Aberforth Smaller Trust (LSE:ASL) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: £3.57 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)

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LSE:ASL Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC LSE:ASL
55 GF Score
Price £17.40
GF Value £13.48
Valuation Modestly Overvalued
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What is Aberforth Smaller Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Aberforth Smaller Trust LSE:ASL +1.28% 55 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £3.57 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates LSE:ASL with a GF Score™ of 55/100 and a GF Value™ of £13.48 (Modestly Overvalued). 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. Aberforth Smaller Trust's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was £2.20 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was £3.57 Mil.


Aberforth Smaller Trust  (LSE:ASL) 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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Aberforth Smaller Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Aberforth Smaller 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.

Aberforth Smaller Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Aberforth Smaller Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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Aberforth Smaller Trust Semi-Annual Data
Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 Jun25 Dec25
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LSE:ASL vs BLK, BX, KKR: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Aberforth Smaller 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.


Aberforth Smaller Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Asset Management Industry

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

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


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Aberforth Smaller 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 £3.57 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 £3.57 Mil mean?
Aberforth Smaller Trust (LSE:ASL) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £3.57 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 Aberforth Smaller Trust and its competitors.
Is Aberforth Smaller Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Aberforth Smaller Trust's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £3.57 Mil. Overall, Aberforth Smaller Trust has a GF Score™ of 55/100 and is considered Modestly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Aberforth Smaller Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to BLK and BX?
Aberforth Smaller Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £3.57 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 Aberforth Smaller Trust and its competitors. Aberforth Smaller Trust's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £3.57 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Aberforth Smaller Trust stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Aberforth Smaller Trust (LSE:ASL) is currently considered Modestly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is £13.48, compared to a current price of £17.40 — trading 29.1% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £3.57 Mil. Aberforth Smaller Trust's overall GF Score™ is 55/100 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 Aberforth Smaller Trust (LSE:ASL), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £3.57 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 Aberforth Smaller Trust (LSE:ASL) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Aberforth Smaller Trust stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of £17.40 is trading 29.1% above its estimated GF Value™ of £13.48. GuruFocus considers Aberforth Smaller Trust to be Modestly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for LSE:ASL:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: £3.57 Mil
  • GF Value™: £13.48 vs. price of £17.40 (29.1% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 55/100 with 6 warning signs

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


Aberforth Smaller Trust Business Description

Address 14 Melville Street, Edinburgh, GBR, EH3 7NS
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC is a UK based closed-ended investment trust. Its objective is to achieve a net asset value total return (with dividends reinvested) greater than that of the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies) over the long term. The Company also aims to achieve its objective by investing in small United Kingdom quoted companies. It invests in various sectors, such as technology, telecommunications, health care, financials, real estate, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, industrials, basic materials and energy.
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