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International Distribution Services (FRA:RYE) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : €4,740 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2024)


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What is International Distribution Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. International Distribution Services's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2024 was €2,303 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2024 was €4,740 Mil.


International Distribution Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for International Distribution Services'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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International Distribution Services Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

International Distribution Services 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 3,120.46 4,057.86 4,254.08 4,217.74 4,547.40

International Distribution Services Semi-Annual Data
Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24
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 1,991.40 2,244.32 2,093.18 2,437.36 2,302.56

Competitive Comparison of International Distribution Services's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, International Distribution Services'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.


International Distribution Services's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, International Distribution Services's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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International Distribution Services 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 semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €4,740 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.


International Distribution Services  (FRA:RYE) 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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International Distribution Services Business Description

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Address
185 Farringdon Road, London, GBR, EC1A 1AA
International Distribution Services PLC is a postal and delivery service company domiciled in the United Kingdom. It delivers parcels and letters, produces stamps, and provides marketing services under the Royal Mail and Parcelforce brands. It organizes itself into two segments, based on geography: Royal Mail U.K. operations and GLS non-U.K. operations. Royal Mail derives the majority of revenue from U.K. operations, the company's domestic business. Non-U.K. operations principally include operations across Europe and the United States.

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