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Forvia SE (XPAR:FRVIA) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : €1,270 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Forvia SE Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Forvia SE's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was €623 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was €1,270 Mil.


Forvia SE Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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

Forvia SE Annual Data
Trend Dec14 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 778.50 712.90 690.80 1,175.10 1,270.30

Forvia SE Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 337.70 547.40 627.70 647.60 622.70

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

For the Auto Parts subindustry, Forvia SE'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.


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

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

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



Forvia SE 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 €1,270 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.


Forvia SE  (XPAR:FRVIA) 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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Forvia SE (XPAR:FRVIA) Business Description

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23-27 avenue des Champs-Pierreux, Nanterre, FRA, 92000
Forvia operates in automotive seating, interior systems, emission control technologies, electronics, lighting, and a segment called lifecycle solutions that does automotive-related recycling. The company has a global presence, with over 300 industrial facilities and 63 R&D centers in more than 40 countries, but much of its workforce is located in high-cost countries. Forvia's five largest customers by percentage of 2022 revenue are Volkswagen at 15.4%, Stellantis at 11.7%, Ford at 7.7%, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance at 6.2%, and Mercedes-Benz at 6.1%. Geographically, Europe accounted for 44% of 2022 revenue, followed by North America at 25%, China at 21%, and all other regions at 10%.

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