Return Investment Calculator

What are you measuring?

Amount invested (initial cost) Simple ROI. Must be greater than zero - a return on a zero outlay is undefined.

Final value Simple ROI: what the investment is worth at the end. Zero is allowed and gives -100%.

Final proceeds Simple ROI: the amount realised on sale, if you prefer to enter proceeds rather than a final value.

Beginning price per share (currency/share)Stock return. Enter the price you actually paid; this tool does not look up market prices.

Ending price per share (currency/share)

Cash distributions per share (currency/share)Dividends and other cash per share received over the period. May be negative for a return of capital adjustment.

Beginning value of the holding Total shareholder return.

Ending value of the holding

Distributions received Dividends, buyback proceeds and other cash returned to the shareholder over the period.

Holding period (years)Optional. Supplying it adds the annualised equivalent of the same return.

Return on investment

60.0000 %

ROI Calculator (Return on Investment)

Net gain or loss

150.00 currency

Total return

60.0000 %

Growth multiple

1.600000

What the return was measured on

The amount invested

Worked out from Return on investment: ROI = (final value - cost) / cost and 3 other sources.

Single-period, undiscounted arithmetic on the figures you entered. Fees, taxes, inflation, risk, leverage and the timing of any intermediate cash flows are not modelled, and no market data is looked up.

How this is worked out

2 steps

Net gain = 400 - 250 = 150
ROI = 100 x 150 / 250 = 60%

Results are general information, not financial, tax, legal, medical or engineering advice.