JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (LSE:JFJ) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: £1.4 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2026)

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What is JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust LSE:JFJ 41 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £1.4 Mil as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates LSE:JFJ with a GF Score™ of 41/100. The stock has 4 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. JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Mar. 2026 was £0.7 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2026 was £1.4 Mil.


JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust  (LSE:JFJ) 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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JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for JPMorgan Japanese Investment 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.

JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust Annual Data
Trend Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24 Sep25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
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JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust Semi-Annual Data
Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24 Mar25 Sep25 Mar26
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LSE:JFJ vs BLK, BX, KKR: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, JPMorgan Japanese Investment 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.


JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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JPMorgan Japanese Investment 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 Mar. 2026 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was £1.4 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 £1.4 Mil mean?
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (LSE:JFJ) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £1.4 Mil as of Mar. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust and its competitors.
Is JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £1.4 Mil. Overall, JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust has a GF Score™ of 41/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to BLK and BX?
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £1.4 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 JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust and its competitors. JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £1.4 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust stock overvalued right now?
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (LSE:JFJ) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of £1.4 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £1.4 Mil. JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust's overall GF Score™ is 41/100 with 4 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 JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (LSE:JFJ), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £1.4 Mil as of Mar. 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.

JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust Business Description

Address 60 Victoria Embankment, London, GBR, EC4Y 0JP
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust PLC is an investment trust with the objective to provide shareholders with capital growth from investment in Japanese companies. The trust considers its benchmark as the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section Index(TOPIX). The Company is managed with an unconstrained investment approach to deliver a high conviction, high-quality, and growth-focused portfolio, investing in companies of all sizes with the potential to compound earnings over the long term.
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