GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Consumer Defensive » Consumer Packaged Goods » Wilmar International Ltd (OTCPK:WLMIY) » Definitions » Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

Wilmar International (Wilmar International) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $3,257 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


View and export this data going back to 2008. Start your Free Trial

What is Wilmar International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Wilmar International's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,217 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,257 Mil.


Wilmar International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wilmar International'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.

* Premium members only.

Wilmar International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Wilmar International 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 2,674.11 3,473.16 4,508.54 3,480.10 3,256.98

Wilmar International Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 2,323.90 2,287.43 1,192.67 2,040.02 1,216.96

Competitive Comparison of Wilmar International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Wilmar International'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.


Wilmar International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Wilmar International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Wilmar International 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 semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3,257 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.


Wilmar International  (OTCPK:WLMIY) 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.


Wilmar International Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Wilmar International's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Wilmar International (Wilmar International) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
28 Biopolis Road, Wilmar International, Singapore, SGP, 138568
Wilmar International Ltd is a processor of palm and lauric oils and a producer of consumer pack edible oils. Its operating segment includes Food Products; Feed and Industrial Products; Plantation and Sugar Milling and others. The company generates maximum revenue from the Feed and Industrial Products segment. Its Feed and Industrial Products segment comprises the processing, merchandising, and distribution of products, which includes animal feeds, non-edible palm and lauric products, agricultural commodities, oleochemicals, gas oil, and biodiesel. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the People's Republic of China.

Wilmar International (Wilmar International) Headlines

From GuruFocus