Peabody Energy (FRA:PBE) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: €97 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2026)

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FRA:PBE Peabody Energy Corp FRA:PBE
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What is Peabody Energy Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Peabody Energy FRA:PBE +1.71% 53 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €97 Mil as of Jun. 2026. GuruFocus rates FRA:PBE with a GF Score™ of 53/100. The stock has 3 warning signs investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Peabody Energy's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jun. 2026 was €20 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2026 was €97 Mil.


Peabody Energy  (FRA:PBE) 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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Peabody Energy Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Peabody Energy'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.

Peabody Energy Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Peabody Energy Annual Data
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Peabody Energy Quarterly Data
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FRA:PBE vs ARLP, CNR, NRP: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Thermal Coal subindustry, Peabody Energy'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.


Peabody Energy Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Other Energy Sources Industry

For the Other Energy Sources industry and Energy sector, Peabody Energy's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Peabody Energy 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 Jun. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €97 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.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €97 Mil mean?
Peabody Energy (FRA:PBE) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €97 Mil as of Jun. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Peabody Energy and its competitors.
Is Peabody Energy's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Peabody Energy's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €97 Mil. Overall, Peabody Energy has a GF Score™ of 53/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Peabody Energy's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ARLP and CNR?
Peabody Energy's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €97 Mil can be compared against companies in the Other Energy Sources industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for an Other Energy Sources company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Other Energy Sources industry context. However, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Peabody Energy and its competitors. Peabody Energy's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €97 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Peabody Energy stock overvalued right now?
Peabody Energy (FRA:PBE) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €97 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €97 Mil. Peabody Energy's overall GF Score™ is 53/100 with 3 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Peabody Energy (FRA:PBE), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €97 Mil as of Jun. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Peabody Energy Business Description

Other Exchanges BTU:USAPBE:GermanyBTU:Chile
Address 701 Market Street, Peabody Plaza, St. Louis, MO, USA, 63101-1826
Peabody Energy Corp is a producer of metallurgical and thermal coal. It also markets and brokers coal, both as principal and agent, and trades coal and freight-related contracts. The company operates in the following segment: Seaborne Thermal, Seaborne Metallurgical, Powder River Basin, Other U.S. Thermal and Corporate and Other. The Seaborne Thermal segment generates the majority of the revenue for the company. A substantial part of its overall revenue is generated from its customers in the United States, and rest from Japan, China, Australia, Taiwan, and other regions.
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