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China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co (China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $1,042 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is China Pacific Insurance (Group) 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. China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $336 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,042 Mil.


China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Pacific Insurance (Group) 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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China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6,478.61 8,102.55 7,887.84 889.88 1,035.97

China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, China Pacific Insurance (Group) 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.


China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



China Pacific Insurance (Group) 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 Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,042 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.


China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co  (OTCPK:CHPXF) 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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China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co (China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co) Business Description

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Address
1 South Zhongshan Road, Huangpu, Shanghai, CHN, 200010
China Pacific Insurance was established in 1988, with headquarter in Beijing. The company is one of the largest providers of life and general insurance products and services. It is China's third-largest life insurer and third-largest general property and casualty insurer. The company strives for an integrated financial services platform that consists of insurance, banking, and asset management.