Calculate the profit or loss and percentage return on a stock trade.
Total profit is the per-share price difference times the number of shares, and profit percent normalizes that gain against the buy price. A negative result indicates a loss. Expressing gains as a percentage makes returns comparable across different trade sizes and against benchmarks.
Stock Gain
Profit = (sell - buy) x shares; return = (sell - buy) / buy x 100
Profit = (sell - buy) x shares; return = (sell - buy) / buy x 100 Total profit is the per-share price difference times the number of shares, and profit percent normalizes that gain against the buy price. A negative result indicates a loss.
Expressing gains as a percentage makes returns comparable across different trade sizes and against benchmarks.
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Buy price, Sell price, Shares. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.