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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Aspen Insurance Holdings's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2025 was €139 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was €524 Mil.
Aspen Insurance Holdings (FRA:8ZV) 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.
Aspen Insurance Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Aspen Insurance Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Aspen Insurance Holdings'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.
Aspen Insurance Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
FRA:8ZV vs CB, PGR, TRV: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Aspen Insurance Holdings'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.
Aspen Insurance Holdings Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Insurance Industry
For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Aspen Insurance Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Aspen Insurance Holdings's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Aspen Insurance Holdings 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 Dec. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €524 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 €524 Mil mean?
Aspen Insurance Holdings (FRA:8ZV) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €524 Mil as of Dec. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Aspen Insurance Holdings and its competitors.
Is Aspen Insurance Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Aspen Insurance Holdings' current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €524 Mil. Overall, Aspen Insurance Holdings has a GF Score™ of 31/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Aspen Insurance Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to CB and PGR?
Aspen Insurance Holdings' Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €524 Mil can be compared against companies in the Insurance 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 Insurance company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Insurance 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 Aspen Insurance Holdings and its competitors. Aspen Insurance Holdings's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €524 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Aspen Insurance Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Aspen Insurance Holdings (FRA:8ZV) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €524 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €524 Mil. Aspen Insurance Holdings' overall GF Score™ is 31/100 with 4 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 Aspen Insurance Holdings (FRA:8ZV), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €524 Mil as of Dec. 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.
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd is a Bermudian insurance and reinsurance company. Its principal business is marketing and underwriting specialty insurance and reinsurance regularly. It comprises underwriting operations, which include risk-bearing insurance and reinsurance operations; Investing activities, which support underwriting operations; and ACM operations, which earn underwriting, management, and performance fees. It has two segments: Aspen Insurance and Aspen Reinsurance. Aspen Insurance consists of property and casualty insurance, marine, aviation, energy insurance, and financial and professional lines insurance. Aspen Reinsurance comprises property catastrophe reinsurance, other property reinsurance, casualty reinsurance, and specialty reinsurance.
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