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Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG (XSWX:LISNE) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : CHF0 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was CHF0 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was CHF0 Mil.


Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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* 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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Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Confectioners subindustry, Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG'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.


Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG 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 semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was CHF0 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.


Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG  (XSWX:LISNE) 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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Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG (XSWX:LISNE) Business Description

Address
Seestrasse 204, Kilchberg, CHE, CH-8802
Swiss-based Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli is a manufacturer of premium chocolate. Key brands include Lindt, Lindor, Ghirardelli, Russell Stover, Whitman's, and Caffarel. The company bought U.S.-based Russell Stover, its largest-ever acquisition, in 2014. It derives the bulk of its sales from Europe (46% of its consolidated base) but also competes in North America (41%) and the rest of the world (13%). The company operates 11 manufacturing plants in Europe and the United States. Its distribution network includes 500 own stores.

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