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XPO Logistics (XPAR:XPO) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : €0 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2020)


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What is XPO Logistics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. XPO Logistics's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2020 was €0 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2020 was €0 Mil.


XPO Logistics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for XPO Logistics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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* 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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XPO Logistics Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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Competitive Comparison of XPO Logistics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, XPO Logistics'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.


XPO Logistics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, XPO Logistics's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



XPO Logistics 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. 2020 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €0 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.


XPO Logistics  (XPAR:XPO) 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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XPO Logistics (XPAR:XPO) Business Description

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192 Avenue Thiers, Cedex 6, Lyon, FRA, 69457
XPO Logistics SA is a provider of transportation and logistics services. It provides technology-enabled solutions for automotive and industrial customers. The company provides services to chemical, oil and gas, fashion, healthcare, industrial and construction, retail and e-commerce, technology and electrical goods, and food and beverage sectors.