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WK Kellogg Co (WK Kellogg Co) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $664 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is WK Kellogg 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. WK Kellogg Co's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $157 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $664 Mil.


WK Kellogg Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for WK Kellogg 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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WK Kellogg Co Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

WK Kellogg Co Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
639.00 539.00 556.00 662.00

WK Kellogg Co Quarterly Data
Dec20 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 156.00 163.00 179.00 165.00 157.00

Competitive Comparison of WK Kellogg Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, WK Kellogg 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.


WK Kellogg Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, WK Kellogg Co's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

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



WK Kellogg 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 $664 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.


WK Kellogg Co  (NYSE:KLG) 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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WK Kellogg Co (WK Kellogg Co) Business Description

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Address
One Kellogg Square, Battle Creek, MI, USA, 49016
Website
WK Kellogg is the second-largest cereal manufacturer in North America. Its cereal brands include Special K, Frosted Flakes, Raisin Bran, Froot Loops, Frosted Mini Wheats, Kashi, Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies, Apple Jacks, and Bear Naked. The company was spun off from the former Kellogg business, now known as Kellanova, where the former firm's global snacks portfolio and international cereal are now housed. WK Kellogg, which began trading in October 2023, generates the bulk of its sales (about 88% of its proforma fiscal 2022 base) from its home turf.
Executives
Sherry Brice officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer C/O WK KELLOGG CO, ONE KELLOGG SQUARE, BATTLE CREEK MI 49016
Norma Barnes-euresti director ONE KELLOGG SQUARE, BATTLE CREEK MI 49016
David Mckinstray officer: Chief Financial Officer ONE KELLOGG SQUARE, BATTLE CREEK MI 49016
Doug Vandevelde officer: Chief Growth Officer ONE KELLOGG SQUARE, BATTLE CREEK MI 49016
Gary H Pilnick director, officer: President
Bruce Alan Brown officer: Chief Customer Officer ONE KELLOGG SQUARE, BATTLE CREEK MI 49016
Michael Corbo director C/O COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY, 300 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Mindy Sherwood director C/O WK KELLOGG CO, ONE KELLOGG SQUARE, BATTLE CREEK MI 49016
Julio N Nemeth director ONE PROCTER & GAMBLE PLAZA, CINCINNATI OH 45202
R David Banyard director MYERS INDUSTRIES INC., 1293 SOUTH MAIN STREET, AKRON OH 44301
Ramon Murguia director ONE MICHIGAN AVENUE EAST, BATTLE CREEK MI 49017-4058
Kellogg W K Foundation Trust 10 percent owner 50 S. LA SALLE ST., B-10, CHICAGO IL 60603
Kellogg W K Foundation 10 percent owner
G Zachary Gund director 14 NASSAU STREET, PRINETON NJ 08542
Ellanova 10 percent owner 412 N WELLS ST, CHICAGO IL 60654