US Solar Fund (LSE:USF) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $1.33 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)

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What is US Solar Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

US Solar Fund LSE:USF 40 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.33 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates LSE:USF with a GF Score™ of 40/100. 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. US Solar Fund's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.63 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $1.33 Mil.


US Solar Fund  (LSE:USF) 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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US Solar Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for US Solar 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.

US Solar Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

US Solar Fund Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.01 1.24 2.85 1.49 1.33

US Solar Fund Semi-Annual Data
Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 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 Premium Member Only 1.80 0.84 0.65 0.70 0.63

US Solar Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Competitor Comparison

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, US Solar 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.


US Solar Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, US Solar Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where US Solar Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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US Solar 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 $1.33 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 $1.33 Mil mean?
US Solar Fund (LSE:USF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.33 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 US Solar Fund and its competitors.
Is US Solar Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
US Solar Fund's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.33 Mil. Overall, US Solar Fund has a GF Score™ of 40/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does US Solar Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to competitors?
US Solar Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.33 Mil can be compared against companies in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers 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 Utilities - Independent Power Producers company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Utilities - Independent Power Producers 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 US Solar Fund and its competitors. US Solar Fund's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.33 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is US Solar Fund stock overvalued right now?
US Solar Fund (LSE:USF) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.33 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.33 Mil. US Solar Fund's overall GF Score™ is 40/100 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 US Solar Fund (LSE:USF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.33 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.

US Solar Fund Business Description

Address 52 Lime Street, 18th Floor, The Scalpel, London, GBR, EC3M 7AF
US Solar Fund PLC is a closed-end investment trust company. It invests in a diversified portfolio of Solar Power Assets located in North America and other countries forming part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in the Americas. Its investment objective is to provide investors with attractive risk-adjusted and sustainable dividends, with an element of capital growth, by investing in a diversified portfolio of Solar Power Assets. By investing in Solar Power Assets and selling the output from these assets to energy users, the company directly contributes to renewable energy infrastructure and renewable power generation.
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