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Vitrolife AB (LTS:0YAY) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : kr1,118 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Vitrolife AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Vitrolife AB's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr287 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was kr1,118 Mil.


Vitrolife AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vitrolife AB'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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Vitrolife AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Vitrolife AB Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 350.96 311.35 503.00 1,002.00 1,117.00

Vitrolife AB Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 286.00 282.00 258.00 291.00 287.00

Competitive Comparison of Vitrolife AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Vitrolife AB'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.


Vitrolife AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Vitrolife AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Vitrolife AB 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 Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was kr1,118 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.


Vitrolife AB  (LTS:0YAY) 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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Vitrolife AB (LTS:0YAY) Business Description

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Box 9080, Gothenburg, SWE, 400 92
Vitrolife AB provides medical devices and genetic testing services intended for the reproductive-health market in the field of reproductive health. The company develops, manufactures, and distributes medical devices and provides genetic testing services for IVF clinics and their patients. Its mission is to support IVF clinics (in vitro fertilization) in enhancing their practice as well as the outcome of a patient's fertility treatment, thereby enabling patients to receive advanced support to navigate the complexities of reproductive health through successful outcomes and patient satisfaction.

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