Stock Profit Calculator

Enter your buy price, sell price, shares, and commissions to instantly see your net profit or loss and return percentage.

Trade Details

Purchase

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Sale

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Enter your trade details on the left to see the profit breakdown.

Summary

Enter your buy price, sell price, shares, and commissions to instantly see your net profit or loss and return percentage.

How it works

  1. Enter the price you paid per share in the Buy Price field.
  2. Enter the number of shares you purchased.
  3. Optionally enter any buy commission or broker fee.
  4. Enter the price at which you sold (or plan to sell) per share.
  5. Optionally enter any sell commission or broker fee.
  6. Read the results: total cost, sale proceeds, net profit or loss, and return percentage.

Use cases

  • Checking profit on a completed stock trade before filing taxes.
  • Evaluating whether to sell a position based on a target price.
  • Comparing net returns across multiple trades with different commission structures.
  • Teaching investors how commissions erode overall returns.
  • Estimating annualized return when holding period is known.
  • Quick sanity check on brokerage statement profit figures.

Frequently Asked Questions

Last updated: 2026-06-18 · Reviewed by Nham Vu