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The Goldmanchs Group (The Goldmanchs Group) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $16,604 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is The Goldmanchs Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. The Goldmanchs Group's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,777 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $16,604 Mil.


The Goldmanchs Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Goldmanchs Group'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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The Goldmanchs Group Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

The Goldmanchs Group 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 13,092.00 13,710.00 18,272.00 15,960.00 16,128.00

The Goldmanchs Group Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 4,262.00 3,765.00 4,324.00 3,777.00 4,738.00

Competitive Comparison of The Goldmanchs Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Capital Markets subindustry, The Goldmanchs Group'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.


The Goldmanchs Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, The Goldmanchs Group's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



The Goldmanchs Group 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 $16,604 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.


The Goldmanchs Group  (NYSE:GS) 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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The Goldmanchs Group (The Goldmanchs Group) Business Description

Address
200 West Street, New York, NY, USA, 10282
Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking and asset management firm. Approximately 20% of its revenue comes from investment banking, 45% from trading, 20% from asset management and 15% from wealth management and retail financial services. Around 60% of the company's net revenue is generated in the Americas, 15% in Asia, and 25% in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Executives
Brian J Lee officer: Principal Accounting Officer C/O GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC, 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Ericka T Leslie officer: Chief Administrative Officer 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
David M Solomon officer: President and Co-COO C/O GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC, 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Thomas K. Montag director C/O MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC., 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER, NEW YORK NY 10038
Philip R. Berlinski officer: Global Treasurer 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Kathryn H. Ruemmler officer: EVP, Chief Legal Officer, GC 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
John E. Waldron officer: President and COO C/O GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC, 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Kevin R Johnson director 2401 UTAH AVE. S, SUITE 800, SEATTLE WA 98134
Laurence Stein officer: Chief Administrative Officer C/O GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC, 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Mark A. Flaherty director C/O GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Denis P. Coleman officer: Chief Financial Officer 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Stephen M Scherr officer: Executive Vice President - CFO C/O GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC, 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
David A Viniar officer: Executive VP - CFO C/O GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC, 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Jessica R. Uhl director 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Kimberley D. Harris director 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282