Brompton Energy Split (TSX:ESP) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: C$0.18 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)

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TSX:ESP Brompton Energy Split Corp TSX:ESP
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What is Brompton Energy Split Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Brompton Energy Split TSX:ESP +4.41% 25 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$0.18 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates TSX:ESP with a GF Score™ of 25/100. 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. Brompton Energy Split's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was C$0.09 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was C$0.18 Mil.


Brompton Energy Split  (TSX:ESP) 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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Brompton Energy Split Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Brompton Energy Split'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.

Brompton Energy Split Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Brompton Energy Split Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.14 0.17 0.20 0.25 0.18

Brompton Energy Split Semi-Annual Data
Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.10 0.19 0.07 0.09 0.09

TSX:ESP vs BLK, BX, KKR: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Brompton Energy Split'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.


Brompton Energy Split Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Brompton Energy Split's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Brompton Energy Split 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 C$0.18 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 C$0.18 Mil mean?
Brompton Energy Split (TSX:ESP) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of C$0.18 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 Brompton Energy Split and its competitors.
Is Brompton Energy Split's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Brompton Energy Split's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$0.18 Mil. Overall, Brompton Energy Split has a GF Score™ of 25/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Brompton Energy Split's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to BLK and BX?
Brompton Energy Split's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of C$0.18 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 Brompton Energy Split and its competitors. Brompton Energy Split's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$0.18 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Brompton Energy Split stock overvalued right now?
Brompton Energy Split (TSX:ESP) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of C$0.18 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$0.18 Mil. Brompton Energy Split's overall GF Score™ is 25/100 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 Brompton Energy Split (TSX:ESP), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$0.18 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.

Brompton Energy Split Business Description

Other Exchanges ESP.PR.A.PFD:Canada
Address 181 Bay Street, Suite 2930, P.O. Box 793, Bay Wellington Tower, Brookfield Place, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2T3
Brompton Energy Split Corp is a mutual fund corporation with investment objectives to provide holders of Preferred Shares with fixed cumulative preferential quarterly cash distributions and to return the original issue price on the maturity date, while offering holders of Class A Shares regular monthly non-cumulative cash distributions and the opportunity for growth in net asset value per share. The Company invests mainly in a portfolio of equity securities of dividend-paying energy issuers and may selectively write covered call options to enhance total returns and mitigate overall portfolio volatility.
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