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SPAR Group (SPAR Group) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $43.7 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is SPAR 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. SPAR Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $11.3 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $43.7 Mil.


SPAR Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for SPAR 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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SPAR Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

SPAR Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 36.87 33.34 36.78 41.14 43.67

SPAR 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 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 11.18 10.46 10.61 11.28 11.33

Competitive Comparison of SPAR Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, SPAR 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.


SPAR Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, SPAR Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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SPAR 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 $43.7 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.


SPAR Group  (NAS:SGRP) 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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SPAR Group (SPAR Group) Business Description

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Address
1910 Opdyke Court, Auburn Hills, MI, USA, 48326
SPAR Group Inc is a supplier of merchandising and other marketing services. It also provides in-store event staffing, product sampling, audit services, furniture and other product assembly services, technology services and marketing research services. The company divides its operations into two reportable segments: Domestic division is comprised of all operations within the United States; and The International division is a consolidation of all other operations and joint ventures. Its customers are from retail and manufacturing segments. Its geographic presence is in Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, China, Japan, India, Canada, Australia, Turkey, and United States from where it generates maximum revenue.
Executives
Pato Antonio Calisto officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O SPAR GROUP, INC., 1910 OPDYKE COURT, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Robert G/ Brown director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman, Chief Executive Offi
Spar Business Services Inc other: Affiliated with Robert G Brown 7711 N MILITARY TRAIL, SUITE 1000, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33410
Williams H Bartels director, 10 percent owner, officer: Vice Chairman
Sean Whelan director C/O ZOMEDICA CORP., 100 PHOENIX DRIVE, SUITE 125, ANN ARBOR MI 48108
Michael Wager director 100 BURTT ROAD, SUITE 115, BOSTON MA 01810
Kori Belzer officer: Chief Operations Officer SPAR GROUP INC, 580 WHITE PLAINS RD., TARRYTOWN NY 10591
Fay Devriese officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O SPAR GROUP, INC., 1910 OPDYKE COURT, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Ronald Wayne Lutz officer: Chief Global CommercialOfficer C/O SPAR GROUP, INC., 1910 OPDYKE COURT, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
William Linnane officer: Chief Strategy & GrowthOfficer C/O SPAR GROUP, INC., 1910 OPDYKE COURT, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Arthur H Baer director 61 BUSHNELL ROAD, HILLSDALE NY 12529
Mike R. Matacunas director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 500 VOLVO PARKWAY, CHESAPEAKE VA 23320
James Richard Brown director C/O SPAR GROUP, INC., 1910 OPDYKE COURT, AUBURN HILLS MI 48326
Igor Novgorodtsev director C/O SPAR GROUP, INC. 333 WESTCHESTER AVE, SOUTH BUILDING, SUITE 204, WHITE PLAINS NY 10604
James R Segreto officer: Controller C/O SPAR GROUP INC, 580 WHITE PLAINS RD, TARRYTOWN NY 10591