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Yamaha Motor Co (Yamaha Motor Co) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $923 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Yamaha Motor 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. Yamaha Motor Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $923 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $923 Mil.


Yamaha Motor Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Yamaha Motor 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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Yamaha Motor Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Yamaha Motor Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Yamaha Motor 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.


Yamaha Motor Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Yamaha Motor Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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Yamaha Motor 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 $923 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.


Yamaha Motor Co  (OTCPK:YMHAY) 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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Yamaha Motor Co (Yamaha Motor Co) Business Description

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2500, Shingai, Iwata, Shizuoka, JPN, 438-8501
Yamaha Motor Co Ltd is an automobile and electronics manufacturing company. The company is organised into five segments based on product type: motorcycles, marine products, power products, industrial machinery and robots, and other products. The motorcycles segment, contributing the majority of consolidated revenue, manufactures on- and off-road motorcycles, along with related motorcycle parts. Marine Products, the next-largest contributor to revenue, manufactures outboard motors, personal watercraft, and boats. Yamaha derives the majority of sales from Asia, with North America and Europe the next most significant markets.

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