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What is WM's Selling, General, and Administrative (SG&A)?

  Waste Management Inc ( WM ) |
1995 - 2021 (27 years)

Selling, General, and Administrative (SG&A) is 
$1.8B (1Y +7.92% )

WM Stock Price & Selling, General, and Administrative (SG&A)

Selling, General, and Administrative (SG&A) for WM competitors.
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Historical (All-Time) Stats for Selling, General, and Administrative (SG&A)

chevron_right 2021 $944.0M +14.7x
( +10.7% / year avg)
chevron_left 1995 $60.0M
vertical_align_top Peak $1.9B -
vertical_align_bottom Bottom 0.0
arrow_drop_up # Up Years 11 11 of 27
years up.
arrow_drop_down # Down Years 8
Up Years = Positive (0%+) YoY change
Down Years = Zero or Negative (0% or less) YoY change

Key Points (Stonk Price Comparison)

  • WM's stock price has rallied +4,321% from $2.65 in 1995 , or +2.87x faster than it's selling, general, and administrative (sg&a) over the same period.
  • If WM grows it's stock at the same rate as it's selling, general, and administrative (sg&a) (+10.7%/year) , it's stock price will grow +276% and hit $323.54 over the next 10 years.
  • WM's stock price has gone up 7 of the 11 years (+63%) it's selling, general, and administrative (sg&a) were also up.
5-Year Change 🚀
+29.5%$16.4BNet Revenue (Sales)
+26.1%$10.1BCost of Revenue (Sales)
+35.1%$6.4BGross Profit Margin
+4.33%1.55Gross Profit Margin Ratio
+27.6%$1.8BSelling, General, and Administrative (SG&A)
-111.1%$4.0MOther Income/Expenses, Net
+38.0%$3.7BTotal Operating Expenses
+29.1%$13.8BCost & Expenses
+2.11%$388.0MInterest Expense/Income, Net
+50.9%$1.7BDepreciation & Amortization (D&A)
+38.3%$4.4BEBITDA
+31.2%$2.7BOperating Income
+44.4%-$104.0MTotal Other Income/Expenses
+37.6%$2.2BPretax Income (Earnings)
+6.3%0.53Pretax Income (Earnings) Margin
-11.4%$496.0MProvision For Income Taxes
+63.2%$1.7BNet Income (Earnings)
+72.9%4.0Earnings Per Share (EPS)
+72.1%3.96Earnings Per Share (EPS) Diluted
-5.2%$1.7BShares Outstanding
-5.42%$1.7BShares Outstanding (Diluted)
  • WM Historical Selling, General, and Administrative (SG&A) Table
    in $ million
    Year Selling, General, and Administrative (SG&A) YoY % Change Stock Price YoY % Change (Stock Price)
    4/1/2021 $944 -41.4% $117.07 3.2%
    4/1/2020 $1,611 6.6% $113.46 -2.7%
    4/1/2019 $1,511 7.5% $116.62 33.9%
    4/1/2018 $1,406 -1.9% $87.08 20.5%
    4/1/2017 $1,433 7.0% $72.28 23.5%
    4/1/2016 $1,339 -0.1% $58.52 31.5%
    4/1/2015 $1,340 -6.8% $44.52 9.9%
    4/1/2014 $1,437 35.1% $40.51 20.2%
    4/1/2013 $1,064 - $33.69 21.7%
    4/1/2012 $0 - $27.68 9.3%
    4/1/2011 $0 - $25.34 3.5%
    4/1/2010 $0 - $24.47 14.9%
    4/1/2009 $0 - $21.31 -12.2%
    4/1/2008 $0 - $24.27 -3.8%
    4/1/2007 $0 - $25.22 12.7%
    4/1/2006 $0 - $22.37 28.2%
    4/1/2005 $0 - $17.45 1.4%
    4/1/2004 $0 -100.0% $17.2 6.5%
    4/1/2003 $752 -52.2% $16.14 12.5%
    4/1/2002 $1,574 34.5% $14.35 -23.4%
    4/1/2001 $1,170 -32.7% $18.75 63.3%
    4/1/2000 $1,738 -9.4% $11.48 -25.6%
    4/1/1999 $1,918 150.5% $15.44 -53.7%
    4/1/1998 $765 192.3% $33.36 31.2%
    4/1/1997 $262 142.1% $25.42 52.7%
    4/1/1996 $108 80.3% $16.64 41.0%
    4/1/1995 $60 - $11.8 -

  • About
    Industry: Waste Management
    Sector: Industrials
    Country: US
    IPO Date: 7/20/1993
    Stonk Exchange: NYSE
    • Waste Management, Inc
    • engages in the provision of waste management environmental services.
    • The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas and currently employs 43,700 full-time employees.
    • The Company, through its subsidiaries, is a provider of waste management environmental services.
    • The firm's segments include Solid Waste and Other.
    • The firm's Solid Waste segment includes its solid waste business.
    • The Other segment includes its Strategic Business Solutions (WMSBS) organization; its landfill gas-to-energy operations and third-party subcontract and administration services managed by its Energy and Environmental Services and WM Renewable Energy organizations; its recycling brokerage services, and its service offerings and solutions, such as portable self-storage and long distance moving services, fluorescent lamp recycling and interests it holds in oil and gas producing properties.
    • As of December 31, 2016, the Company owned or operated 243 solid waste landfills and five secure hazardous waste landfills.
    • Its recycling brokerage services involve managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties.

  • Selling, general and administrative expense (SG&A) is reported on the income statement as the sum of all direct and indirect selling expenses and all general and administrative expenses (G&A) of a company. SG&A, also known as SGA, includes all the costs not directly tied to making a product or performing a service. That is, SG&A includes the costs to sell and deliver products and services and the costs to manage the company.

    For more detailed definitions, please see Investopedia.



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