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James Hardie Industries (James Hardie Industries) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $571 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is James Hardie Industries Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. James Hardie Industries's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $156 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $571 Mil.


James Hardie Industries Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for James Hardie Industries'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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James Hardie Industries Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

James Hardie Industries Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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James Hardie Industries Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 115.10 132.70 128.90 152.80 156.30

Competitive Comparison of James Hardie Industries's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Building Materials subindustry, James Hardie Industries'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.


James Hardie Industries's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, James Hardie Industries's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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James Hardie Industries 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 $571 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.


James Hardie Industries  (NYSE:JHX) 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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James Hardie Industries (James Hardie Industries) Business Description

Address
Harcourt Street, Europa House, 2nd Floor, Harcourt Centre, Dublin, IRL, D02 WR20
James Hardie is a manufacturer of fiber cement-based building products, selling primarily to the residential construction industry. North America is the primary geography, generating about 80% of group earnings. Here, it is the largest manufacturer of fiber cement, which is mainly used for siding. Asia-Pacific businesses in Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines, as well as Europe, make up the rest of earnings. In 2018, the group acquired Fermacell, a fiber gypsum building products business headquartered in Germany with operations throughout Europe.