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Global Dividend Growth Split (TSX:GDV) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : C$1.55 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Global Dividend Growth Split Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Global Dividend Growth Split's selling, general, & admin. expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was C$0.49 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was C$1.55 Mil.


Global Dividend Growth Split Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Global Dividend Growth 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.

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Global Dividend Growth Split Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Global Dividend Growth Split Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.33 0.59 2.26 2.17 1.55

Global Dividend Growth Split Semi-Annual Data
Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.88 1.85 0.32 1.06 0.49

Competitive Comparison of Global Dividend Growth Split's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Asset Management subindustry, Global Dividend Growth 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.


Global Dividend Growth Split's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Global Dividend Growth Split's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.



Global Dividend Growth 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. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was C$1.55 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.


Global Dividend Growth Split  (TSX:GDV) 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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Global Dividend Growth Split (TSX:GDV) Business Description

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181 Bay Street, Bay Wellington Tower, Suite 2930, Box 793, Brookfield Place, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2T3
Global Dividend Growth Split Corp is a closed-end investment fund. It invests in a diversified portfolio of equity securities of large-capitalization global dividend growth companies. Its objectives are to provide holders with monthly non-cumulative cash distributions and to provide holders with the opportunity for capital appreciation through exposure to the portfolio.

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