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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Schroder AsiaPacific Fund'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.
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (LSE:SDP) 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.
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Schroder AsiaPacific 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.
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
LSE:SDP vs BLK, BX, KKR: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Asset Management subindustry, Schroder AsiaPacific 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.
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Asset Management Industry
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Schroder AsiaPacific Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Schroder AsiaPacific Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Schroder AsiaPacific 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 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?
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (LSE:SDP) 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 Schroder AsiaPacific Fund and its competitors.
Is Schroder AsiaPacific Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £1.4 Mil. Overall, Schroder AsiaPacific Fund has a GF Score™ of 54/100 and is considered Possible Value Trap, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Schroder AsiaPacific Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to BLK and BX?
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund'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 Schroder AsiaPacific Fund and its competitors. Schroder AsiaPacific Fund'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 Schroder AsiaPacific Fund stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (LSE:SDP) is currently considered Possible Value Trap. The stock's GF Value™ is £23.03, compared to a current price of £8.11 — trading 64.8% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is £1.4 Mil. Schroder AsiaPacific Fund's overall GF Score™ is 54/100 with 5 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 Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (LSE:SDP), 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.
Is Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (LSE:SDP) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Schroder AsiaPacific Fund stock appears to be undervalued.
The current stock price of £8.11 is trading 64.8% below its estimated GF Value™ of £23.03.
GuruFocus considers Schroder AsiaPacific Fund to be Possible Value Trap.
Key valuation signals for LSE:SDP:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: £1.4 Mil
GF Value™: £23.03 vs. price of £8.11 (64.8% below fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the LSE:SDP stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund PLC is an asset management company based in the United Kingdom. The company's main investment objective is to achieve capital growth through investment in equities of companies located in the continent of Asia (excluding the Middle East and Japan), together with the Far Eastern countries bordering the Pacific Ocean. It aims to achieve growth over the MSCI All Countries Asia excluding Japan Index in sterling terms (Benchmark Index) over the longer term. The company principally invests in a diversified portfolio of companies located in the continent of Asia, of which the countries include Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Pakistan, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.
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