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Profit & Loss Margin Calculator

Calculate your profit, loss, profit margin, and markup quickly and accurately.

Calculate Profit or Loss

Enter your selling price and product cost to calculate your profit or loss.

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What Is Profit and Loss?

Profit occurs when your selling price is higher than your product cost. A loss occurs when your product cost is higher than your selling price. If both amounts are equal, you break even.

This calculator is useful for checking the result of an individual sale. If you want to analyze profitability from a broader business perspective, you can also use our Profit Margin Calculator to calculate profit margin from your selling price and cost.

How to Calculate Profit or Loss

Subtract the product cost from the selling price.

Profit or Loss = Selling Price − Product Cost

If the result is positive, you have a profit. If the result is negative, you have a loss.

How to Calculate Profit Margin

Profit margin shows profit or loss as a percentage of the selling price.

Profit Margin = (Profit or Loss ÷ Selling Price) × 100

Profit margin and markup are not the same calculation. Profit margin uses the selling price as the base, while markup uses the product cost. To calculate markup separately, use our Markup Calculator.

Example: Profit

If you sell a product for $100 and the product costs $70, your profit is $30.

$100 − $70 = $30 Profit
Profit Margin = 30%

Example: Loss

If you sell a product for $50 but the product costs $70, you have a $20 loss.

$50 − $70 = −$20 Loss
Profit Margin = −40%

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to common questions about profit, loss, profit margin and markup.

Profit margin is the percentage of the selling price that represents your profit after subtracting the product cost. If the result is negative, it represents a loss margin.

Subtract the product cost from the selling price.
Profit or Loss = Selling Price − Product Cost

A positive result means profit, while a negative result means loss.

Profit margin is calculated as a percentage of the selling price, while markup is calculated as a percentage of the product cost. You can use our Markup Calculator to calculate markup separately.

You have a loss. The calculator allows the product cost to be higher than the selling price and displays the result as a negative profit and negative profit margin.
Example: $50 Selling Price − $70 Cost = −$20 Loss

Yes. You can use it for ecommerce, retail products, wholesale products, services and other businesses where you know your selling price and cost.

Yes. A negative profit margin means the product cost is higher than the selling price.
Example: $50 Selling Price and $70 Cost = −40% Profit Margin

This calculator uses the selling price and product cost you enter. Taxes, shipping, advertising, payment processing fees and other operating expenses are not automatically included.