Percentage increase in business

 When comparing financial changes year over year, it is common in business to calculate the increase as a percentage.
The result represents a degree of change over a period of time.
The percent increase formula can be applied to any quantity that depends on a measurement over time, but one of its most common applications is in investing.
This formula can be used to track changes in the price or market value of a security.


The result of the percent increase formula will tell you whether the value of something is going up or going down over time.
A negative value indicates a decrease in the percentage, whereas a positive value indicates an upward trend.