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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Sunbelt Rentals Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Apr. 2026 was £337 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2026 was £1,596 Mil.
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (LSE:AHT) 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.
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Sunbelt Rentals Holdings'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.
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
LSE:AHT vs AER, UHAL, R: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, Sunbelt Rentals Holdings'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.
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Business Services Industry
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Sunbelt Rentals Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Sunbelt Rentals Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings 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 Apr. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £1,596 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 £1,596 Mil mean?
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (LSE:AHT) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £1,596 Mil as of Apr. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Sunbelt Rentals Holdings and its competitors.
Is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £1,596 Mil. Overall, Sunbelt Rentals Holdings has a GF Score™ of 50/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Sunbelt Rentals Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to AER and UHAL?
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £1,596 Mil can be compared against companies in the Business Services 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 a Business Services company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Business Services 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 Sunbelt Rentals Holdings and its competitors. Sunbelt Rentals Holdings's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £1,596 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (LSE:AHT) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £1,596 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £1,596 Mil. Sunbelt Rentals Holdings' overall GF Score™ is 50/100 with 5 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 Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (LSE:AHT), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £1,596 Mil as of Apr. 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.
Sunbelt Rentals (formerly UK-based Ashtead Group) is the number two equipment rental company in the US (11% market share), with a smaller presence in Canada and the UK. Sunbelt operates a rental fleet of just over $15 billion across a network of 1,200 stores in the US, nearly CAD 2 billion of fleet and 135 stores in Canada, and GBP 1.1 billion and 190 stores in the UK. The company has experienced rapid growth over the past decade as its customers increasingly turn to rental versus owning equipment outright. The general tool business has been augmented by the Specialty Rental business, which has grown to 30% of the mix. Revenue is now greater than 50% nonconstruction, with the remainder focused more directly on commercial construction.
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