diff --git a/sao/src/model.js b/sao/src/model.js
index 6d0ac60a09..df6926c6c8 100644
--- a/sao/src/model.js
+++ b/sao/src/model.js
@@ -2062,12 +2062,23 @@
         },
         apply_factor: function(record, value, factor) {
             if (value !== null) {
+                // The default precision is the one used by value (before
+                // applying the factor), per the ecmascript specification
+                // it's the shortest representation of said value.
+                // Once the factor is applied the number might become even
+                // more inexact thus we should rely on the initial
+                // precision + the effect factor will have
+                // https://tc39.es/ecma262/multipage/ecmascript-data-types-and-values.html#sec-numeric-types-number-tostring
+                let default_precision = (value.toString().split('.')[1] || '').length;
+                default_precision += Math.ceil(Math.log10(factor));
                 value /= factor;
                 var digits = this.digits(record);
                 if (digits && (digits[1] !== null)) {
                     // Round to avoid float precision error
                     // after the division by factor
                     value = value.toFixed(digits[1]);
+                } else {
+                    value = value.toFixed(default_precision);
                 }
                 value = this.convert(value);
             }
diff --git a/tryton/tryton/gui/window/view_form/model/field.py b/tryton/tryton/gui/window/view_form/model/field.py
index 0312a2c865..36abd46c47 100644
--- a/tryton/tryton/gui/window/view_form/model/field.py
+++ b/tryton/tryton/gui/window/view_form/model/field.py
@@ -459,10 +459,20 @@ class FloatField(Field):
 
     def apply_factor(self, record, value, factor):
         if value is not None:
+            # The default precision is the one used by value (before
+            # applying the factor), as python uses the shortest representation
+            # of said value.
+            # Once the factor is applied the number might become even
+            # more inexact thus we should rely on the initial
+            # precision + the effect factor will have
+            default_precision = len((str(value).split('.', 2) + [''])[1])
+            default_precision += math.ceil(math.log10(factor))
             value /= factor
             digits = self.digits(record)
             if digits:
                 value = round(value, digits[1])
+            else:
+                value = round(value, default_precision)
             value = self.convert(value)
         return value