CIF (Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $0.27 Mil (TTM As of Nov. 2025)


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What is Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund CIF -0.62% 8 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.27 Mil as of Nov. 2025. GuruFocus rates CIF with a GF Score™ of 8/100. The stock has 6 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. Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Nov. 2025 was $0.14 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2025 was $0.27 Mil.


Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund  (NYSE:CIF) 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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Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund'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.

Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund Annual Data
Trend Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23 Nov24 Nov25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 0.24 0.25 0.24 0.25 0.27

Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund Semi-Annual Data
Nov17 May18 Nov18 May19 Nov19 May20 Nov20 May21 Nov21 May22 Nov22 May23 Nov23 May24 Nov24 May25 Nov25
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 0.12 0.13 0.12 0.13 0.14

CIF vs AVAT, SDEV, RAND: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund'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.


Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund 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. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.27 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 $0.27 Mil mean?
Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund (CIF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.27 Mil as of Nov. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund and its competitors.
Is Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.27 Mil. Overall, Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund has a GF Score™ of 8/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to AVAT and SDEV?
Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.27 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 Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund and its competitors. Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.27 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund stock overvalued right now?
Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund (CIF) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.27 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.27 Mil. Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund's overall GF Score™ is 8/100 with 6 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 Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund (CIF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.27 Mil as of Nov. 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.

Mfs Intermediate Highome Fund Business Description

Address 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, USA, 02199
Mfs Intermediate High Income Fund is a United States-based diversified closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek high current income, but it may also consider capital appreciation. The fund invests a majority of its net assets, including borrowings for investment purposes, in high-income debt instruments. Its portfolio of investments includes investment-grade corporate bonds, government securities and other securities. The portfolio includes Midstream, Financial Institutions, Energy, Cable TV, and Utilities.
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