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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
six
months ended in Nov. 2025 was $0.45 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Nov. 2025 was $0.92 Mil.
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund (NYSE:GUG) 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.
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
* 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.
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund Annual Data
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Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund Semi-Annual Data
GUG vs WIW, BGY, IGD: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Asset Management subindustry, Guggenheim Active Allocation 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.
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Asset Management Industry
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Guggenheim Active Allocation 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 $0.92 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 $0.92 Mil mean?
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund (GUG) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.92 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 Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund and its competitors.
Is Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.92 Mil. Overall, Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund has a GF Score™ of 32/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to WIW and BGY?
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.92 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 Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund and its competitors. Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.92 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund stock overvalued right now?
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund (GUG) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.92 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.92 Mil. Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund's overall GF Score™ is 32/100 with 7 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 Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund (GUG), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.92 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.
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund Business Description
Guggenheim Active Allocation Fund is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to maximize total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. The company invests in both fixed-income and other debt instruments selected from a variety of sectors and credit qualities, and may also invest in equities. It uses tactical asset allocation models to determine the optimal allocation of its assets between fixed-income and equity securities. A majority of its investments are made in corporate bonds and the rest in senior floating rate interests, asset-backed securities, preferred stocks, and other securities.
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