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EQCPRECL.PFD (Equity Commonwealth) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $33.07 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Equity Commonwealth Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Equity Commonwealth's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $8.89 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was $33.07 Mil.


Equity Commonwealth Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Equity Commonwealth'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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Equity Commonwealth Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Equity Commonwealth Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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Equity Commonwealth Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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Competitive Comparison of Equity Commonwealth's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the REIT - Office subindustry, Equity Commonwealth'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.


Equity Commonwealth's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Equity Commonwealth's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Equity Commonwealth's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Equity Commonwealth 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 Sep. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $33.07 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.


Equity Commonwealth  (NYSE:EQCPRECL.PFD) 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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Equity Commonwealth Business Description

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Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 2100, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606
Equity Commonwealth is a real estate investment trust engaged in the acquisition, ownership, and operation of office buildings located throughout the United States. The vast majority of the company's real estate portfolio comprises office assets. These properties are fairly evenly dispersed between many of America's urban markets, notably Washington, Austin, and Denver. Equity Commonwealth derives the vast majority of its income in the form of rental revenue from tenants occupying its offices.