Need help with a formula

abeagle

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HI there,

I have a spreadsheet comparing sales from one year to the next and I need a formula that will show the percentage of increase or decrease between the two. Can anyone help with this? Let me know if I need to clarify this a bit more. I'm self taught on Excel and do pretty well, but I'm missing some basic knowledge. Thank you!

Andrea
 

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Assumed that Column A & B contains sales of two years.
The in cell C1 enter the formula =a1/b1, and format cell C1 to show % (Format>Cells>Category>Percentage)
The more details posted the better answer you will get.
So post more details if needed.
 
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Hi Andrea, and welcome to Mr Excel!

Assuming last year's sales in A1, and this year's in B1, then this formula in C1:

= IF(A1>B1,ROUND((A1-B1)*100/A1,2) & "% increase in sales", ROUND((B1-A1)*100/A1,2) & "% decrease in sales")

........should produce the desired results.

Let us know.........
 
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Thank you both so much for your help! I got what I need, for now:). I'll post again if I run into problems. Thanks again!!!
 
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