TDF (Templeton Dragon Fund) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $0.43 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)


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What is Templeton Dragon Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Templeton Dragon Fund TDF -2.19% 36 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.43 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates TDF with a GF Score™ of 36/100. The stock has 2 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. Templeton Dragon Fund's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.25 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.43 Mil.


Templeton Dragon Fund  (NYSE:TDF) 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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Templeton Dragon Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Templeton Dragon Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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* 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.

Templeton Dragon Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Templeton Dragon Fund Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
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Templeton Dragon Fund 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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TDF vs XFLT, JCE, GAMG: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Templeton Dragon 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.


Templeton Dragon Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Asset Management Industry

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

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


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Templeton Dragon 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 $0.43 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 $0.43 Mil mean?
Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.43 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 Templeton Dragon Fund and its competitors.
Is Templeton Dragon Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Templeton Dragon Fund's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.43 Mil. Overall, Templeton Dragon Fund has a GF Score™ of 36/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Templeton Dragon Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to XFLT and JCE?
Templeton Dragon Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.43 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 Templeton Dragon Fund and its competitors. Templeton Dragon Fund's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.43 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Templeton Dragon Fund stock overvalued right now?
Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $0.43 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.43 Mil. Templeton Dragon Fund's overall GF Score™ is 36/100 with 2 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 Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $0.43 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.

Templeton Dragon Fund Business Description

Address 300 S.E. 2nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, 33301-1923
Templeton Dragon Fund Inc is a closed-end management investment company. The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing majority of its total assets in equity securities of China companies. It invest in various sectors such as gas & consumable fuels, auto components, banks, beverages, communications equipment, healthcare equipment & supplies, restaurants & leisure, household durables and many others.
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