{"slug":"break-even","name":"Break-Even","category":"mba","tags":["finance","pricing","operations"],"tagline":"Units and revenue needed to cover costs — and how much pricing moves it.","endpoint":"https://xearno.tools/api/v1/tools/break-even","page":"https://xearno.tools/t/break-even","description":"Classic cost-volume-profit analysis: contribution margin, break-even units and revenue, margin of safety if you supply current volume, and the leverage a price change has on all of it.","inputSchema":{"type":"object","properties":{"fixedCosts":{"description":"Fixed costs / month Rent, salaries, software — costs that don’t vary with volume.","type":"number","minimum":0,"default":20000},"price":{"description":"Price per unit","type":"number","minimum":0.01,"default":45},"variableCost":{"description":"Variable cost per unit Materials, shipping, payment fees — costs incurred per unit sold.","type":"number","minimum":0,"default":18},"currentUnits":{"description":"Current monthly units Optional — adds margin-of-safety analysis.","type":"number","minimum":0,"default":0}},"required":[],"additionalProperties":false},"methodology":["Contribution margin = price − variable cost per unit. Break-even units = fixed costs ÷ contribution margin; break-even revenue = break-even units × price.","Margin of safety = (current units − break-even units) ÷ current units — the demand cushion before losses begin.","Assumes linear costs and a single price point. Mixed products need a weighted-average contribution margin; step-fixed costs (e.g. a second shift) break the linearity at scale."],"usage":"POST https://xearno.tools/api/v1/tools/break-even with a JSON body matching inputSchema."}