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Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (TSE:6305) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : 円267,142 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Hitachi Construction Machinery 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. Hitachi Construction Machinery Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 円70,710 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was 円267,142 Mil.


Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hitachi Construction Machinery 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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Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 174,139.00 160,633.00 186,470.00 242,247.00 267,142.00

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co 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 66,189.00 62,056.00 65,636.00 68,740.00 70,710.00

Competitive Comparison of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Hitachi Construction Machinery 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.


Hitachi Construction Machinery Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hitachi Construction Machinery Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Hitachi Construction Machinery 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. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was 円267,142 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.


Hitachi Construction Machinery Co  (TSE:6305) 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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Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (TSE:6305) Business Description

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16-1, Higashiueno 2-chome, Taito-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 110-0015
Hitachi Construction Machinery, or HCM, manufactures and sells construction and mining machinery, and provides related services such as parts supply, rentals, and others. HCM was established in 1970 as a subsidiary of Hitachi, but its origins date back to 1949 when it introduced Japan's first mechanical excavator. The company's main products include hydraulic excavators for mining/construction, rigid dump trucks, and wheel loaders. As of August 2022, Hitachi is no longer the parent company of HCM, after selling 26% of its stake to HCJI Holdings, a joint venture between Itochu and Japan Industrial Partners. Currently, Hitachi has a 25.4% stake in Hitachi Construction Machinery as an equity-method affiliate. HCM is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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