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Contribution Margin Analysis:
We calculate contribution margin by taking our sales revenue less our variable costs. This basically tells us the portion of our sales that are available to cover the fixed cost of the business.
Contribution margin per unit is especially useful. We compute this by taking our sales revenues per unit less our variable cost per unit. With this, we can easily compute our break-even point.
Dog Day Care
Pricing at $18 per dog per day, you can expect to have 22 dogs per day
Pricing at $20 per dog per day, you can expect to have 15 dogs per day
Pricing at $25 per dog per day, you can expect to have 10 dogs per day
· Overnight Boarding
Pricing at $25 per dog per day, you can expect to have 12 dogs per day
Pricing at $28 per dog per day, you can expect to have 10 dogs per day
Pricing at $430 per dog per day, you can expect to have 7 dogs per day
Basic Groom
Pricing at $25 per dog per day, you can expect to have 5 dogs per day
Pricing at $30 per dog per day, you can expect to have 4 dogs per day
Pricing at $35 per dog per day, you can expect to have 3 dogs per day
Break-Even Analysis:
Break-even analysis is a key element of cost-volume-profit analysis. The technique is helpful for new and small businesses to assess the viability of their start-up. However, it can also be quite beneficial for established businesses when evaluating new and existing product lines.
In this exercise, we are computing not only the break-even point but also the number of units that must be sold in order to earn given levels of target profit.
The break-even formula is:
Fixed Costs / Contribution Margin per Unit
The formula to compute the level required for a target profit is:
(Fixed Costs + Target Profit) / Contribution Margin per Unit
We have already computed fixed costs for each area in our Milestone One. We will be using these figures as follows:
Grooming, fixed costs: 2,367.92
Daycare, fixed costs: 859.39
Boarding, fixed costs: 1,378.99
Our computations would then be as follows:
Grooming
Sales Price $25
Break-even: 158
$1,000 Profit: 225
$1,500 Profit: 258
Sales Price $30
Break-even: 119
$1,000 Profit: 169
$1,500 Profit: 194
Sales Price $35
Break-even: 95
$1,000 Profit: 135
$1,500 Profit: 155
Daycare
Sales Price $18
Break-even: 65
$417 Profit: 97
$667 Profit: 116
Sales Price $20
Break-even: 57
$417 Profit: 84
$667 Profit: 101
Sales Price $25
Break-even: 43
$417 Profit: 64
$667 Profit: 76
Boarding
Sales Price $25
Break-even: 79
$583 Profit: 112
$909 Profit: 130
Sales Price $28
Break-even: 67
$583 Profit: 96
$909 Profit: 111
Sales Price $30
Break-even: 61
$583 Profit: 87
$909 Profit: 102
Break-Even Analysis | ||||||||||||||||||
Instructions - Show all steps and calculations to determine the break-even, as well as the break-even for the target profit levels as outlined in the instructions. Round all decimals UP to next whole number | ||||||||||||||||||
Grooming | Day Care | Boarding | ||||||||||||||||
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Fixed Costs | Fixed Costs | Fixed Costs | ||||||||||||||||
Cont. Margin | Cont. Margin | Cont. Margin | ||||||||||||||||
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Dog Day Care | Boarding | Basic Groom | ||||||||
Selling Price | 18 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 35 | |
Less: Variable Cost | 4.78 | 4.78 | 4.78 | 7.54 | 7.54 | 7.54 | 10.01 | 10.01 | 10.01 | |
Contribution Margin | 13.22 | 15.22 | 20.22 | 17.46 | 20.46 | 22.46 | 14.99 | 19.99 | 24.99 | |
Contribution Margin Ratio | 73% | 76% | 81% | 70% | 73% | 75% | 60% | 67% | 71% | |
Fixed Cost | 859.39 | 859.39 | 859.39 | 1378.99 | 1378.99 | 1378.99 | 2367.92 | 2367.92 | 2367.92 | |
Break Even (Fixed Cost/CM Ratio) | 1,170 | 1,129 | 1,062 | 1,975 | 1,888 | 1,842 | 3,950 | 3,554 | 3,317 | |
Target Profit-1 (Fixed Cost+Target Proft)/CM Ratio | 1738 | 1677 | 1578 | 2810 | 2686 | 2621 | 5618 | 5055 | 4718 | |
Target Profit-2 (Fixed Cost+Target Proft)/CM Ratio | 2078 | 2006 | 1887 | 3277 | 3132 | 3057 | 6452 | 5806 | 5418 | |
Target Profit | 417 | 417 | 417 | 583 | 583 | 583 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | |
Target Profit | 667 | 667 | 667 | 909 | 909 | 909 | 1500 | 1500 | 1500 | |
Contribution Margin: | 13.22 | 17.46 | 14.99 | |||||||
(Fixed Cost/BEP) | ||||||||||
Variable Cost (Selling Price-CM) | 4.78 | 7.54 | 10.01 |