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Stock Average
Calculate average stock price over multiple purchases
About the Stock Average calculator
Free Stock Average Calculator to calculate average stock price over multiple purchases. Track your stock portfolio, calculate average buying price, and monitor profit/loss with our comprehensive stock averaging calculator for smart investment decisions.
How the maths works
Stock Average Price Formula
Average Price = Total Investment ÷ Total Shares- Average Price
- Average cost per share across all purchases
- Total Investment
- Sum of all money invested in the stock
- Total Shares
- Total number of shares purchased across all transactions
A worked example
Stock Average Calculation Example
| Purchase 1 | 100 shares @ ₹150 |
| Purchase 2 | 50 shares @ ₹120 |
| Current Price | ₹160 |
Average Price: ₹140, Profit: ₹3,000 (14.3%)
How to use it
- Add each stock purchase with quantity and price
- Calculator computes average price automatically
- Enter current market price to see profit/loss
- Track your investment performance
- Plan future investment decisions
What it accounts for
- Calculate average stock price across multiple purchases
- Track total investment and shares
- Monitor current profit/loss
- Add unlimited purchase transactions
- Real-time portfolio valuation
Why it is worth working out
- Make informed investment decisions
- Track portfolio performance
- Calculate profit/loss accurately
- Plan dollar-cost averaging strategy
Questions people ask
What is averaging down?
Buying more of a holding after its price has fallen, which lowers your average cost per share. It reduces the price at which you break even. It does not make the original decision correct, and it increases your exposure to a position that is already losing.
When does averaging down make sense?
When the price fell but the reason you bought did not change — a broad market decline, a sector rotation, a temporary problem you have actually examined. When earnings, competitive position or governance have deteriorated, adding is throwing good money after bad.
How do I calculate my average price?
Total amount invested divided by total shares held. Not the average of the prices you paid — that ignores how many shares each purchase bought, and it will flatter you.
Should I average down on a stock or an index fund?
Adding to a broad index fund on a decline is close to what a SIP does automatically, and the index cannot go to zero. A single stock can, and about half of them underperform the index over long periods. The same action carries very different risk depending on what you are buying.
Read more on this
- Averaging down — when it is a strategy and when it is a story — Buying more of a falling stock lowers your average price. Whether that helps depends on a question most investors avoid asking.
This calculator is for information and education. It is not financial advice — see the disclaimer.