1 DISCOVERY PLACE, SILVER SPRING MD 20910
Melanie Hughes	officer: EVP, Human Resources	7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Steven Berns	officer: EVP & CFO	TRADEWEB MARKETS INC., 1177 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Kenneth Liang	director	C/O 77 BEALE ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94177
Bruce A Karsh	director	C/O OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., 333 S. GRAND AVENUE, 28TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90071