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Ross Stores (Ross Stores) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $3,268 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Ross Stores Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Ross Stores's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $903 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $3,268 Mil.


Ross Stores Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ross Stores'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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Ross Stores Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Ross Stores Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2,356.70 2,503.28 2,874.47 2,759.27 3,267.68

Ross Stores Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 729.34 746.22 807.90 810.47 903.09

Competitive Comparison of Ross Stores's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, Ross Stores'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.


Ross Stores's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Ross Stores's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ross Stores 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 Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3,268 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.


Ross Stores  (NAS:ROST) 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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Ross Stores (Ross Stores) Business Description

Address
5130 Hacienda Drive, Dublin, CA, USA, 94568-7579
Ross Stores operates as an off-price apparel and accessories retailer with the majority of its sales derived from its Ross Dress for Less banner. The firm opportunistically procures excess brand-name merchandise made available via manufacturing overruns and retail liquidation sales at a 20%-60% discount to full prices. As such, its stores are frequently filled with a vast array of stock-keeping units, each with minimal product depth that creates a treasure hunt shopping experience. The firm's more than 1,750 Ross Dress for Less stores are primarily located in densely populated suburban communities and typically serve middle-income consumers. Ross also operates nearly 350 DD's Discounts chains that target lower-income shoppers.
Executives
Stephen C Brinkley officer: PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE, DUBLIN CA 94568
Michael K Kobayashi officer: SR VP, CIO 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE, DUBLIN CA 94568
Barbara Rentler director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE, DUBLIN CA 94568
Brian R. Morrow officer: President, Merchandising 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE, DUBLIN CA 94568
Michael J. Hartshorn officer: S.V.P. Chief Financial Officer 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE, DUBLIN CA 94568
Jeffrey P Burrill officer: SVP, CAO & CORP CONTROLLER 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE, DUBLIN CA 94568
Edward G Cannizzaro director 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE, DUBLIN CA 94568
Michael J Bush director 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE, DUBLIN CA 94568
Adam M Orvos officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE, DUBLIN CA 94566
George Orban director 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE, DUBLIN CA 94568
Michael Balmuth director, officer: CEO 5130 HACIENDA DRIVE, DUBLIN CA 94568
Travis Marquette officer: GSVP, Chief Financial Officer 2006 ROUTE 130 NORTH, BURLINGTON NJ 08016
Doniel Sutton director C/O MORNINGSTAR, INC., 22 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, CHICAGO IL 60602
Larree M Renda director
Patricia H Mueller director 2481 MANANA DRIVE, DALLAS TX 75220

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