First National Financial (TSX:FN) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: C$242.8 Mil (TTM As of Sep. 2025)


TSX:FN First National Financial Corp TSX:FN
19 GF Score
Price C$47.98
GF Value C$59.71
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What is First National Financial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

First National Financial TSX:FN 19 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$242.8 Mil as of Sep. 2025. GuruFocus rates TSX:FN with a GF Score™ of 19/100 and a GF Value™ of C$59.71. The stock has 5 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. First National Financial's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Sep. 2025 was C$57.6 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2025 was C$242.8 Mil.


First National Financial  (TSX:FN) 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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First National Financial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for First National Financial'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.

First National Financial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

First National Financial Annual Data
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First National Financial Quarterly Data
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TSX:FN vs RKT, FNMA, FMCC: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Mortgage Finance subindustry, First National Financial'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.


First National Financial Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, First National Financial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First National Financial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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First National Financial 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 Sep. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$242.8 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$242.8 Mil mean?
First National Financial (TSX:FN) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of C$242.8 Mil as of Sep. 2025. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on First National Financial and its competitors.
Is First National Financial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
First National Financial's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$242.8 Mil. Overall, First National Financial has a GF Score™ of 19/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does First National Financial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to RKT and FNMA?
First National Financial's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of C$242.8 Mil can be compared against companies in the Banks 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 a Banks company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Banks 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 First National Financial and its competitors. First National Financial's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$242.8 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is First National Financial stock overvalued right now?
First National Financial (TSX:FN) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of C$242.8 Mil. The stock's GF Value™ is C$59.71, compared to a current price of C$47.98 — trading 19.6% below its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$242.8 Mil. First National Financial's overall GF Score™ is 19/100 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 First National Financial (TSX:FN), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is C$242.8 Mil as of Sep. 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 First National Financial (TSX:FN) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, First National Financial stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of C$47.98 is trading 19.6% below its estimated GF Value™ of C$59.71.

Key valuation signals for TSX:FN:

  • Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: C$242.8 Mil
  • GF Value™: C$59.71 vs. price of C$47.98 (19.6% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 19/100 with 5 warning signs

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


First National Financial Business Description

Address 16 York Street, Suite 1900, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 0E6
First National Financial Corp is a Canadian originator, underwriter and servicer of predominantly prime residential and commercial mortgages. The Company operates in two business segments, Residential and Commercial. These segments are organized by mortgage type and contain revenue and expenses related to origination, underwriting, securitization and servicing activities. It derives maximum revenue from Residential segment.
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