Profit Percentage Calculator – Target Price & Margin Solver
The Profit Percentage Calculator helps retailers, freelancers, and businesses set profitable selling prices. Whether you know your cost price and want to achieve a specific target gross profit margin (e.g. 30%) or want to calculate return on cost, this calculator derives the required selling price, dollar profit per unit, and equivalent markup percentage.
Profit & Loss Percentage Calculator
Calculate profit margin, profit percentage on cost, markup, and target selling price
Margin is profit divided by selling price, while Markup is profit divided by cost price.
Target Price from Profit Margin Formula
How this mathematical and clinical model is calculated
Selling Price = Cost Price / (1 - (Desired Margin % / 100))Ensures that after deducting the cost, the remaining dollars represent exactly the desired percentage of the selling price.
Step-by-Step Calculation Process:
Enter product unit cost price.
Enter desired target profit margin or markup percentage.
View required selling price and profit per unit.
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Frequently Asked Questions: Profit Percentage Calculator – Target Price & Margin Solver
Everything you need to know about tools in this section.
To achieve a 30% profit margin on an item that costs $50, divide the cost by (1 - 0.30) = 0.70. Selling Price = $50 / 0.70 = $71.43. You will make $21.43 profit, which is exactly 30% of $71.43.