Markup vs. Margin Converter

Converts among cost, selling price, markup percent, and gross margin percent, with gross profit per unit and total.

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Checked against published worked examples from: Managerial-accounting CVP pricing identity (AICPA).

Details, formula, and sources

Formula or tablemarkup% = (price-cost)/cost*100; margin% = (price-cost)/price*100; margin% = markup%/(1+markup%); markup% = margin%/(1-margin%); price = cost*(1+markup%) = cost/(1-margin%).

Source and editionStandard managerial-accounting pricing identity (cost-volume-profit), universal public formula; AICPA / introductory managerial-accounting texts, by name.

Free accessUniversal public identity.

What governsEstimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.

API field namescost, markup_pct, price, margin_pct

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