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Volvo Car AB (OSTO:VOLCAR B) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : kr38,597 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Volvo Car AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Volvo Car AB's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was kr8,556 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was kr38,597 Mil.


Volvo Car AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Volvo Car AB'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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Volvo Car AB Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Volvo Car AB Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 26,776.00 24,249.00 28,494.00 32,485.00 38,595.00

Volvo Car AB Quarterly Data
Dec18 Dec19 Jun20 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 8,554.00 10,081.00 9,521.00 10,439.00 8,556.00

Competitive Comparison of Volvo Car AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Volvo Car AB'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.


Volvo Car AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Volvo Car AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Volvo Car AB's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Volvo Car AB 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 Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was kr38,597 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.


Volvo Car AB  (OSTO:VOLCAR B) 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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Volvo Car AB (OSTO:VOLCAR B) Business Description

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VAK Building, Gunnar Engellaus Vag, Gothenburg, SWE, 405 31
Volvo Car AB manufactures, designs, and supplies automobiles. The company offers a wide range of cars. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from China and also has a presence in the US; Sweden; Germany; United Kingdom; Japan, and South Korea. It generates maximum revenue from the sale of new cars.

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