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SES AI (SES AI) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $43.87 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is SES AI Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. SES AI's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $9.51 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $43.87 Mil.


SES AI Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for SES AI'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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SES AI Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

SES AI Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
4.78 4.46 16.49 51.61 47.48

SES AI Quarterly Data
Dec19 Sep20 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 13.12 12.92 10.89 10.55 9.51

Competitive Comparison of SES AI's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Auto Parts subindustry, SES AI'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.


SES AI's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

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

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



SES AI 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 $43.87 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.


SES AI  (NYSE:SES) 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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SES AI (SES AI) Business Description

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35 Cabot Road, Woburn, MA, USA, 01801
SES AI Corp is engaged in the development and initial production of high-performance Lithium-Metal (Li-Metal) rechargeable battery technologies for electric vehicles (EVs), electric vehicle take-off and landing (eVTOL), and other applications. The company is an integrated Li-Metal battery manufacturer with capabilities in material, cell, module, AI-powered safety algorithms, and recycling.
Executives
Jing Nealis officer: Chief Financial Officer 1, ROBINSON ROAD, #18-00 AIA TOWER, SINGAPORE U0 048542
Rohit Makharia officer: Pres. & Chief Op. Officer 1, ROBINSON ROAD, #18-00 AIA TOWER, SINGAPORE U0 048542
Hong Gan officer: Chief Science Officer 1, ROBINSON ROAD, #18-00 AIA TOWER, SINGAPORE U0 048542
Anirvan Coomer director 35 CABOT ROAD, WOBURN MA 01801
Yongkyu Son officer: Chief Technology Officer 1, ROBINSON ROAD, #18-00 AIA TOWER, SINGAPORE U0 048542
Kyle Pilkington officer: Chief Legal Officer 35 CABOT ROAD, WOBURN MA 01801
Qichao Hu director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO & Chairman 1, ROBINSON ROAD, #18-00 AIA TOWER, SINGAPORE U0 048542
Gang Li officer: Chief Manufacturing Officer 35 CABOT ROAD, WOBURN MA 01801
Tianqi Lithium Hk Co., Ltd. 10 percent owner NO. 10 EAST GAOPENG ROAD, CHENGDU, SICHUAN F4 610041
Joanne Ban officer: Chief Legal & Corp. Officer 1, ROBINSON ROAD, #18-00 AIA TOWER, SINGAPORE U0 048542
Robert M Friedland director 150 BEACH ROAD #25-03, THE GATEWAY WEST, SINGAPORE U0 189720
Temasek Holdings (private) Ltd 10 percent owner 60B ORCHARD ROAD #06-18 TOWER 2, THE ATRIUM@ORCHARD, SINGAPORE U0 238891
Tembusu Capital Pte. Ltd. 10 percent owner 60B ORCHARD ROAD #06-18, THE ATRIUM@ORCHARD, SINGAPORE U0 238891
Sk Inc. 10 percent owner 26, JONG-RO, JONGNO-GU, SEOUL M5 03188
Jangwook Choi director 1, ROBINSON ROAD, #18-00 AIA TOWER, SINGAPORE U0 048542