Calculate your profit or loss and find out what percentage of your selling price represents your profit.
The Resouria Profit Calculator compares the cost of an item with its selling price. It calculates the amount you gain or lose and, when there is a selling price, calculates the corresponding profit margin.
For example, if an item costs ₦50,000 and is sold for ₦65,000, the profit is ₦15,000. The profit margin is calculated using the ₦65,000 selling price as the denominator.
Enter your cost price and selling price to calculate your profit, loss and profit margin.
You only need two figures to calculate the basic profit or loss on a sale.
Enter the amount you paid for the product or the cost you want to use as the basis for your calculation.
Enter the amount the customer pays or the amount you intend to charge.
The calculator subtracts your cost from your selling price to determine the profit or loss.
The calculator also expresses your profit as a percentage of the selling price.
The results below show the amount of profit or loss, profit margin and original cost.
Your basic break-even selling price is the amount required to recover the cost entered into the calculator.
Profit margin and markup are related, but they are calculated using different bases.
Suppose a business purchases an item for ₦50,000 and sells it for ₦65,000.
The sale therefore generates a ₦15,000 profit, a profit margin of approximately 23.08%, and a markup of 30%.
Profit is the amount left after subtracting the relevant cost from the selling revenue. In its simplest form, profit is the difference between what you receive from a sale and what the item cost you.
A positive result means the selling price is higher than the entered cost. A negative result means the selling price is lower than the entered cost and the transaction produces a loss.
For a complete business profitability analysis, however, you may need to consider costs beyond the purchase price. A product can appear profitable based on its purchase price while producing a much smaller actual business profit after other expenses are included.
Check the expected profit on products purchased for resale.
Compare different selling prices and understand the profit associated with each option.
Identify which products generate more profit from a given selling price.
Estimate basic profit before considering broader operating costs and business expenses.
This calculator provides a basic profit and profit-margin calculation from the two values entered. It is not a full accounting or business profitability system.
The calculation is performed directly in your browser using JavaScript. The prices entered into this calculator are used to produce the result on this page and do not need to be sent to a server for the calculation.
Results provided by this calculator are for general informational and business-planning purposes. They are based only on the values entered and should not be treated as accounting, tax, investment or professional financial advice. For official financial records, use appropriate accounting records and professional guidance.
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