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Flex (FRA:FXI) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : €986 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Flex Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Flex's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €240 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was €986 Mil.


Flex Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Flex Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 754.77 686.28 809.94 929.33 848.24

Flex Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 248.44 249.21 254.86 242.09 240.12

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

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Flex'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.


Flex's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Flex's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Flex 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. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €986 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.


Flex  (FRA:FXI) 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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Flex (FRA:FXI) Business Description

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Flex Ltd is a contract manufacturing company providing comprehensive electronics design, manufacturing, and product management services to global electronics and technology companies. The company's operating segments include Flex Agility Solutions (FAS), Flex Reliability Solutions (FRS), and Nextracker. Flex Agility Solutions segment includes markets such as Communications, Enterprise and Cloud; Lifestyle; and Consumer Devices. Flex Reliability Solutions segment includes markets such as Automotive, Health Solutions, and Industrial. The Nextracker segment provides solar tracker technologies that optimize and increase energy production. The company's geographical segments include China, Mexico, the United States, Brazil, Malaysia, Hungary, and Others.

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