What is The Scotts Miracle Gro Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?
Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. The Scotts Miracle Gro Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Mar. 2025 was €163 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was €493 Mil.
The Scotts Miracle Gro Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
The historical data trend for The Scotts Miracle Gro Co'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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The Scotts Miracle Gro Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Competitive Comparison of The Scotts Miracle Gro Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, The Scotts Miracle Gro Co'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.
The Scotts Miracle Gro Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Agriculture Industry
For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, The Scotts Miracle Gro Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where The Scotts Miracle Gro Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
The Scotts Miracle Gro Co 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. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €493 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.
The Scotts Miracle Gro Co (STU:SCQA) 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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Scotts Miracle-Gro is the largest purveyor of home lawn and gardening products in the US. The business consists of three reporting segments: US consumer, Hawthorne, and other. The US consumer segment consists of a broad range of lawncare products, including grass seed, fertilizer, and lawn-related weed, animal, and disease control. US consumer typically generates the vast majority of companywide revenue and profits. Hawthorne sells indoor gardening and hydroponic equipment, particularly to the cannabis growing industry, while the other segment primarily consists of lawn and gardening products sold in Canada. Its lawncare and gardening products are well-recognized brands in the US, including Scotts, Miracle-Gro, Roundup, Ortho, and Tomcat.
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