Break-Even & Margin Analyser — MCG Advisory

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Break-Even & Margin Analyser

Understanding your break-even point and contribution margins is fundamental to pricing, cost control, and growth planning. Add your products or service lines below to see exactly how many units you need to sell to be profitable — and what happens to that number when costs or prices change.

Step 1 — Fixed costs

Fixed costs are expenses that stay constant regardless of how much you produce or sell — rent, salaries, software subscriptions, insurance, and loan repayments.

All costs that don't change with sales volume
Optional — calculates units needed to hit your profit goal
Step 2 — Products / service lines

Add each product or service line. Variable cost is the direct cost per unit — materials, direct labour, commission, or delivery cost per sale.

Product / service Selling price (R) Variable cost (R)
Step 3 — Sales mix

If you sell multiple products, enter your expected monthly unit volumes or the percentage mix. This determines your blended contribution margin and weighted break-even.

Step 4 — Current performance
Your actual or expected monthly sales volume across all products

Break-even (units)

Break-even revenue

Blended contribution margin

Margin of safety

Units to hit profit target

Monthly profit at current sales

Break-even chart — revenue vs total costs

Break-even chart
Product / service Price Variable cost Contribution CM%

Sensitivity analysis — what changes your break-even

Scenario Break-even (units) Change Monthly profit impact

Break-even analysis is based on the costs and pricing you have provided. A formal financial model built by MCG Advisory incorporates actual cost structures, seasonality, pricing strategy analysis, and scenario planning — providing a decision-making tool for management, lenders, and investors.

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