Berkshire Hathaway is a multinational conglomerate holding company led by renowned investor Warren Buffett. The company primarily engages in the acquisition and management of a diverse range of businesses across various industries, including insurance, utility, energy, rail transportation, manufacturing, and retail. By employing a value investing approach, Berkshire Hathaway seeks to identify and invest in companies with strong growth potential and effective management. In addition to its numerous wholly-owned subsidiaries, the firm also holds significant stakes in several publicly traded companies, reinforcing its position as a prominent player in the global investment landscape. Read More
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - April 28, 2025 - PRLog -- Schonfeld & Associates, a publisher of business information products for over 40 years, has released the 2025 edition of SG&A Benchmarks for the Finance, Insurance, Real Estate industry sector. The report is a convenient source of information for professional managers seeking benchmark information on Selling, General & Administrative spending by major public corporations within the sector. Metrics for public companies provide important insight for other firms within the sector. SG&A expenses are all the direct and indirect selling expenses and all general and administrative expenses. SG&A expenses are also called Operating Expenses. Frequently, SG&A to Sales ratios are used to judge efficiency of management spending.Benchmarks for SG&A spending are hard to find. Averages may be available but are generally too broad to be useful. Within SG&A Benchmarks, the sector summary charts provide side by side comparison of annual median values for each industry within the sector for 2021-2024 as well as a chart of 10%ile, median and 90%ile values of SG&A to Sales ratio for 2024 by industry to illustrate the range of values reported by firms within each industry. To account for SG&A spending practices varying by size of revenues, individual companies are grouped based on fiscal 2024 sales. The detailed tables for each of the individual industries are presented with the companies in three groups as defined by sales of less than $100 million, sales between $100 million and $1 billion, and sales of more than $1 billion. The information presented for each company includes: fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2024 SG&A as a percentage of sales, annual percentage growth rate in SG&A spending and in sales, total sales for fiscal 2024 and headquarters location. Comparing the growth rate of SG&A expenses and sales gives a snapshot of where the profitability of the firm may be heading.The Finance, Insurance and Real Estate sector reports SG&A spending information for over 1065 publicly traded companies in seven industries: Depository Institutions (including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo), Non-depository Credit Institutions (including Fannie Mae, American Express, Discover Financial Services), Security & Commodity Brokers and Services (including Charles Schwab, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley), Insurance Carriers (including Cigna Group, Berkshire Hathaway, UnitedHealth Group), Insurance Agents and Services (including Marsh & McLennan, Equitable Holdings, Aon), Real Estate (including eXp World Holdings, Cushman & Wakefield, Redfin, CBRE Group) and Holding and Other Investment Offices (including Equinix, Blackstone REIT, Prologis, Crown Castle).This report will benefit anyone seeking competitive benchmark intelligence including corporate staff, financial analysts, investment professionals, lenders, M&A advisors, appraisers and industry consultants.Visit https://saibooks.com/product/sga-benchmarks-finance/ for more information and to place a secure order for immediate download.
If the price is right, two dominant businesses -- one of which is already a sizable holding for Berkshire Hathaway -- would make for perfect acquisitions by the Oracle of Omaha.
Here is a short look at the 7 largest companies by market capitalization as of Saturday, April 26, 2025. Additionally, I have included the percentages of their gains on a year-to-date basis. Let's dive into the numbers.
