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The traditional and contribution margin income statements both communicate a company's revenues, expenses and profits or losses for an accounting period. The top line is revenue and the bottom line is ...

A product's contribution margin tells you how much that product contributes toward paying your company's fixed costs -- and, once those costs have been covered, how much it contributes toward profit.

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To run a company successfully, you need to know everything about your business, including its financials. One of the most critical financial metrics to grasp is the contribution margin, which can help ...

Every business has operating expenses — that is, the costs of running the business. These expenses can generally be classified in two ways: Fixed expenses and variable expenses. Understanding the ...