IIF (Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund,) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $0.83 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)


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What is Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, IIF +0.31% 30 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.83 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates IIF with a GF Score™ of 30/100. The stock has 1 warning sign investors should review.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund,'s selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.45 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.83 Mil.


Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund,  (NYSE:IIF) 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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Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Morgan Stanley India Investment 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.

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, 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 0.73 0.82 0.72 0.78 0.83

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 Jun25 Dec25
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IIF vs TSI, PNNT, BXSY: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Morgan Stanley India Investment 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.


Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund,'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund,'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Morgan Stanley India Investment 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 Dec. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.83 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 $0.83 Mil mean?
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, (IIF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.83 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 Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, and its competitors.
Is Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund,'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund,'s current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.83 Mil. Overall, Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, has a GF Score™ of 30/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund,'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to TSI and PNNT?
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund,'s Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.83 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 Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, and its competitors. Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund,'s current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.83 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, stock overvalued right now?
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, (IIF) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.83 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.83 Mil. Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund,'s overall GF Score™ is 30/100 with 1 warning sign 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 Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, (IIF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.83 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.

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Business Description

Address 1585 Broadway, New York, NY, USA, 10036
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc. is the United States based non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation through investment in equity securities of Indian Issuers. The company's portfolio of investments consists of the investment in different sectors such as auto components, banks, capital markets, construction and engineering, pharmaceuticals and others.
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