From ff0fc5650554ddf31cc6240e660f8fc7f295aa76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zane Meyers Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 22:56:05 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2026-02-14 22:56:05 --- 2025-11-04.md | 3 +-- 2025-11-11.md | 2 +- 2026-02-14.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ markup-vs-margin.md | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 4 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) create mode 100644 2026-02-14.md diff --git a/2025-11-04.md b/2025-11-04.md index 86f066c..dfe7d51 100644 --- a/2025-11-04.md +++ b/2025-11-04.md @@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ tags: - authorship/original - destiny/permanent - status/complete - - type/minutes dg-publish: true --- # 2025-11-04 ## 2025-11-04 Belle Meade Director Review -#occupational +#occupational #type/minutes ### Takeoff Review diff --git a/2025-11-11.md b/2025-11-11.md index f3a3cfd..0687000 100644 --- a/2025-11-11.md +++ b/2025-11-11.md @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ every time we were closing out an estimate. This is the example I would always give while trying to explain it to him. -![[markup-vs-margin]] +![[markup-vs-margin#Markup vs. Margin]] *** diff --git a/2026-02-14.md b/2026-02-14.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d36da73 --- /dev/null +++ b/2026-02-14.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +--- +id: 2026-02-14 +aliases: [] +title: 2026-02-14 +tags: + - authorship/original + - destiny/permanent + - status/draft + - type/periodic/daily +dg-publish: true +weekly: "[[2026-W07]]" +monthly: "[[2026-02]]" +quarterly: "[[2026-Q1]]" +yearly: "[[2026]]" +--- +# 2026-02-14 diff --git a/markup-vs-margin.md b/markup-vs-margin.md index ff6e82a..77aafda 100644 --- a/markup-vs-margin.md +++ b/markup-vs-margin.md @@ -12,16 +12,27 @@ dg-publish: true --- # Markup vs. Margin -**Markup** and **margin** are both terms to describe the percent profit of a sold good or service. -**Markup** describes an item's profit relative to its cost to the merchant. -**Margin** describes an item's profit relative to its cost to the customer. +**Markup** and **margin** describe the profit of a sold good or service in terms of its cost. + +$$ +\text{Profit} = \text{Sell Price} - \text{Cost} +$$ + +**Markup** describes an item's profit as a fraction of its cost to the merchant. + +$$ +\text{Markup} = \frac{\text{Profit}}{\text{Cost}} +$$ + +**Margin** describes an item's profit as a fraction of its sell price, +its cost to the customer. $$ -\text{Profit} = \text{Sell Price} - \text{Cost}, \quad -\text{Markup} = \frac{\text{Profit}}{\text{Cost}}, \quad \text{Margin} = \frac{\text{Profit}}{\text{Sell Price}} $$ +## Example + Suppose a product that * costs $80 to produce * is sold for $100 @@ -32,8 +43,14 @@ $$ \text{Margin} = \frac{20}{100} = 20\% $$ -Because of \*waves hands\* finance reasons, -contractors (and sellers of products and services in general) +Contractors (and sellers of products and services in general) almost exclusively talk about profit in terms of margin. Even if someone says "15% _markup_" they may still be talking about margin. + +## Converting Between Markup and Margin + +$$ +\text{Margin} = \frac{\text{Markup}}{1 + \text{Markup}}, \quad +\text{Markup} = \frac{\text{Margin}}{1 - \text{Margin}} +$$ \ No newline at end of file