First Tin (LSE:1SN) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: £1.53 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)

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What is First Tin Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

First Tin LSE:1SN +2.38% 39 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £1.53 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates LSE:1SN with a GF Score™ of 39/100.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. First Tin's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was £0.77 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was £1.53 Mil.


First Tin  (LSE:1SN) 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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First Tin Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for First Tin'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.

First Tin Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

First Tin Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Jun25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.59 1.32 3.24 2.36 1.70

First Tin Semi-Annual Data
Dec18 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 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 1.46 0.89 0.95 0.76 0.77

First Tin Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, First Tin'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.


First Tin Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, First Tin's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First Tin's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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First Tin 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 £1.53 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 £1.53 Mil mean?
First Tin (LSE:1SN) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £1.53 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 First Tin and its competitors.
Is First Tin's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
First Tin's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £1.53 Mil. Overall, First Tin has a GF Score™ of 39/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does First Tin's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
First Tin's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £1.53 Mil can be compared against companies in the Metals & Mining 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 a Metals & Mining company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Metals & Mining 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 First Tin and its competitors. First Tin's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £1.53 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is First Tin stock overvalued right now?
First Tin (LSE:1SN) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £1.53 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £1.53 Mil. First Tin's overall GF Score™ is 39/100. 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 First Tin (LSE:1SN), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £1.53 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.

First Tin Business Description

Other Exchanges 1SN:Germany
Address 47-48 Piccadilly, First Floor, London, GBR, W1J 0DT
First Tin PLC is engaged in developing hard rock tin projects in Germany and Australia. The company aims to use this critical mineral in the electric vehicle, renewable energy, and semiconductor supply chain. The company's projects include the Tellerhauser Project, the Taronga Project, the Gottesberg Project, and others.
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