Excel's PERCENTOF function returns the percentage that a subset of data contributes to a whole dataset, saving you from having to create additional or complex formulas to generate the same outcome.

Although calculating a percentage in Microsoft Excel is easy, getting it to display properly requires a little extra effort, because Excel displays percentages in decimal format by default. For ...

Have you ever stared at a spreadsheet, struggling to make sense of percentage calculations that just don’t seem to add up? Whether it’s a confusing formula, a misstep with zero values, or an ...

Rate of return represents the percentage net gain or loss of an investment's initial cost over a period of time. The rate of return calculates the percentage change from the beginning to the end of a ...

Have you ever trusted a tool to simplify your work, only to discover it might be quietly leading you astray? That’s exactly the risk you run with Excel’s “Percent Of” function. On the surface, it ...