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Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $1.72 Mil (TTM As of Nov. 2023)


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What is Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Nov. 2023 was $0.85 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2023 was $1.72 Mil.


Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated'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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Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated Annual Data
Trend Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.83 1.77 1.91 1.80 1.72

Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated Semi-Annual Data
Nov17 May18 Nov18 May19 Nov19 May20 Nov20 May21 Nov21 May22 Nov22 May23 Nov23
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 0.92 0.92 0.87 0.87 0.85

Competitive Comparison of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Asset Management subindustry, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated'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.


Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated 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 Nov. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.72 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.


Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated  (NYSE:FFC) 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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Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred andome Securities Fundorporated Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
301 E. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 800, Pasadena, CA, USA, 91101
Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred and Income Securities Fund Incorporated is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide its common shareholders with high current income consistent with the preservation of capital. It invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of preferred securities.
Executives
Robert F Wulf director 301 E. COLORADO BLVD., SUITE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Chad Conwell officer: VP & Asst. Compliance Officer 301 E. COLORADO BLVD., SUITE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Robert M Ettinger officer: President 301 E COLORADO BLVD STE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Karen Hanovice Hogan director 301 EAST COLORADO BLVD, SUITE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Bank Of America Na 10 percent owner 100 N. TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC 28255
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. 10 percent owner 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER, NORTH TOWER, NEW YORK NY 10080
Bank Of America Corp /de/ 10 percent owner BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATE CENTER, 100 N TRYON ST, CHARLOTTE NC 28255
Stanley Morgan 10 percent owner 1585 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10036
Christopher Douglas Ryan officer: Vice President 310 EAST COLORADO BLVD, SUITE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Robert E Chadwick officer: CFO, VP, Treasurer & Secretary 301 E COLORADO BLVD STE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Laurie C Lodolo officer: Asst CCO, Asst Treas, Asst Sec 301 E. COLORADO BOULEVARD, SUITE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Donald F Crumrine director, officer: Chairman, CEO 301 E COLORADO BLVD STE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Peter C Stimes officer: VP,CFO,Chief Acct Of,Treasurer 301 E COLORADO BLVD STE 720, PASADENA CA 91101
Martin Brody director C/O HMK ASSOCIATES, 30 COLUMBIA TURNPIKE, FLORHAM PARK NJ 07932
Flaherty & Crumrine Inc other: Investment Adviser 301 E. COLORADO BLVD, SUITE 720, PASADENA CA 91101