diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/dashboard-mini-chart.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/dashboard-mini-chart.js.es6
index e8dee7a5b3f..9839e3296fb 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/dashboard-mini-chart.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/components/dashboard-mini-chart.js.es6
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend(AsyncReport, {
   backgroundColor: "rgba(200,220,240,0.3)",
   borderColor: "#08C",
   average: false,
+  percent: false,
   total: 0,
 
   @computed("dataSourceName")
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend(AsyncReport, {
       this.get("startDate").isSame(this.get("endDate"), "day");
 
     report.set("average", this.get("average"));
+    report.set("percent", this.get("percent"));
     this.setProperties({ oneDataPoint, report });
   },
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/report.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/report.js.es6
index 49c2508abb3..853457570d6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/report.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/report.js.es6
@@ -177,8 +177,10 @@ const Report = Discourse.Model.extend({
 
     if (this.get('average')) {
       prev = prev ? prev.toFixed(1) : "0";
-      current += '%';
-      prev += '%';
+      if (this.get('percent')) {
+        current += '%';
+        prev += '%';
+      }
     }
 
     return I18n.t('admin.dashboard.reports.trend_title', {percent: percent, prev: prev, current: current});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/components/dashboard-mini-chart.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/components/dashboard-mini-chart.hbs
index 8f0210f6966..09aa8342539 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/components/dashboard-mini-chart.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/components/dashboard-mini-chart.hbs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <div class="chart-trend {{trend}}">
       {{#if average}}
         <span title="{{report.trendTitle}}">
-          {{report.currentAverage}}%
+          {{report.currentAverage}}{{if percent "%"}}
         </span>
       {{else}}
         <span title="{{report.trendTitle}}">
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/dashboard_next.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/dashboard_next.hbs
index 0751301a620..d6b0660e55f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/dashboard_next.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/dashboard_next.hbs
@@ -38,11 +38,13 @@
       {{dashboard-mini-chart
         dataSourceName="dau_by_mau"
         average=true
+        percent=true
         startDate=startDate
         endDate=endDate}}
 
       {{dashboard-mini-chart
         dataSourceName="daily_engaged_users"
+        average=true
         startDate=startDate
         endDate=endDate}}
 
diff --git a/app/models/report.rb b/app/models/report.rb
index ddb6fe42f80..7f87778f232 100644
--- a/app/models/report.rb
+++ b/app/models/report.rb
@@ -188,7 +188,12 @@ class Report
 
     if report.facets.include?(:prev_period)
       prev_data = UserAction.count_daily_engaged_users(report.start_date - (report.end_date - report.start_date), report.start_date)
-      report.prev_period = prev_data.sum { |k, v| v }
+
+      prev = prev_data.sum { |k, v| v }
+      if prev > 0
+        prev = prev / ((report.end_date - report.start_date) / 1.day)
+      end
+      report.prev_period = prev
     end
 
     data.each do |key, value|