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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Prudential Financial's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2026 was MXN62,555 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was MXN245,059 Mil.
Prudential Financial (MEX:PRU) 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.
Prudential Financial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Prudential Financial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Prudential Financial'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.
Prudential Financial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
MEX:PRU vs MET, UNM, AFL: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Prudential Financial'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.
Prudential Financial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Prudential Financial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Prudential Financial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Prudential Financial 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. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was MXN245,059 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 MXN245,059 Mil mean?
Prudential Financial (MEX:PRU) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of MXN245,059 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Prudential Financial and its competitors.
Is Prudential Financial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Prudential Financial's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is MXN245,059 Mil. Overall, Prudential Financial has a GF Score™ of 62/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Prudential Financial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to MET and UNM?
Prudential Financial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of MXN245,059 Mil can be compared against companies in the Insurance 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 an Insurance company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Insurance 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 Prudential Financial and its competitors. Prudential Financial's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is MXN245,059 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Prudential Financial stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Prudential Financial (MEX:PRU) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is MXN1,764.31, compared to a current price of MXN1,845.00 — trading 4.6% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is MXN245,059 Mil. Prudential Financial's overall GF Score™ is 62/100 with 3 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 Prudential Financial (MEX:PRU), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is MXN245,059 Mil as of Mar. 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.
Is Prudential Financial (MEX:PRU) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Prudential Financial stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of MXN1,845.00 is trading 4.6% above its estimated GF Value™ of MXN1,764.31.
GuruFocus considers Prudential Financial to be Fairly Valued.
Key valuation signals for MEX:PRU:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: MXN245,059 Mil
GF Value™: MXN1,764.31 vs. price of MXN1,845.00 (4.6% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the MEX:PRU stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Prudential Financial is one of the largest US life insurers, offering annuities, life insurance, and asset-management products. The United States and Japan are its two largest markets. Its US business contributed about 50% of adjusted 2025 earnings and includes institutional retirement (mostly pension risk transfer), individual retirement (annuities), group insurance, and individual life insurance. Its international business represented about 39% of adjusted earnings, with a strong market position in Japan, and the firm also has a presence in emerging markets like Brazil. The company's investment management business, PGIM, contributed approximately 11% of its 2025 adjusted earnings. PGIM had around $1.47 trillion in assets under management at the end of fourth-quarter 2025.
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