diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/coverage/metrics/steps/CoverageQualityGateEvaluator.java b/plugin/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/coverage/metrics/steps/CoverageQualityGateEvaluator.java
index 146213f99..082ce4562 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/coverage/metrics/steps/CoverageQualityGateEvaluator.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/coverage/metrics/steps/CoverageQualityGateEvaluator.java
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.math.Fraction;
+
+import edu.hm.hafner.coverage.FractionValue;
+import edu.hm.hafner.coverage.Metric;
+import edu.hm.hafner.coverage.SafeFraction;
+import edu.hm.hafner.coverage.Value;
+
 import io.jenkins.plugins.coverage.metrics.model.CoverageStatistics;
 import io.jenkins.plugins.coverage.metrics.model.ElementFormatter;
 import io.jenkins.plugins.util.QualityGateEvaluator;
@@ -15,10 +22,13 @@
  * @author Johannes Walter
  */
 class CoverageQualityGateEvaluator extends QualityGateEvaluator<CoverageQualityGate> {
+    private static final Fraction HUNDRED = Fraction.getFraction("100.0");
+
     private static final ElementFormatter FORMATTER = new ElementFormatter();
     private final CoverageStatistics statistics;
 
-    CoverageQualityGateEvaluator(final Collection<? extends CoverageQualityGate> qualityGates, final CoverageStatistics statistics) {
+    CoverageQualityGateEvaluator(final Collection<? extends CoverageQualityGate> qualityGates,
+            final CoverageStatistics statistics) {
         super(qualityGates);
 
         this.statistics = statistics;
@@ -29,14 +39,41 @@ protected void evaluate(final CoverageQualityGate qualityGate, final QualityGate
         var baseline = qualityGate.getBaseline();
         var possibleValue = statistics.getValue(baseline, qualityGate.getMetric());
         if (possibleValue.isPresent()) {
-            var actualValue = possibleValue.get();
+            var actualValue = convertActualValue(possibleValue.get());
 
             var status = actualValue.isOutOfValidRange(
                     qualityGate.getThreshold()) ? qualityGate.getStatus() : QualityGateStatus.PASSED;
-            result.add(qualityGate, status, FORMATTER.format(actualValue, Locale.ENGLISH));
+            result.add(qualityGate, status, FORMATTER.format(possibleValue.get(), Locale.ENGLISH));
         }
         else {
             result.add(qualityGate, QualityGateStatus.INACTIVE, "n/a");
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts the actual value to a percentage if necessary. Delta values are internally stored as fractions, but
+     * users expect percentages when they are displayed or used in thresholds.
+     *
+     * @param value
+     *         the actual stored value
+     *
+     * @return the converted value
+     */
+    private Value convertActualValue(final Value value) {
+        var metric = value.getMetric();
+        if (metric.equals(Metric.COMPLEXITY)
+                || metric.equals(Metric.COMPLEXITY_MAXIMUM)
+                || metric.equals(Metric.LOC)) {
+            return value; // ignore integer based metrics
+        }
+        if (value instanceof FractionValue) { // delta percentage
+            return new FractionValue(metric, covertToPercentage((FractionValue) value));
+        }
+
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    private Fraction covertToPercentage(final FractionValue value) {
+        return new SafeFraction(value.getFraction()).multiplyBy(HUNDRED);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/io/jenkins/plugins/coverage/metrics/steps/CoverageQualityGateEvaluatorTest.java b/plugin/src/test/java/io/jenkins/plugins/coverage/metrics/steps/CoverageQualityGateEvaluatorTest.java
index 535616616..9d28b1fd9 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/io/jenkins/plugins/coverage/metrics/steps/CoverageQualityGateEvaluatorTest.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/io/jenkins/plugins/coverage/metrics/steps/CoverageQualityGateEvaluatorTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 
 import edu.hm.hafner.coverage.Metric;
 
@@ -137,6 +139,51 @@ void shouldReportUnstableIfWorseAndSuccessIfBetter() {
                 "-> [Modified files (difference to overall project) - Line Coverage]: ≪Success≫ - (Actual value: +5.00%, Quality gate: 0.00)");
     }
 
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "A quality gate of {0} should not be passed if the coverage drops by 10%")
+    @ValueSource(ints = {8, 1, 0, -1, -8})
+    void shouldHandleNegativeValues(final double minimum) {
+        Collection<CoverageQualityGate> qualityGates = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        qualityGates.add(new CoverageQualityGate(minimum, Metric.FILE, Baseline.PROJECT_DELTA, QualityGateCriticality.UNSTABLE));
+
+        CoverageQualityGateEvaluator evaluator = new CoverageQualityGateEvaluator(qualityGates, createStatistics());
+        QualityGateResult result = evaluator.evaluate();
+
+        assertThat(result).hasOverallStatus(QualityGateStatus.WARNING).isNotSuccessful().isNotInactive().hasMessages(
+                String.format(
+                "-> [Overall project (difference to reference job) - File Coverage]: ≪Unstable≫ - (Actual value: -10.00%%, Quality gate: %.2f)", minimum));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "A quality gate of {0} should be passed if the coverage is at 50%")
+    @ValueSource(ints = {-10, 0, 10, 50})
+    void shouldPassAllThresholds(final double minimum) {
+        Collection<CoverageQualityGate> qualityGates = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        qualityGates.add(new CoverageQualityGate(minimum, Metric.LINE, Baseline.PROJECT, QualityGateCriticality.UNSTABLE));
+
+        CoverageQualityGateEvaluator evaluator = new CoverageQualityGateEvaluator(qualityGates, createStatistics());
+        QualityGateResult result = evaluator.evaluate();
+
+        assertThat(result).hasOverallStatus(QualityGateStatus.PASSED).isSuccessful().isNotInactive().hasMessages(
+                String.format(
+                "-> [Overall project - Line Coverage]: ≪Success≫ - (Actual value: 50.00%%, Quality gate: %.2f)", minimum));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "A quality gate of {0} should not be passed if the coverage is at 50%")
+    @ValueSource(ints = {51, 60, 70, 200})
+    void shouldFailAllThresholds(final double minimum) {
+        Collection<CoverageQualityGate> qualityGates = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        qualityGates.add(new CoverageQualityGate(minimum, Metric.LINE, Baseline.PROJECT, QualityGateCriticality.UNSTABLE));
+
+        CoverageQualityGateEvaluator evaluator = new CoverageQualityGateEvaluator(qualityGates, createStatistics());
+        QualityGateResult result = evaluator.evaluate();
+
+        assertThat(result).hasOverallStatus(QualityGateStatus.WARNING).isNotSuccessful().isNotInactive().hasMessages(
+                String.format(
+                "-> [Overall project - Line Coverage]: ≪Unstable≫ - (Actual value: 50.00%%, Quality gate: %.2f)", minimum));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void shouldReportUnstableIfLargerThanThreshold() {
         Collection<CoverageQualityGate> qualityGates = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -155,7 +202,7 @@ void shouldReportUnstableIfLargerThanThreshold() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    void shouldReportUnstableIfWorseAndSuccessIfBetter2() {
+    void shouldReportUnstableIfWorseAndSuccessIfLargerThanThreshold() {
         Collection<CoverageQualityGate> qualityGates = new ArrayList<>();
 
         var minimum = 0;