SFGYY (Sony Financial Group) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $499 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2026)

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What is Sony Financial Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Sony Financial Group SFGYY -0.42% 24 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $499 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates SFGYY with a GF Score™ of 24/100. The stock has 8 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. Sony Financial Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Mar. 2026 was $253 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $499 Mil.


Sony Financial Group  (OTCPK:SFGYY) 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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Sony Financial Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Sony Financial Group'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.

Sony Financial Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Sony Financial Group Annual Data
Trend Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25 Mar26
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Sony Financial Group Semi-Annual Data
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SFGYY vs AFL, MET, PRU: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Sony Financial 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.


Sony Financial Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Sony Financial Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Sony Financial 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 Mar. 2026 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $499 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 $499 Mil mean?
Sony Financial Group (SFGYY) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $499 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 Sony Financial Group and its competitors.
Is Sony Financial Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Sony Financial Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $499 Mil. Overall, Sony Financial Group has a GF Score™ of 24/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Sony Financial Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to AFL and MET?
Sony Financial Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $499 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 Sony Financial Group and its competitors. Sony Financial Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $499 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Sony Financial Group stock overvalued right now?
Sony Financial Group (SFGYY) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $499 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $499 Mil. Sony Financial Group's overall GF Score™ is 24/100 with 8 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 Sony Financial Group (SFGYY), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $499 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.

Sony Financial Group Business Description

Address 1-9-2, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 100-8179
Sony Financial Group Inc is a Japanese financial holding company with three core subsidiaries: Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (Sony Life), Sony Assurance Inc. (Sony Assurance) and Sony Bank Inc. (Sony Bank). Sony Life provides tailor-made life insurance based on detailed consulting by Lifeplanner sales specialists (sales staff) and partners. Sony Assurance provides automobile, fire, medical, and other forms of insurance through the Internet and telephone. Sony Bank provides deposits, mortgages, investment trusts, and foreign exchange margin transaction services through the Internet. The company has three business segments, namely Life Insurance Business, Non-life Insurance Business, Banking Business, and others.
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