TWN (Taiwan Fund) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: $1.5 Mil (TTM As of Feb. 2026)


TWN Taiwan Fund Inc TWN
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What is Taiwan Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Taiwan Fund TWN -0.03% 37 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.5 Mil as of Feb. 2026. GuruFocus rates TWN with a GF Score™ of 37/100. The stock has 6 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. Taiwan Fund's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Feb. 2026 was $0.8 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2026 was $1.5 Mil.


Taiwan Fund  (NYSE:TWN) 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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Taiwan Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Taiwan 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.

Taiwan Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Taiwan Fund Annual Data
Trend Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24 Aug25
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 1.23 1.55 1.45 1.43 1.45

Taiwan Fund Semi-Annual Data
Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24 Aug24 Feb25 Aug25 Feb26
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 0.66 0.78 0.70 0.76 0.77

TWN vs IQI, DPG, THW: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Taiwan 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.


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

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

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


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Taiwan 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 Feb. 2026 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.5 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 $1.5 Mil mean?
Taiwan Fund (TWN) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.5 Mil as of Feb. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Taiwan Fund and its competitors.
Is Taiwan Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Taiwan Fund's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.5 Mil. Overall, Taiwan Fund has a GF Score™ of 37/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Taiwan Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to IQI and DPG?
Taiwan Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.5 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 Taiwan Fund and its competitors. Taiwan Fund's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.5 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Taiwan Fund stock overvalued right now?
Taiwan Fund (TWN) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of $1.5 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.5 Mil. Taiwan Fund's overall GF Score™ is 37/100 with 6 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 Taiwan Fund (TWN), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is $1.5 Mil as of Feb. 2026. 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.

Taiwan Fund Business Description

Address One Congress Street, Suite 1, One Congress Building, Boston, MA, USA, 02114-2016
Taiwan Fund Inc is a diversified closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation through investment predominantly in equity securities listed in Taiwan stock exchange and the Republic of China. In selecting the companies for investments fund's portfolio managers will consider overall growth prospects, competitive position in the respective industry technology, research, and development, productivity, profit margins, return on investment, capital resources, government regulation, management and other factors.
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