JCDecaux SE (XPAR:DEC) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: €678 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)

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XPAR:DEC JCDecaux SE XPAR:DEC
85 GF Score
Price €21.96
GF Value €20.35
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is JCDecaux SE Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

JCDecaux SE XPAR:DEC +1.01% 85 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €678 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates XPAR:DEC with a GF Score™ of 85/100 and a GF Value™ of €20.35 (Fairly Valued). 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. JCDecaux SE's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was €335 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was €678 Mil.


JCDecaux SE  (XPAR:DEC) 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.


JCDecaux SE Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms


JCDecaux SE Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for JCDecaux SE'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.

JCDecaux SE Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

JCDecaux SE Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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JCDecaux SE Semi-Annual Data
Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 Jun25 Dec25
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XPAR:DEC vs APP, OMC, TTD: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, JCDecaux SE'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.


JCDecaux SE Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, JCDecaux SE's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where JCDecaux SE's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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JCDecaux SE 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 Dec. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €678 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 €678 Mil mean?
JCDecaux SE (XPAR:DEC) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €678 Mil as of Dec. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on JCDecaux SE and its competitors.
Is JCDecaux SE's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
JCDecaux SE's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €678 Mil. Overall, JCDecaux SE has a GF Score™ of 85/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does JCDecaux SE's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to APP and OMC?
JCDecaux SE's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €678 Mil can be compared against companies in the Media - Diversified 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 a Media - Diversified company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Media - Diversified 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 JCDecaux SE and its competitors. JCDecaux SE's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €678 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is JCDecaux SE stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, JCDecaux SE (XPAR:DEC) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is €20.35, compared to a current price of €21.96 — trading 7.9% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €678 Mil. JCDecaux SE's overall GF Score™ is 85/100 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 JCDecaux SE (XPAR:DEC), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €678 Mil as of Dec. 2025. 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 JCDecaux SE (XPAR:DEC) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, JCDecaux SE stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of €21.96 is trading 7.9% above its estimated GF Value™ of €20.35. GuruFocus considers JCDecaux SE to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for XPAR:DEC:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: €678 Mil
  • GF Value™: €20.35 vs. price of €21.96 (7.9% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 85/100 with 8 warning signs

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


JCDecaux SE Business Description

Address 17 Rue Soyer, Neuilly-sur-Seine, FRA, 92200
JCDecaux SE is an outdoor advertising company. The company focuses on three main business areas namely Street Furniture, Transport advertising, and Billboard advertising. Street furniture advertising relates to bus stop advertising, newspaper kiosks, public benches, and free-standing panels. Transport which focuses on advertising in land transport networks and airports and Billboard Advertising which concerns the marketing of billboards, neon-light billboards, and advertising wraps. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Street Furniture segment in the form of Advertising. The company has a geographical presence in Europe, Asia-Pacific, France, the Rest of the world, the United kingdom, and North America.
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