Margin measures profit as a share of the selling price. Enter cost and price to get the margin percentage and profit amount.
Real figures, so you can see what the Margin Calculator produces before you start.
The same 1,200 cost and 1,850 sale, expressed the way accountants and marketplaces ask for it.
Result. Margin of 35.14%, against a 54.17% markup on cost. The two are routinely confused, and margin is always the smaller number.
Margin is profit as a percentage of the selling price; markup is profit as a percentage of cost. Margin is always lower than markup for the same deal.
Margin % = (Selling − Cost) ÷ Selling × 100.