Net sales this period net sales prior period net sales prior period 100. Lets say you are tracking the quoted price of a security. To determine percentage increase divide the change from previous period to current period by the previous period number.
If you were to find percent change manually you would take an old original value and a new value find the difference between them and divide it by the original value.
Apply the applicable percentage of sales to the item to arrive at the forecasted amount. Using the Standard Equation. The Percentage Change Calculator change calculator will quantify the change from one number to another and express the change as an increase or decrease. Enter them in time specific order oldest first.