HTD (John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $0.6 Mil (TTM As of Apr. 2026)


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What is John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd HTD -0.04% 32 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.6 Mil as of Apr. 2026. GuruFocus rates HTD with a GF Score™ of 32/100. 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. John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Apr. 2026 was $0.3 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2026 was $0.6 Mil.


John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd  (NYSE:HTD) 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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John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd'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.

John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd Annual Data
Trend Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24 Oct25
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John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd Semi-Annual Data
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HTD vs STK, NXP, KBDC: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd'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.


John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd 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 Apr. 2026 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.6 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 $0.6 Mil mean?
John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd (HTD) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.6 Mil as of Apr. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd and its competitors.
Is John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.6 Mil. Overall, John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd has a GF Score™ of 32/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to STK and NXP?
John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.6 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 John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd and its competitors. John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.6 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd stock overvalued right now?
John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd (HTD) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.6 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.6 Mil. John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd's overall GF Score™ is 32/100 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 John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd (HTD), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.6 Mil as of Apr. 2026. 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.

John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Fd Business Description

Address 200 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA, USA, 02116
John Hancock Tax-advantaged Div Inc Fd is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide a high after-tax total return from dividend income and capital appreciation. The fund's portfolio composition consists of common stocks, preferred securities, corporate bonds, convertible bonds, and short-term investments. Its sector composition comprises utilities, financials, energy, communication services, materials, healthcare, real estate, consumer Staples, and short-term investments.
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