RVT (Royce Small-Cap Trust) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $1.18 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)


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Price $18.47
GF Value $16.62
Valuation Modestly Overvalued
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What is Royce Small-Cap Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Royce Small-Cap Trust RVT -0.22% 60 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.18 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates RVT with a GF Score™ of 60/100 and a GF Value™ of $16.62 (Modestly Overvalued). 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. Royce Small-Cap Trust's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.00 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $1.18 Mil.


Royce Small-Cap Trust  (NYSE:RVT) 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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Royce Small-Cap Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Royce Small-Cap 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.

Royce Small-Cap Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Royce Small-Cap Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 1.95 2.11 0.73 1.18 0.80

Royce Small-Cap Trust Semi-Annual Data
Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.13 0.60 1.02 0.16 0.00

RVT vs ETY, CLM, GOF: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Royce Small-Cap 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.


Royce Small-Cap Trust Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Royce Small-Cap Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Royce Small-Cap 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 $1.18 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 $1.18 Mil mean?
Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.18 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 Royce Small-Cap Trust and its competitors.
Is Royce Small-Cap Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Royce Small-Cap Trust's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.18 Mil. Overall, Royce Small-Cap Trust has a GF Score™ of 60/100 and is considered Modestly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Royce Small-Cap Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to ETY and CLM?
Royce Small-Cap Trust's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.18 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 Royce Small-Cap Trust and its competitors. Royce Small-Cap Trust's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.18 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Royce Small-Cap Trust stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT) is currently considered Modestly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $16.62, compared to a current price of $18.47 — trading 11.1% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.18 Mil. Royce Small-Cap Trust's overall GF Score™ is 60/100 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 Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.18 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 Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Royce Small-Cap Trust stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $18.47 is trading 11.1% above its estimated GF Value™ of $16.62. GuruFocus considers Royce Small-Cap Trust to be Modestly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for RVT:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $1.18 Mil
  • GF Value™: $16.62 vs. price of $18.47 (11.1% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 60/100 with 4 warning signs

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


Royce Small-Cap Trust Business Description

Address One Madison Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10010
Royce Small-Cap Trust Inc is a diversified closed-end investment company that invests in equity securities of small-cap companies. The company portfolio includes sectors such as Industrials, Financials, Information Technology, Health Care, and Consumer Discretionary.
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