Which formula to use for negative margin %

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wilkob

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Hello,

Can someone help me with the following:

I am working on a spreadsheet with sales figures

For calculating the margin I take the sales value - cost
For calculating the margin % I take the margin /sales value

When I have a sales value > 0 there is no problem

When I have a sales value which is 0 I am getting in trouble
With a sales value of 0 and a cost >0 I am getting #DIV/0!
With a sales value of 0 and a cost of 0 I am getting #DIV/0!

How can I get a negative margin of 100% when I am selling at 0 with a cost > 0
How can I get a 0% margin when I am selling at 0 with a cost of 0
(I know it sounds mad but we have transactions like this)

many thanks in advance for your help
 

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Code: 
      --A-- -B-- --C--- ----------------------D-----------------------
  1   Price Cost Margin                                               
  2      0    0      0% C2: =IF(price, 1 - cost/price, IF(cost,-1, 0))
  3    100   80     20%                                               
  4      0   80   -100%
 
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Thanks for the formula but it seems to only work on the sales where i have a -100%

Just for your information I am working with this formula in a pivot table:

=IF(('Sales value'); 1-'Cost'-'Sales value'; IF(('Cost');-1;0))

The results that I am having are completely wrong:

Sales Value .............Cost .............Margin.......... Margin %
4810,43 ..............2651,18 ........2159,25 ........-746061,34%
536,00 ..............402,60 .........133,40 .........-93760,00%
0,00 ...............996,25 .........-996,25 ..........-100,00%


Sorry for the points but I don't know how to put tabs :)

I am not sure if it is at all important but I am using Excel 2007, which is also the reason for the ; instead of the ,
 
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