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CPFL Energia (CPFL Energia) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $302 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is CPFL Energia Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. CPFL Energia's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $148 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $302 Mil.


CPFL Energia Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for CPFL Energia'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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CPFL Energia Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

CPFL Energia 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 200.28 168.90 156.54 229.76 271.04

CPFL Energia 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 147.64 48.19 60.35 45.53 147.68

Competitive Comparison of CPFL Energia's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, CPFL Energia'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.


CPFL Energia's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, CPFL Energia's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



CPFL Energia 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 $302 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.


CPFL Energia  (NYSE:CPL) 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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CPFL Energia (CPFL Energia) Business Description

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Rua Jorge Figueiredo Corrêa, No 1.632, Jardim Professora Tarcília, Campinas, Sao Paulo, SP, BRA, 13087-397
CPFL Energia SA is the holding company of the CPFL Group, operating in Brazil's electricity sector, implementing and operating projects and concessions in the energy distribution, generation, transmission, and trading segments and related activities through its subsidiaries and affiliate companies. The Group's operating segments are electric energy distribution, electric energy generation, electric energy commercialization, and services rendered activities. It derives a majority of its revenue from the distribution segment.