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Sphere Entertainment Co (Sphere Entertainment Co) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $435.5 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Sphere Entertainment Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Sphere Entertainment Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $123.1 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $435.5 Mil.


Sphere Entertainment Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sphere Entertainment Co'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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Sphere Entertainment Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Sphere Entertainment Co Annual Data
Trend Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 314.52 433.21 295.47 419.79 452.14

Sphere Entertainment Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 143.43 109.66 87.14 115.52 123.15

Competitive Comparison of Sphere Entertainment Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Entertainment subindustry, Sphere Entertainment Co'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.


Sphere Entertainment Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Sphere Entertainment Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sphere Entertainment Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Sphere Entertainment Co 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 $435.5 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.


Sphere Entertainment Co  (NYSE:SPHR) 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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Sphere Entertainment Co (Sphere Entertainment Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Two Penn Plaza, New York, NY, USA, 10121
Sphere Entertainment Co is live entertainment and media company. The firm creates, writes, cast, produce, and tour shows and events. The company's portfolio includes Sphere, a next-generation entertainment medium to the world. The group has three reportable segments which include Entertainment, MSG Networks, and Tao Group Hospitality.
Executives
David Granville-smith officer: Executive Vice President TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121
Gregory Brunner officer: SVP, Controller & PAO TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121
Carl E Vogel director C/O SIRIUS XM RADIO INC., 1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10020
Gautam Ranji officer: EVP, CFO & Treasurer TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121
Isiah Iii Thomas director TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121
Philip Gerard D'ambrosio officer: Interim CFO, Treasurer & Sec. TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121
Dolan Leinauer Corby other: Trustee of 13(d) Group Member BAKER BOTTS L.L.P., 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10112
Zeppetella Courtney M officer: SVP, Controller & CAO TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121
David F. Byrnes officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer C/O CBS CORPORATION, 51 WEST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Jamal H Haughton officer: EVP & General Counsel TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121
Joseph F Yospe officer: SVP, Controller & PAO 551 5TH AVENUE, SUITE 300, NEW YORK NY 10176
Andrea Greenberg officer: President/CEO-MSG Networks 11 PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10001
Joel M. Litvin director TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10011
Scott S Packman officer: EVP & General Counsel TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121
Mark H Fitzpatrick officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer TWO PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10121