Activision Blizzard General and Administrative Expenses 2011-2026 | ATVI

General and Administrative Expenses — these are a part of a company's operating expenses that are not directly related to the production of goods or the provision of services but are necessary for the overall functioning of the business.

What these expenses include

Salaries of administrative staff (executives, HR, accountants, legal personnel)
Office rent and utilities
Office equipment and IT infrastructure
Professional services (auditors, lawyers, consultants)
Insurance
General administrative travel and representation expenses

What the metric indicates

Cost control
A high level of such expenses may indicate inefficient management or an overly complex structure
Profitability
Reducing administrative expenses while maintaining stable revenue increases operating profit
Comparative analysis
Investors can compare this metric as a percentage of revenue among companies in the same industry
Business flexibility
Companies with a flexible and controlled expense structure are more resilient to revenue declines

Annual General and Administrative Expenses Activision Blizzard

2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
1 B	788 M	784 M	732 M	832 M	760 M	634 M	380 M	417 M	490 M	561 M	456 M

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from annual reports

Maximum	Minimum	Average
1 B	380 M	653 M

Quarterly General and Administrative Expenses Activision Blizzard

2023-Q2	2023-Q1	2022-Q4	2022-Q3	2022-Q2	2022-Q1	2021-Q4	2021-Q3	2021-Q2	2021-Q1	2020-Q4	2020-Q3	2020-Q2	2020-Q1	2019-Q4	2019-Q3	2019-Q2	2019-Q1	2018-Q4	2018-Q3	2018-Q2	2018-Q1	2017-Q4	2017-Q3	2017-Q2	2017-Q1	2016-Q4	2016-Q3	2016-Q2	2016-Q1	2015-Q4	2015-Q3	2015-Q2	2015-Q1	2014-Q4	2014-Q3	2014-Q2	2014-Q1	2013-Q4	2013-Q3	2013-Q2	2013-Q1	2012-Q4	2012-Q3	2012-Q2	2012-Q1	2011-Q4	2011-Q3	2011-Q2	2011-Q1
230 M	238 M	-	229 M	247 M	212 M	-	143 M	189 M	282 M	-	186 M	175 M	167 M	-	177 M	170 M	179 M	-	208 M	216 M	198 M	-	191 M	171 M	177 M	-	156 M	169 M	160 M	-	109 M	102 M	86 M	-	140 M	107 M	95 M	-	162 M	96 M	89 M	-	121 M	190 M	102 M	-	104 M	127 M	102 M

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from quarterly reporting

Maximum	Minimum	Average
282 M	86 M	163 M

General and Administrative Expenses of other stocks in the Gaming multimedia industry

Issuer	General and Administrative Expenses	Price	% 24h	Market Cap	Country
Fujian Blue Hat Interactive Entertainment Technology Ltd. BHAT	32 M	$ 0.75	-	$ 439 K	China
Bilibili BILI	1.84 B	$ 33.24	-	$ 86.8 B	China
Electronic Arts EA	745 M	$ 203.6	-	$ 53.3 B	USA
Gravity Co., Ltd. GRVY	75.6 B	$ 71.97	-	$ 457 M	South-korea
GigaMedia Limited GIGM	3.7 M	$ 1.57	2.61 %	$ 17.4 M	Taiwan
Integrated Media Technology Limited IMTE	-142 K	$ 0.73	-	$ 4.99 M	Australia
Glu Mobile Inc. GLUU	31.5 M	-	-	$ 2.2 B	USA
NeoGames S.A. NGMS	12.3 M	-	-	$ 679 M	Israel
Score Media and Gaming Inc. SCR	30 M	-	-	$ 1.99 B	Canada
Zynga Inc. ZNGA	136 M	-	-	$ 9.3 B	USA
Sea Limited SE	1.11 B	$ 113.59	-	$ 65.3 B	USA
Avid Technology AVID	57.2 M	-	-	$ 1.2 B	USA
Take-Two Interactive Software TTWO	883 M	$ 221.81	-	$ 38.8 B	USA
Motorsport Games MSGM	9.37 M	$ 4.08	-	$ 10.5 M	USA
Playtika Holding Corp. PLTK	289 M	$ 3.59	-	$ 1.33 B	Israel
RealNetworks RNWK	17.6 M	-	1.74 %	$ 34.7 M	USA
SciPlay Corporation SCPL	67.6 M	-	-	$ 548 M	USA
Super League Gaming SLGG	8.73 M	-	-22.6 %	$ 3.38 M	USA
Skillz SKLZ	78.9 M	$ 3.64	-0.27 %	$ 65 M	USA