FPF (First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $1.3 Mil (TTM As of Oct. 2025)


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What is First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund FPF +0.55% 28 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.3 Mil as of Oct. 2025. GuruFocus rates FPF with a GF Score™ of 28/100. The stock has 9 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. First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Oct. 2025 was $0.6 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2025 was $1.3 Mil.


First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund  (NYSE:FPF) 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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First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome 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.

First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund Annual Data
Trend Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24 Oct25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund Semi-Annual Data
Oct17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23 Apr24 Oct24 Apr25 Oct25
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FPF vs EVV, AOD, GSBD: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome 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.


First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome 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 Oct. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.3 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 $1.3 Mil mean?
First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund (FPF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.3 Mil as of Oct. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund and its competitors.
Is First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.3 Mil. Overall, First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund has a GF Score™ of 28/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to EVV and AOD?
First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.3 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 First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund and its competitors. First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.3 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund stock overvalued right now?
First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund (FPF) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.3 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.3 Mil. First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund's overall GF Score™ is 28/100 with 9 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 First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund (FPF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.3 Mil as of Oct. 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.

First Trust Inter Dur Pref&ome Fund Business Description

Address 120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400, Wheaton, IL, USA, 60187
First Trust Inter Dur Pref& Income Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to seek a high level of current income. Further, it has a secondary objective of capital appreciation. The Fund invests in the traditional preferred securities, hybrid preferred securities, floating rate & fixed-to-floating rate preferred securities, debt securities, convertible securities, and contingent convertible securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. companies. Its investment portfolio includes industries such as Banks, Insurance, Capital Markets, Electric Utilities, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels, Food Products, and others.
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