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British American Tobacco (LSE:BATS) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : £0 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2024)


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What is British American Tobacco Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. British American Tobacco's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2024 was £0 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2024 was £0 Mil.


British American Tobacco Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for British American Tobacco'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.

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British American Tobacco Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

British American Tobacco Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of British American Tobacco's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Tobacco subindustry, British American Tobacco's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:

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British American Tobacco's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Tobacco Products Industry

For the Tobacco Products industry and Consumer Defensive sector, British American Tobacco's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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British American Tobacco 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. 2024 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £0 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.


British American Tobacco  (LSE:BATS) 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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British American Tobacco Business Description

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Globe House, 4 Temple Place, London, GBR, WC2R 2PG
The second-largest tobacco company by volume, British American Tobacco sold 555 billion cigarettes in 2023. Its leading brands are Dunhill, Kent, Pall Mall, Lucky Strike, and Rothmans in cigarettes. Its ownership of the Camel, Natural American Spirit, and Newport brands are limited to the us. In next-generation products, the company has the Vuse brand in vaping, Glo in heated tobacco, and Velo in modern oral tobacco. The company also owns a 25.5% stake in ITC limited, the largest Indian cigarette company.

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