Segment analysis for a service company
Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW) is one of the
more innovative brokerage and financial service companies in the
United States. The company recently provided information about its
major business segments as follows (in millions):
Investor Services |
Advisor Services |
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Revenues | $5,411 | $2,067 | ||
Operating income | 2,031 | 962 | ||
Depreciation | 180 | 54 |
c. Estimate the contribution margin for each segment, assuming depreciation represents the majority of fixed costs.
Investor Services (in millions) |
Advisor Services (in millions) |
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Estimated contribution margin | $ | $ |
d. If Schwab decided to sell its “Advisor Services” accounts to another company, estimate how much operating income would decline under the following assumptions.
Assume the fixed costs that serve Advisor investors would not be
sold but would be used by the other sector: $ million
Assume the fixed assets were “sold”: $ million
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