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Firsthand Technology Value Fund (Firsthand Technology Value Fund) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense : $1.12 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Firsthand Technology Value Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Firsthand Technology Value Fund's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.21 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.12 Mil.


Firsthand Technology Value Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Firsthand Technology Value 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.

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Firsthand Technology Value Fund Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Firsthand Technology Value Fund Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 0.98 1.00 1.03 1.10

Firsthand Technology Value Fund Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.19 0.28 0.32 0.31 0.21

Competitive Comparison of Firsthand Technology Value Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

For the Asset Management subindustry, Firsthand Technology Value 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.


Firsthand Technology Value Fund's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

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

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



Firsthand Technology Value 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 Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.12 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.


Firsthand Technology Value Fund  (NAS:SVVC) 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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Firsthand Technology Value Fund (Firsthand Technology Value Fund) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
150 Almaden Boulevard, Suite 1250, San Jose, CA, USA, 95113
Firsthand Technology Value Fund Inc is an externally managed, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital, principally by seeking capital gains on its equity and equity-related investments.
Executives
Star Equity Fund, Lp 10 percent owner 53 FOREST AVENUE, SUITE 101, OLD GREENWICH CT 06870
Star Equity Fund Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 53 FOREST AVENUE, SUITE 101, OLD GREENWICH CT 06870
Star Investment Management Llc 10 percent owner 53 FOREST AVENUE, SUITE 101, OLD GREENWICH CT 06870
Jeffrey E. Eberwein 10 percent owner 53 FOREST AVENUE, SUITE 101, OLD GREENWICH CT 06870
Star Equity Holdings, Inc. 10 percent owner 53 FOREST AVE, SUITE 101, OLD GREENWICH CT 06870
Star Value, Llc 10 percent owner 53 FOREST AVENUE, SUITE 101, OLD GREENWICH CT 06870
Kevin M Landis director, officer: President 150 ALMADEN BLVD., SUITE 1250, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Greg Burglin director 150 ALMADEN BLVD., SUITE 1250, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Mark F Fitzgerald director PO BOX 1168, GENOA NV 89411-1168
Kimun Lee director 150 ALMADEN BLVD., SUITE 1250, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Investors, Llp Bulldog 10 percent owner PARK 80 WEST - PLAZA TWO, 250 PEHLE AVE. SUITE 708, SADDLE BROOK NJ 07663
Omar Billawala officer: CFO 150 ALMADEN BLVD., SUITE 1250, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Nicholas P Petredis director 150 ALMADEN BLVD., SUITE 1250, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Steady Gain Partners Lp 10 percent owner 2000 ROYAL COURT, UNIT 2315, NORTH HILLS NY 11040
Full Value Offshore Fund, Ltd. 10 percent owner C.O MAPLES CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED, P.O. BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1104