Cineworld Group (LSE:CINF) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: £540.10 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2022)

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What is Cineworld Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Cineworld Group LSE:CINF 4 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £540.10 Mil as of Jun. 2022. GuruFocus rates LSE:CINF with a GF Score™ of 4/100. The stock has 6 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. Cineworld Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Jun. 2022 was £279.00 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 was £540.10 Mil.


Cineworld Group  (LSE:CINF) 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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Cineworld Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Cineworld Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Cineworld Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Cineworld Group Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
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Cineworld Group Semi-Annual Data
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LSE:CINF vs NFLX, DIS, WBD: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Entertainment subindustry, Cineworld Group'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.


Cineworld Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Cineworld Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cineworld Group 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. 2022 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £540.10 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 £540.10 Mil mean?
Cineworld Group (LSE:CINF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £540.10 Mil as of Jun. 2022. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Cineworld Group and its competitors.
Is Cineworld Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Cineworld Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £540.10 Mil. Overall, Cineworld Group has a GF Score™ of 4/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Cineworld Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to NFLX and DIS?
Cineworld Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £540.10 Mil can be compared against companies in the Media - Diversified 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 Media - Diversified company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Media - Diversified 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 Cineworld Group and its competitors. Cineworld Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £540.10 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Cineworld Group stock overvalued right now?
Cineworld Group (LSE:CINF) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £540.10 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £540.10 Mil. Cineworld Group's overall GF Score™ is 4/100 with 6 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 Cineworld Group (LSE:CINF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £540.10 Mil as of Jun. 2022. 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.

Cineworld Group Business Description

Address Great West Road, 8th Floor, Vantage London, Brentford, GBR, TW8 9AG
Cineworld Group PLC is a diversified media company, which operates chains of movie theaters. Its business segments are the U.S., U.K., & Ireland and the rest of the world (ROW). Within each segment, it operates theaters through different brands. In the U.S., Cineworld owns cinema brands Regal, United Artists, and Edwards theaters. They operate out of Cineworld and Picturehouse in the U.K. and Ireland. Cineworld also owns Cinema City in Central and Eastern Europe and Yes Planet and Rav-Chen in Israel for its ROW segment. The company generates revenue through ticket sales and food, beverage, and merchandise sales. It also earns additional revenue through retail and screen advertising and property market and development. The company generates most of its revenue in the U.S.