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QuantumScape (QuantumScape) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $146.10 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. QuantumScape's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $48.05 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $146.10 Mil.


QuantumScape Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

QuantumScape Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
9.87 15.92 63.77 123.18 131.09

QuantumScape Quarterly Data
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 33.04 37.09 32.72 28.24 48.05

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

For the Auto Parts subindustry, QuantumScape'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.


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

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

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



QuantumScape 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 $146.10 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.


QuantumScape  (NYSE:QS) 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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QuantumScape (QuantumScape) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1730 Technology Drive, San Jose, CA, USA, 95110
QuantumScape Corp is engaged in the development of next-generation solid-state lithium-metal batteries for use in electric vehicles. It developed an anode-less cell design, which delivers high energy density while lowering material costs and simplifying manufacturing.
Executives
Jurgen Leohold director 1730 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Mohit Singh officer: Chief Development Officer 1730 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Kevin Hettrich officer: Chief Financial Officer 1730 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Jeffrey B Straubel director C/O TESLA MOTORS, INC., 3500 DEER CREEK ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Mccarthy Michael O Iii officer: Chief Legal Officer 1730 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Srinivasan Sivaram officer: President C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Timothy Holme officer: Chief Technology Officer 1730 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Gena C Lovett director 11324 FOX CREEK FARM WAY, GREAT FALLS VA 22066
Jagdeep Singh director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer, other: Chairman C/O INFINERA CORPORATION, 169 JAVA DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Dipender Saluja director 1730 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Fritz Prinz director 1730 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Susan Huppertz director 1730 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Justin E Mirro director, 10 percent owner, officer: See Remarks 40300 TRADITIONS DRIVE, NORTHVILLE MI 48168
Jeneanne Michelle Hanley director 21557 TELEGRAPH ROAD, SOUTHFIELD MI 48034
Brad W Buss director 198 CHAMPION COURT, SAN JOSE CA 95134