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Royal Caribbean Group (Royal Caribbean Group) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

: $1,792 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)
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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Royal Caribbean Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $503 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,792 Mil.


Royal Caribbean Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Royal Caribbean 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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Royal Caribbean Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,559.25 1,199.62 1,370.00 1,583.00 1,792.00

Royal Caribbean Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 444.43 460.86 434.85 393.02 503.28

Competitive Comparison

For the Travel Services subindustry, Royal Caribbean 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.


Royal Caribbean Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Royal Caribbean Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Royal Caribbean Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Royal Caribbean 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. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,792 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.


Royal Caribbean Group  (NYSE:RCL) 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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Royal Caribbean Group (Royal Caribbean Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1050 Caribbean Way, Miami, FL, USA, 33132
Royal Caribbean is the world's second-largest cruise company, operating 64 ships across five global and partner brands in the cruise vacation industry, with 10 more ships on order. Brands the company operates include Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea. The company also has a 50% investment in a joint venture that operates TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. The selection of brands in the portfolio allows Royal to compete on the basis of innovation, quality of ships and service, variety of itineraries, choice of destinations, and price. The company completed the divestiture of its Azamara brand in the first quarter of 2021.
Executives
Arne Alexander Wilhelmsen director ANDERS WILHELMSEN & CO. AS, BEDDINGEN 8, AKER BRYGGE, OSLO Q8 NO-0118
Harri U Kulovaara officer: EVP, Maritime ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD., 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132
Michael W Bayley officer: EVP, International ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD., 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132
Laura H Bethge officer: President, Celebrity Cruises 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132
Maritza Gomez Montiel director C/O APTARGROUP, INC., 265 EXCHANGE DRIVE, SUITE 100, CRYSTAL LAKE IL 60014
Henry L Pujol officer: Vice President, Controller ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD., 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132
Naftali Holtz officer: Chief Financial Officer 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132
Robert Alexander Lake officer: SVP, CLO, Secretary & CCO C/O WORLD FUEL SERVICES CORPORATION, 9800 N.W. 41ST STREET, MIAMI FL 33178
Jason T Liberty officer: President and CEO GATE NO 4, PLANT 10 / 11 GODREJ & BOYCE, PIROJSHANAGAR, LBS MARG, VIKHROLI (WEST), MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA K7 400079
Rebecca Yeung director 205 CROSSPOINT PARKWAY, GETZVILLE NY 14068
Vagn O Sorensen director ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD., 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132
Michael O Leavitt director LEAVITT PARTNERS LLC, 299 SOUTH MAIN STREET STE 2300, SALT LAKE CITY X1 84111
Lisa Lutoff-perlo officer: EVP, Operations, RCI 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132
Bradley H Stein officer: SVP, GC & Chief Compliance Off 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132
Roberto Martinoli officer: Pres & CEO, Silversea Cruises 1050 CARIBBEAN WAY, MIAMI FL 33132