# Profit Factor

Moment supports a couple of ways to use profit factor, these are a calculated profit factor and a fixed profit factor.

A company will select the option they find most useful for them. Below is a quick introduction to each of them, with link to more information.

## Calculated profit factor

The calculated profit factor will used the registered data for a project and calculate a factor based on invoiced value for hours. Subtracting the invoiced value for supplier expenses and this is then divided by the cost value for the same hours.

[Read more about calculated profit factor](#calculated-profit-factor)

## Fixed profit factor

The fixed profit factor will base its calculations on a pre-defined factor set on the company level. However, this value can be overridden on project level if there is a need to do so. 

The factor is used to calculate a number of columns that can be shown in the project report.

[Read more about fixed profit factor](#fixed-profit-factor)