WTM (White Mountains Insurance Group) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $656 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2026)

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WTM White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd WTM
75 GF Score
Price $2,174.96
GF Value $2,367.39
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is White Mountains Insurance Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

White Mountains Insurance Group WTM -0.29% 75 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $656 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates WTM with a GF Score™ of 75/100 and a GF Value™ of $2,367.39 (Fairly Valued). The stock has 3 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. White Mountains Insurance Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was $145 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was $656 Mil.


White Mountains Insurance Group  (NYSE:WTM) 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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White Mountains Insurance Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for White Mountains Insurance 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.

White Mountains Insurance Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

White Mountains Insurance Group Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
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White Mountains Insurance Group Quarterly Data
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WTM vs RLI, SIGI, LMND: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, White Mountains Insurance 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.


White Mountains Insurance Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Insurance Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where White Mountains Insurance Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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White Mountains Insurance 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 quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $656 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 $656 Mil mean?
White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $656 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 White Mountains Insurance Group and its competitors.
Is White Mountains Insurance Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
White Mountains Insurance Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $656 Mil. Overall, White Mountains Insurance Group has a GF Score™ of 75/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does White Mountains Insurance Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to RLI and SIGI?
White Mountains Insurance Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $656 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 White Mountains Insurance Group and its competitors. White Mountains Insurance Group's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $656 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is White Mountains Insurance Group stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is $2,367.39, compared to a current price of $2,174.96 — trading 8.1% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $656 Mil. White Mountains Insurance Group's overall GF Score™ is 75/100 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 White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $656 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 White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, White Mountains Insurance Group stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $2,174.96 is trading 8.1% below its estimated GF Value™ of $2,367.39. GuruFocus considers White Mountains Insurance Group to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for WTM:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $656 Mil
  • GF Value™: $2,367.39 vs. price of $2,174.96 (8.1% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 75/100 with 3 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the WTM stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


White Mountains Insurance Group Business Description

Address 23 South Main Street, Suite 3B, Hanover, NH, USA, 03755-2053
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd is engaged in the business of making opportunistic and value-oriented acquisitions of businesses and assets in the insurance, financial services, and related sectors, operating these businesses and assets through its subsidiaries and, if and when attractive exit valuations become available, disposing of these businesses and assets. The company conducts its business in five areas: property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, municipal bond reinsurance, capital solutions for asset and wealth management firms, property and casualty insurance distribution, and other operations. The company has four reportable segments: Ark/WM Outrigger, HG Global, Kudu and Distinguished.
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