Profit equation
Total revenues - Total costs
Unit contribution margin
Sales price - variable costs per unit
Total contribution margin
Total revenues - total variable costs
Break-even point
Volume level where profits equal zero
Profit-volume analysis
CVP using a single-profit line
Cost structure
Proportion of fixed and variable costs to total costs of an organization
Operating leverage
The extent to which an organization’s cost structure is made up of fixed costs
Margin of safety
The excess of projected or actual sales over the break-even volume