H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (MIL:1HMB) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: €8,004 Mil (TTM As of May. 2026)

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB  (MIL:1HMB) 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.

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms

The historical data trend for H & M Hennes & Mauritz 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.

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB Annual Data
	Trend	Nov16	Nov17	Nov18	Nov19	Nov20	Nov21	Nov22	Nov23	Nov24	Nov25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					8,930.65	9,708.45	7,489.93	7,596.20	7,677.52

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB Quarterly Data
	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24	May24	Aug24	Nov24	Feb25	May25	Aug25	Nov25	Feb26	May26
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1,911.85	1,842.06	2,428.75	1,818.16	1,914.57

MIL:1HMB vs RL, LEVI, VFC: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Apparel Manufacturing subindustry, H & M Hennes & Mauritz 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.

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories Industry

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.

H & M Hennes & Mauritz 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 May. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €8,004 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.

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB Business Description