In: Accounting
If Company A’s selling price of its product is $1,000, variable cost is 80% of the selling price, and fixed cost is $100,000. What will be the total sales in dollars and units for the company to break even? Also, what is sales mix and what role does contribution margin play when a company is evaluating it’s sales mix?
Contribution Margin per unit = Sales price per unit - Variable costs per unit = 1000 - (1000*80%) = 200 Contribution margin ratio = 100% - Variable cost ratio = 100% - 80% = 20% Sales dollars needed to breakeven = Fixed cost/Contribution margin ratio = 100,000/20% = $500,000 Units needed to Breakeven = Fixed cost/Contribution margin per unit = 100,000/200 = 500 units |
Sales mix is the relative proportion of each product's sales to the total sales. |