Margin of Safety
Comer Company produces and sells strings of colorful indoor/outdoor lights for holiday display to retailers for $17.51 per string. The variable costs per string are as follows:
Direct materials | $1.87 |
Direct labor | 1.70 |
Variable factory overhead | 0.57 |
Variable selling expense | 0.42 |
Fixed manufacturing cost totals $902,615 per year. Administrative cost (all fixed) totals $620,305. Comer expects to sell 240,800 strings of light next year.
Required:
1. Calculate the break-even point in
units.
units
2. Calculate the margin of safety in
units.
units
3. Calculate the margin of safety in
dollars.
$
Calculation of Contribution Margin per Unit
**Contribution Margin per Unit = Selling Price per unit - Variable expenses per unit
.
Selling Price per Unit | $17.51 | |
Minus: Variable expenses: | ||
Direct materials | $1.87 | |
Direct labor | $1.70 | |
Variable factory overhead | $0.57 | |
Variable selling expense | $0.42 | $4.56 |
Contribution Margin per Unit | $12.95 |
Calculation of total fixed cost
Amount | |
Fixed manufacturing cost | $902,615 |
Fixed administrative cost | $620,305 |
Total fixed cost | $1,522,920 |
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