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ZD (Ziff Davis) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $684 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Ziff Davis Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Ziff Davis's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $175 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $684 Mil.


Ziff Davis Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ziff Davis'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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Ziff Davis Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Ziff Davis Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 784.94 949.83 672.65 683.09 723.16

Ziff Davis Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 166.51 222.85 229.11 57.41 174.59

Competitive Comparison of Ziff Davis's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Ziff Davis'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.


Ziff Davis's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

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


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Ziff Davis 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. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $684 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.


Ziff Davis  (NAS:ZD) 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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Ziff Davis Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
114 5th Avenue, 15th Floor New York, NY 10011
Ziff Davis is a vertically focused digital media and internet company whose portfolio includes leading brands in technology, entertainment, shopping, health, cybersecurity, and martech.
Executives
W Brian Kretzmer director 26110 ENTERPRISE WAY, STE 200, LAKE FOREST CA 92630
Jeremy Rossen officer: VP/General Counsel ZIFF DAVIS INC, 114 5TH AVE,14TH AND 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10011
Bret Richter officer: Chief Financial Officer 11 PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10001
Vivek Shah director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O J2 GLOBAL, INC., 6922 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, SUITE 500, LOS ANGELES CA 90028
Sarah Ann Fay director 5 GORHAN AVENUE, BROOKLINE MA 02445
Teresa A Harris director 1820 E BIG BEAVER RD, TROY MI 48083
Layth Taki officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1 COURT SQUARE WEST, LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101
R Scott Turicchi officer: President C/O J2 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 6922 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, 5TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90028
Douglas Y Bech director C/O J2 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS INC, 6922 HOLLYWOOD BLVD/LEGAL DEPT - 5TH FL., LOS ANGELES CA 90028
Richard S Ressler director, 10 percent owner C/O J2 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 6922 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, 5TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90028
Pamela Sutton-wallace director 197 VAN VORST ST, APT 1505, JERSEY CITY NJ 07302
Scott C Taylor director 20330 STEVENS CREEK BLVD., CUPERTINO CA 95014
Stephen Ross director
Robert J Cresci director
Jon Miller director C/O TRIPADVISOR, INC, 141 NEEDHAM STREET, NEWTON MA 02464