The Concept of Break even Analysis and its benefits

The Concept of Break even Analysis and its benefits
The break even analysis is also known as cost volume profit analysis.  It is a vital financial metric that helps every business owner determine what needs to do to recover the original investment. So, this article explains break even analysis and its benefits.

Definition of break even

The break even analysis in accounting simply means the point at which the total revenue of an organization is equal to its total costs. It involves the determination of the number of units or value of a product required for a company to recover its total costs. However, break even analysis involves the use of the behavioural classification of cost. That is, separating costs into fixed and variable costs. Breakeven point (BEP) can be BEP in unit or BEP in value....for more information visit.

The break even analysis is also known as cost volume profit analysis.  It is a vital financial metric that helps every business owner determine what needs to do to recover the original investment. So, this article explains break even analysis and its benefits.

Definition of break even

The break even analysis in accounting simply means the point at which the total revenue of an organization is equal to its total costs. It involves the determination of the number of units or value of a product required for a company to recover its total costs. However, break even analysis involves the use of the behavioral classification of cost. That is, separating costs into fixed and variable costs. Breakeven point (BEP) can be BEP in unit or BEP in value.

The formula of break even analysis-

However, fixed costs are the costs that do not vary irrespective of changes in the units produced or level of activities. Contribution is the difference between the sales and variable costs, while variable costs are the costs that change when the level of activities changes. Therefore, contribution per unit simply refers to the sales price minus variable cost per unit. Variable cost per unit is the variable cost incurred per unit of a product. Additionally, the contribution margin ratio is the contribution divided by sales.

Example of break even analysis

The management accountant of Adex Ltd is contemplating on what will be the breakeven point of the company if the fixed cost is $120,000 and the selling price is $20. The variable cost per unit is $12.

The determination of the breakeven point of Adex is done as thus:

Calculation of BEP(unit)

Contribution per unit = $20 – $12

                                    = $8

Benefits of break even analysis-

Some benefits of BEP analysis include:

Pricing strategy

Break even analysis helps business owners to determine the appropriate pricing policy for their products. When a company is contemplating on changing the price of its product, break even analysis helps to make the appropriate decisions.

Profit target

It helps a company to determine the sales volume of its product requires to meet a particular profit in a period. So, to calculate the target profit, it is calculated as thus:

However, it should be noted that the target profit in the above formula should be profit before tax. If profit after tax is given, you need to convert it to profit before tax by using the formula as thus:

Sourcing for funds

Break even analysis is a vital tool for business owners to source funds for their business. So, it is a key part to include when writing a business plan for funding purposes.

Margin of safety

Break even analysis also helps the managers of companies to determine the extent to which their level of sales can reduce before the company starts incurring losses.

Changes in costs

It also helps to determine the effect of changes in costs of the company such as variable cost and fixed cost on the company’s profit.

Risk mitigation

It helps to mitigate the risk by helping the investors to avoid investment opportunities that may not be profitable. This can be done by knowing the number of units to be sold before recovering the initial cost of the investment.

Conclusion

Understanding the number of units or value of your product requires to be sold before your company can recover the total costs will help to make well-informed business decisions. However, break even analysis has certain assumptions to follow as well as some limitations.











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