Finance & Strategy
ROI Calculator
Return on investment for any initiative.
Calculate the return on investment, net profit, and ROI multiple for any business initiative, project, or campaign. The fundamental metric for prioritizing where to put capital.
Inputs
Adjust to model your scenario
$50,000
$
Total cost of the initiative — capital, labour, opportunity cost.
$175,000
$
Revenue, savings, or value generated by the initiative.
ROI
250.0%
Excellent ROI. This is a candidate for aggressive scaling.
Net profit
$125,000
Return multiple
3.50×
Formula
ROI % = ((Return − Investment) ÷ Investment) × 100
Benchmarks
< 0%Loss — kill or pivot
0–50%Marginal — consider opportunity cost
50–200%Healthy — keep going
> 200%Excellent — scale aggressively
FAQ
How operators use this calculator.
For executive decisions, yes — include fully-loaded labour, opportunity cost, and required capex. For tactical decisions, direct costs are fine.
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