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Unicharm (TSE:8113) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : 円229,027 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Unicharm Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Unicharm's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 円54,658 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was 円229,027 Mil.


Unicharm Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Unicharm Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 176,959.00 177,865.00 191,162.00 209,034.00 223,555.00

Unicharm 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 49,185.00 56,714.00 54,622.00 63,033.00 54,658.00

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

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Unicharm'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.


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

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

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



Unicharm 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 円229,027 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.


Unicharm  (TSE:8113) 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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Unicharm (TSE:8113) Business Description

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3-5-19, Mita, Minato-ku, Sumitomo Fudosan Mita Twin Building, West Wing, Tokyo, JPN, 108-8575
Focusing on personal hygiene products utilizing non-woven fabric, Unicharm is the largest manufacturer of disposable baby diapers, feminine sanitary, and adult incontinence products in Japan and Asia. Its personal-care business accounted for 86% of its sales as of 2021, with the balance from mainly the pet care. Unicharm generates 62% sales from overseas, of which nearly three quarters of sales are from Asia, mostly China, Indonesia and Thailand. India, followed by Vietnam, is the fastest rising market. Outside Asia, it also operates in Saudi Arabia, Americas and Europe. Drugstores, supermarkets, baby product specialty stores as well as e-commerce are the key sales channels.

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