Profit & Loss Calculator
Find profit or loss amount and percentage from cost price and selling price to understand your margins clearly.
Useful for trading, ecommerce, and small business margin analysis.
Profit & Loss Calculator – Calculate Profit %, Loss %, and Margin
This profit and loss calculator helps you instantly see whether a trade or sale generated a profit or a loss, how big that amount is, and what percentage of your cost price it represents. It's ideal for quickly checking margins on products, investments, or any buy-sell transaction.
How to use the profit & loss calculator
- Enter the cost price (the amount you spent to acquire the item).
- Enter the selling price (the amount you sold the item for).
- Click "Calculate profit / loss" to see the result.
- If the result is positive, you made a profit; if negative, it's a loss; if zero, it's break-even.
Example scenarios
- Retailers measuring margin on each product.
- Stock or crypto traders checking per-trade P&L.
- Freelancers comparing project costs and fees.
Profit & loss calculator FAQs
What is the formula for profit percentage?
Profit% = (Profit ÷ Cost Price) × 100. The calculator uses this formula and displays the percentage as part of the result.
Can I enter zero or negative values?
Cost and selling prices must be non-negative. If your cost price is zero, the calculator treats the trade as break-even for percentage purposes.