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GPI (Group 1 Automotive) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $2,320 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Group 1 Automotive Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Group 1 Automotive's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $617 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $2,320 Mil.


Group 1 Automotive Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Group 1 Automotive'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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Group 1 Automotive Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Group 1 Automotive Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,138.20 1,477.20 1,783.30 1,926.80 2,179.20

Group 1 Automotive Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 476.10 497.20 591.60 614.30 617.30

Competitive Comparison of Group 1 Automotive's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, Group 1 Automotive'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.


Group 1 Automotive's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Group 1 Automotive's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Group 1 Automotive's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Group 1 Automotive 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 Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2,320 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.


Group 1 Automotive  (NYSE:GPI) 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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Group 1 Automotive Business Description

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Address
730 Town and Country boulevard, Suite 500, Houston, TX, USA, 77024
Group 1 owns and operates 39 collision centers and 260 automotive dealerships in the US and the UK, offering 35 brands of automobiles altogether. Slightly over half of the stores are in the US with locations mostly in metropolitan areas in 17 states in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and California. Texas alone contributed 33.5% of new-vehicle unit volume in 2024 and the UK 22.6%. Texas, Massachusetts, and California combined was 48.5%. Revenue in 2024 totaled $19.9 billion. The August 2024 Inchcape UK deal adds about $2.7 billion of annual revenue and 54 stores. The firm entered the UK in 2007 and has 116 stores and about one-third of its new vehicle unit volume there. Group 1 was founded in 1995 and is based in Houston.
Executives
Michael David Jones officer: Sr. Vice President 800 GESSNER SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Lincoln Pereira director 800 GESSNER, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Edward Mckissic officer: Senior VP, Human Resources 800 GESSNER SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Peter C Delongchamps officer: VP, Manufacturer Relations 800 GESSNER, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Daniel James Mchenry officer: Chief Financial Officer 800 GESSNER SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Carin Marcy Barth director
Daryl Kenningham officer: Regional VP, East Region 800 GESSNER, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Darryl M Burman officer: Sr. VP & General Counsel 800 GESSNER, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Gillian A. Hobson officer: SVP, Chief Legal Officer & Sec 800 GESSNER RD STE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Earl J Hesterberg director, officer: President & CEO GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC., 800 GESSNER, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Frank Grese officer: Regional VP, West Region 800 GESSNER, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Max P Watson director 800 GESSNER, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Steven Mizell director 2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Steven P Stanbrook director 1525 HOWE ST, RACINE WI 53403
John C Rickel officer: SVP & CFO 4080 JENKINS ROAD, CHATTANOOGA TN 37421