Franklin Global Trust (CHIX:FRGTL) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: £0.42 Mil (TTM As of Jul. 2025)

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What is Franklin Global Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Franklin Global Trust CHIX:FRGTL 42 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.42 Mil as of Jul. 2025. GuruFocus rates CHIX:FRGTL with a GF Score™ of 42/100. The stock has 3 warning signs investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Franklin Global Trust's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Jul. 2025 was £0.23 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jul. 2025 was £0.42 Mil.


Franklin Global Trust  (CHIX:FRGTl) 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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Franklin Global Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Franklin Global Trust'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.

Franklin Global Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

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Franklin Global Trust Semi-Annual Data
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CHIX:FRGTL vs BLK, BX, KKR: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Franklin Global Trust'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.


Franklin Global Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Franklin Global Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Franklin Global Trust 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 Jul. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £0.42 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.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £0.42 Mil mean?
Franklin Global Trust (CHIX:FRGTL) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £0.42 Mil as of Jul. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Franklin Global Trust and its competitors.
Is Franklin Global Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Franklin Global Trust's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.42 Mil. Overall, Franklin Global Trust has a GF Score™ of 42/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Franklin Global Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to BLK and BX?
Franklin Global Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £0.42 Mil can be compared against companies in the Asset Management industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for an Asset Management company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Asset Management industry context. However, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Franklin Global Trust and its competitors. Franklin Global Trust's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.42 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Franklin Global Trust stock overvalued right now?
Franklin Global Trust (CHIX:FRGTL) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £0.42 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.42 Mil. Franklin Global Trust's overall GF Score™ is 42/100 with 3 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Franklin Global Trust (CHIX:FRGTL), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £0.42 Mil as of Jul. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Franklin Global Trust Business Description

Address 5 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, GBR, EH3 8BH
Franklin Global Trust PLC is a United Kingdom-based investment trust company. Its investment objective is to achieve long-term returns over the total return from the MSCI All Country World Index.
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