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Revenue is growing. GP% looks healthy. So why isn’t Operating Profit?

A single KPI rarely tells the whole profitability story.

Raw material inflation may increase COGS while higher volumes improve fixed-cost absorption. Pricing may protect GP%, while an unfavorable mix offsets part of the benefit. Lower D&A may make Gross Profit Margin look stronger, while higher Marketing spend erodes Operating Profit.

The business can look healthier at one level of the P&L while profitability is deteriorating somewhere else.

The FP&A Profitability Analysis Toolkit combines three Excel models — COGS, GP% and Operating Profit — to help you see the whole profitability story, understand the connections between different P&L levels, and plan what happens next.

1 | Understand TODAY — What is really driving performance?

Compare any two selected periods and move beyond the final variance.

COGS Decomposition
Understand the impact of FX, raw materials, other direct costs, MOH, volume absorption and mix.

GP% Decomposition
See how Price, D&A, Mix, Direct Costs, MOH and Write-offs created or destroyed margin — without relying on an artificial “Math Difference” bucket.

Operating Profit Bridge
Follow the impact further down the P&L through commercial drivers, COGS and operating expenses to understand what ultimately created or destroyed Operating Profit.

2 | See the CONNECTIONS — What is a single KPI hiding?

This is where the three models become more valuable together.

A positive movement at one level of the P&L does not necessarily mean the business is better off.

For example, commercial investment may shift from D&A to Marketing. GP% can therefore look healthy while Operating Profit deteriorates. Volume growth may improve MOH absorption and unit COGS, but an unfavorable mix can offset the benefit elsewhere.

Use the toolkit to connect COGS → GP% → Operating Profit and distinguish genuine profitability improvement from cost shifts, mix effects and temporary benefits.

Don’t optimize one KPI while another quietly deteriorates.

3 | Plan TOMORROW — What happens next?

The toolkit is not limited to explaining historical performance.

Use forward-looking assumptions to test inflation, pricing, volume, D&A, mix and cost scenarios before they hit your P&L.

Raw materials increase — what happens to COGS and GP%?
How much pricing may be needed to protect margin?
Volume grows — does that growth actually improve profitability?
What happens to Operating Profit under the new assumptions?

Use different scenarios to understand not only what could happen, but what may need to change to protect future profitability.

From analysis to management-ready decisions

The models turn inputs into linked bridges, driver breakdowns, charts and executive insights — providing presentation-ready visuals and nearly ready-to-use management slides.

Outputs are structured around:

Performance | Key Drivers | Risks | Opportunities | Actions

This reduces the work between analysis and management discussion and makes the toolkit useful for performance reviews, forecasting, budgeting, RGM and pricing discussions, scenario planning and executive presentations.

Built for people responsible for profitability

Designed for FP&A, Finance Business Partners, Commercial Finance, RGM, Pricing, Finance Managers, Controllers, Business Owners and Founders.

Whether you are explaining performance to management or trying to understand why growing revenue is not translating into stronger profit, the toolkit helps answer three questions:

What is happening TODAY?
How are the drivers CONNECTED?
What could happen TOMORROW?

What you get

✓ 3 fully editable Excel models: COGS, GP% and Operating Profit
✓ Comparison of any two selected periods
✓ Driver-level profitability decomposition
✓ GP% analysis without an artificial “Math Difference” bucket
✓ Cross-P&L profitability insights
✓ Forward-looking scenario analysis
✓ Pricing and cost-inflation assessment
✓ Automatically updated charts and management visuals
✓ Risks, Opportunities and Actions framework
✓ Sample data included