Rick Hey answered question 3/29/2010 How Do You Calculate Percentage When One Number Is A Negative Number? If I Want To Show Growth Between 2 Quarters From -$4,000 (negative) To $1,000 (positive); How Do I Show It As A Percentage? The first Qtr. Loss of $160,000 to a profit the next Qtr. Of $725,000 equals what growth?