FUND (Sprott Focus Trust) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $0.35 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)


FUND Sprott Focus Trust Inc FUND
52 GF Score
Price $9.52
GF Value $25.42
Valuation Significantly Undervalued
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What is Sprott Focus Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Sprott Focus Trust FUND +0.21% 52 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.35 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates FUND with a GF Score™ of 52/100 and a GF Value™ of $25.42 (Significantly Undervalued). 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. Sprott Focus Trust's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.17 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.35 Mil.


Sprott Focus Trust  (NAS:FUND) 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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Sprott Focus Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Sprott Focus 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.

Sprott Focus Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Sprott Focus Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 0.34 0.37 0.37 0.34 0.35

Sprott Focus Trust Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 Jun25 Dec25
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 0.20 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17

FUND vs BGH, BRW, MIN: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Sprott Focus 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.


Sprott Focus Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Asset Management Industry

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

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


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Sprott Focus 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 Dec. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.35 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 $0.35 Mil mean?
Sprott Focus Trust (FUND) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.35 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 Sprott Focus Trust and its competitors.
Is Sprott Focus Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Sprott Focus Trust's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.35 Mil. Overall, Sprott Focus Trust has a GF Score™ of 52/100 and is considered Significantly Undervalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Sprott Focus Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to BGH and BRW?
Sprott Focus Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.35 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 Sprott Focus Trust and its competitors. Sprott Focus Trust's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.35 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Sprott Focus Trust stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Sprott Focus Trust (FUND) is currently considered Significantly Undervalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $25.42, compared to a current price of $9.52 — trading 62.5% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.35 Mil. Sprott Focus Trust's overall GF Score™ is 52/100 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 Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.35 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.

Is Sprott Focus Trust (FUND) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Sprott Focus Trust stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $9.52 is trading 62.5% below its estimated GF Value™ of $25.42. GuruFocus considers Sprott Focus Trust to be Significantly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for FUND:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $0.35 Mil
  • GF Value™: $25.42 vs. price of $9.52 (62.5% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 52/100 with 3 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the FUND stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Sprott Focus Trust Business Description

Address 320 Post Road, Suite 230, Darien, CT, USA, 06820
Sprott Focus Trust Inc is a diversified closed-end investment company. Its primary investment objective is long-term capital growth. To achieve its objective, the Fund may invest its assets in equity securities and in direct obligations of the U.S. Government or its agencies and in the non-convertible preferred stocks & debt securities of domestic and foreign companies. It invests in various sectors, of which Materials, Financials, Energy, Information technology sector account for the majority weightage.
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