Investment Return Calculator
Free investment return calculator for ROI and CAGR analysis. Track portfolio performance and calculate compound annual growth rate.
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Measure Your Investment Performance
How well are your investments performing? Our calculator computes both simple ROI and CAGR, helping you compare different investments and understand your portfolio's true performance over time.
Understanding Investment Returns
ROI measures the total percentage gain or loss on an investment. CAGR provides the annualized growth rate, smoothing out volatility to show what steady annual return would have produced the same result. CAGR is especially useful for comparing investments of different durations.
CAGR Formula
CAGR = (FV/PV)^(1/n) - 1Why Calculate Returns?
Compare Investments
Use CAGR to compare investments of different durations.
Measure Performance
Evaluate if your investments meet your expectations.
Make Decisions
Decide where to invest based on historical returns.
How to Calculate Returns
Applications
Stocks & Funds
Evaluate your portfolio's performance.
Real Estate
Calculate property appreciation.
Business
Measure the return on business investments.
Financial Education
Understand key investment metrics.
Frequently Asked Questions
ROI shows total return regardless of time. CAGR shows the equivalent annual return. A 100% ROI over 10 years is very different from 100% over 1 year—CAGR reveals this difference (7.2% vs 100% annually).