Marketing metric
POAS
Profit on ad spend.
Profit on ad spend.
POAS = (Net profit + Ad spend) ÷ Ad spend
Example
Net profit $1,300 + ad spend $2,000 = $3,300 ÷ $2,000 = POAS 1.65.
How it is calculated
- 1.0 means advertising broke even. Above 1.0, the profit before ad spend covered the ads.
Reading it
- Format: Ratio (shown as ×).
- Higher is better (an increase is shown in green).
Where it appears
- Overview and Dashboards — add it from the metric picker (Marketing group).
- Shown on Overview by default.
- Settings → Targets — set a target and get an alert when you miss it. See targets.
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