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Simplified Analysis of Your Business Break Even

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by: Francisco J. Colayco

It may be that readers may be less interested in the analysis of a business. However, I’d like to address those who might want to learn for a business they now have or for their planning of a future business.

Break-even in business means how much you need to sell (i.e., how many units of products you need to sell at a given unit price) so that you will be able to sustain your business. Break-even does not mean you are losing money but it also does not mean that you are making money. If your sales are below your break-even, you will be incurring losses and if it is higher, your will be making money.

For big businesses, there will be finance people who can do all the required analysis. However, for a small business, the owner will have to do the analysis himself and it may not be so easy for those who do not really have experience. I will try to help you to compute break-even. You do not have to think in a complicated way. You can just use the simplest forms possible.

1. You need a “Profit and Loss Statement” or P&L of your Business preferably per month. This means you have to calculate your Sales, the Cost of Sales and Expenses for every month.

2. The “Cost of Sales” or CS is what you spend to make the product that you sell. If you are just trading or in “buy and sell” like sari-sari stores, your CS is the amount that you pay for the products you sell.

3. For your Expenses, you need to separate into Fixed and Variable expenses. The variable expenses are those that are directly related to the product when you make a sale. For those in trading, your variable expenses are your CS and maybe commissions you may pay depending on how much you sell. If you are a service business, you may not even have variable expense.

4. Fixed Costs are expenses you will spend whether you sell anything or not. Examples are rent, utilities, telephone, salaries and benefits. Notice that these are expenses that do not change much when there are small changes in sales. You will spend these amounts whether you sell or not. Of course, if your sales increase very much, you will probably have to add people and spend more fixed costs. But let’s just assume that these are fixed costs for our break-even analysis.

5. The basis for determining your break-even sales is your sales price per unit of your product (e.g. per kg, or per piece or per hour, etc, etc).

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“Nang Magising si Juan” Episode 10 Sneak Peek

July 19, 2014Newsariel villasanta, business, entrepreneurship, financial freedom, financial independence, fjc, Francisco colayco, gma news tv, how to be rich in business, how to succeed in business, nang magising si juan, negosyo, paano magtagumpay sa negosyo, patok na business, patok na negosyo, profitable business, small business, the misadventures of ariel and maverickadmin

Last Sunday, Ariel returned to LandBank to open his Unit Investment Trust Fund (UITF) account assisted by Ms. Vangie Illustrisimo, Trust Sales and Marketing Officer. Armand Bengco, our Executive Director at Colayco Foundation also gave him some advice on how to deal with his personal debt. With a minimum of Php10k, Ariel was able to buy shares in a UITF.

Again, there are different types of UITF depending on your ability to take risks. UITF have no guarantees but it is unlikely that you will lose your investment if you keep it over the long term. The market price of UITF shares goes up and down. Your gains or losses on your investment will only happen when you sell your shares. You have to sell at a price higher than your average purchase price. If you sell at a price lower than your average purchase price,purchase price, you can lose money. The risk is really your ability to hold on to your investment until the price goes up.

Tomorrow July 20, Ariel will be involved in trying to put up a business. As usual, he will do what he wants without much preparation and make his mistakes. Eventually, he will realize those mistakes and have a good learning experience.

Catch Nang Magising si Juan tomorrow, 8:00 am at GMA News TV!

Nang Magising si Juan would like to thank it sponsors Bulgar, Bounty Fresh Chicken Chooks-to-Go, Mang Inasal, Landbank of the Philippines, and many more!

Basic Banking Lingos

January 25, 2013GalleryArmand bengco, banking, banking terms, bo sanchez, Cash loans philippines, chinkee tan, financial freedom, financial independence, Francisco colayco, grow money, gusto kong yumaman, how to grow money, How to invest in stock market philippines, invest, Investments philippines, john calub, Make money philippines, mutual funds, Mutual funds philippines, Paano kumita ng pera, pesos and sense, randell tiongson, stock marketadmin

Are you at a loss with banking terms? Here’s a simple but fun guide to some of the words used in banking.

Source:

Cortez, B. (2013, January 21). Know your banking terminology. Business World [Manila], p. SI8.

*Art Ladaga is the current Programs Officer of Colayco Foundation for Education