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Average calculator for shares: what is your average price?

Key takeaways
  • An average calculator for shares does a single division: the total amount paid divided by the total number of shares. Example: ₹17,000 paid for 40 shares gives ₹425 per share.
  • Buying below your average price lowers it, but each further drop costs more than the one before. Example: with 40 shares at ₹425 and a market price of ₹300, aiming for ₹400 costs ₹3,000, and aiming for ₹350 costs ₹18,000.
  • Donnie tracks several funds, investing notably in emerging markets, that returned +23.7% a year or more over 7 years, versus +11.1% for the Nifty 50 index. You can see what these funds hold by clicking here.
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The average price of a share, in brief
QuestionAnswer
How to calculate ittotal amount paid ÷ total number of shares
What lowers itbuying the share again below your average price
What raises itbuying the share again above your average price, or paying fees on each purchase
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Average calculator for shares: the formula in 3 steps

The average price of a share takes one division: the total amount paid divided by the total number of shares. An average calculator for shares simply does this calculation for you.

Still looking for which share to buy? First read how to spot a good share to buy today.

Example: you buy the same share three times, at three different prices. Here is the calculation, step by step.

  1. Multiply each purchaseFor each purchase, multiply the price by the number of shares: 20 × ₹500 = ₹10,000; 10 × ₹400 = ₹4,000; 10 × ₹300 = ₹3,000.
  2. Add upTotal amount: ₹10,000 + ₹4,000 + ₹3,000 = ₹17,000. Total number of shares: 20 + 10 + 10 = 40.
  3. DivideAverage price: ₹17,000 ÷ 40 = ₹425 per share.
SharesPriceAmount paidPurchase 120₹500₹10,000Purchase 210₹400₹4,000Purchase 310₹300₹3,000Total40₹425 average price₹17,000
Watch outDo not average the three prices: (₹500 + ₹400 + ₹300) ÷ 3 = ₹400 is wrong here. Your first purchase weighs more, because it covers 20 shares.
The word to know
Average purchase price : What one share cost you on average, all your purchases combined. Example: ₹17,000 paid for 40 shares gives an average price of ₹425.
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Average cost of shares: add your brokerage fees

The average cost is the average price plus the fees paid on each purchase. Your broker's fees are part of what you really paid.

  • Example: if your broker charges ₹40 per purchase, your 3 purchases cost you ₹120 more.
  • New total: ₹17,000 + ₹120 = ₹17,120.
  • Average cost: ₹17,120 ÷ 40 = ₹428 per share, versus ₹425 without fees.
  • Small repeated purchases weigh more: 10 purchases of 4 shares would cost you ₹400 in fees, instead of ₹120.
TipWrite down the price and the fees of each purchase on the day you make it. When you want your average cost, you only have to add and divide.
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Averaging down: how many shares to buy

Buying a share below your average price lowers that average price. Each further drop costs more than the one before.

The formula: shares to buy = shares held × (current average price − target average price) ÷ (target average price − current market price).

Example: you have 40 shares at an average price of ₹425, and the share trades at ₹300. To aim for ₹400, the calculation gives 40 × (425 − 400) ÷ (400 − 300) = 40 × 25 ÷ 100 = 10 shares, or ₹3,000. Check: ₹17,000 + ₹3,000 = ₹20,000 for 50 shares, or ₹400 per share.

Shares to buy at ₹300Amount to addAim for ₹40010₹3,000Aim for ₹35060₹18,000Aim for ₹325160₹48,000
  • Averaging up: buying above your average price raises it. Example: 10 shares bought at ₹600 take your average price from ₹425 to ₹460, because ₹23,000 ÷ 50 = ₹460.
Watch outA lower average price does not make the share any better. At ₹300, your share must rise about 42% to get back to ₹425, because ₹425 ÷ ₹300 ≈ 1.42. Before buying more, ask yourself whether you would buy it today if you did not already own it.
The word to know
Averaging down : Buying more of a share that has fallen to lower your average price. Example: 10 shares bought at ₹300 take your average price from ₹425 to ₹400.
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The same amount every month: a lower average price

Investing the same amount every month makes you buy more units when the price is low. Your average price therefore ends up below the average of the prices paid.

Example: you invest ₹6,000 a month for 3 months in an ETF (Exchange Traded Fund, a fund you buy on the stock exchange like a share).

Unit priceUnits bought with ₹6,000Month 1₹24025Month 2₹30020Month 3₹20030
  • Total: ₹18,000 for 75 units.
  • Average price: ₹18,000 ÷ 75 = ₹240 per unit.
  • Average of the three prices: (₹240 + ₹300 + ₹200) ÷ 3 ≈ ₹247. Your average price is lower, because you bought 30 units at the lowest price.
  • With a fixed amount every month, your average price never exceeds the average of the prices paid, whatever those prices are.
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The funds that beat the Nifty 50 index

The Nifty 50 groups 50 companies listed on the NSE (National Stock Exchange of India).[1] [3] A single unit of the Nippon India ETF Nifty 50 BeES[2] gives you these 50 shares, spread across 14 broad sectors.[1]

  • The Nifty 50 can fall too: over 1 year to 30 September 2026, it lost 7.09%, dividends included; over 5 years, it gained 6.37% a year.[1]
  • Some funds tracked by Donnie did better than the Nifty 50 index over 7 years. These are funds investing notably in emerging markets.
  • Invesco India Small Cap Fund Direct Growth gained +24.9% a year over 7 years, versus +11.1% for the Nifty 50 index.
  • Example: ₹10,000 invested 7 years ago would be worth ₹47,450 in Invesco India Small Cap Fund Direct Growth, versus ₹20,948 in the Nifty 50 index.
  • Bank of India Manufacturing & Infra Direct Plan Growth gained +24.2% a year: compare its curve in the tool.
  • Quant ELSS Tax Saver Payout of Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option Option Direct Plan gained +23.7% a year: compare its curve in the tool.
  • What Donnie adds: you see the shares these funds hold, line by line, so you know whether the share you want to buy more of is among them. An alert tells you when their managers buy or sell.
Watch outA fund that did well can do less well tomorrow. Look at its results over several years, and at its fees.
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Your questions

Does an average calculator for shares also work for a fund or an ETF?

Yes, with the same formula: the total amount paid divided by the number of units bought.

Does your average price change when you sell some of your shares?

In the average price calculation, no: if you sell 10 of your 40 shares at an average price of ₹425, the 30 that remain keep that average price of ₹425. For tax, Indian law treats the shares bought first in your demat account (the electronic securities account) as sold first, at their purchase price.[4]

Want to see what the funds that beat the Nifty 50 hold? These are funds investing notably in emerging markets.
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  • An alert when their managers buy or sell.
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Sources

  1. Nippon India ETF Nifty 50 BeES, product note (portfolio and performance as of 30 September 2026) · Nippon India Mutual Fund (Nippon Life India Asset Management) · 30 September 2026
  2. Nippon India ETF Nifty 50 BeES (NIFTYBEES.NS) · Yahoo Finance
  3. NIFTY 50 (^NSEI) · Yahoo Finance
  4. Income-tax Act, 2025, section 67 (7) (c): cost of acquisition and holding period of securities in a demat account determined on a first-in, first-out basis · Income Tax Department, Government of India · accessed 14 November 2026
  5. Nippon India ETF Nifty 50 BeES (NIFTYBEES.NS), total return net of fees · Yahoo Finance · Nov 14, 2026
  6. Fund page: Invesco India Small Cap Fund Direct Growth · Yahoo Finance
  7. Fund page: Bank of India Manufacturing & Infra Direct Plan Growth · Yahoo Finance
  8. Fund page: Quant ELSS Tax Saver Payout of Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option Option Direct Plan · Yahoo Finance
  9. Fund page: Nomura Fund Solutions - Nomura Emerging Markets Fund I GBP Dist · Yahoo Finance
  10. Fund page: Fondo Mutuo LarrainVial Enfoque LV · Yahoo Finance
  11. Fund page: Skyline Umbrella Fund ICAV - ARGA Emerging Market Equity Fund A USD Acc · Yahoo Finance
  12. Fund page: Eaton Vance Emerging and Frontier Countries Equity Fund Class I · Yahoo Finance
  13. Monthly exchange rates: USD → INR · data.ecb.europa.eu

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