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British Smaller VCT (LSE:BSV) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : £0.68 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2023)


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What is British Smaller VCT Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. British Smaller VCT's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.36 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.68 Mil.


British Smaller VCT Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for British Smaller VCT'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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British Smaller VCT Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

British Smaller VCT Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.50 0.50 0.49 0.49 0.65

British Smaller VCT Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 0.24 0.25 0.33 0.32 0.36

Competitive Comparison of British Smaller VCT's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Asset Management subindustry, British Smaller VCT'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.


British Smaller VCT's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, British Smaller VCT's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where British Smaller VCT's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



British Smaller VCT 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 Sep. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £0.68 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.


British Smaller VCT  (LSE:BSV) 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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British Smaller VCT (LSE:BSV) Business Description

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14 South Parade, 5th Floor, Valiant Building, Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR, LS1 5QS
British Smaller Companies VCT PLC is a United Kingdom-based company. The company operates as a venture capital trust. It makes long-term equity and loan investments in unquoted businesses. The company invests in various sectors including Business Services, Manufacturing and Industrial, Healthcare, Software, IT and Telecommunications, and Retail and Brands. The Company has engaged in a single operating segment: investing in equity and debt securities within the United Kingdom.

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