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Shengfeng Development (Shengfeng Development) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $32.6 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Shengfeng Development Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Shengfeng Development's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $18.3 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $32.6 Mil.


Shengfeng Development Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shengfeng Development'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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Shengfeng Development Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Shengfeng Development Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
29.77 32.76 31.69 32.60

Shengfeng Development Semi-Annual Data
Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial 16.54 14.43 17.26 14.31 18.29

Competitive Comparison of Shengfeng Development's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Shengfeng Development'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.


Shengfeng Development's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Shengfeng Development's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



Shengfeng Development 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 $32.6 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.


Shengfeng Development  (NAS:SFWL) 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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Shengfeng Development (Shengfeng Development) Business Description

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No. 478 Fuxin East Road, Shengfeng Building, Jinan District,, Fuzhou City, CHN, 350001
Shengfeng Development Ltd is a holding company. The firm through its subsidiaries engages in cargo warehousing, road transportation, and urban distribution. It offers contract logistics services comprising planning and designing supply chains, designing facilities, processing orders, collecting payments, managing inventories, and providing client services. Its integrated logistics solution services are comprised of three segments: B2B freight transportation; cloud storage; and value-added services.

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