UPWK vs. ETWO, SSTK, TASK, CSGS, YY, RAMP, EVTC, CARG, GRVY, and RNG
Should you be buying Upwork stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Upwork include E2open Parent (ETWO), Shutterstock (SSTK), TaskUs (TASK), CSG Systems International (CSGS), JOYY (YY), LiveRamp (RAMP), EVERTEC (EVTC), CarGurus (CARG), Gravity (GRVY), and RingCentral (RNG). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.
E2open Parent (NYSE:ETWO) and Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
Upwork received 196 more outperform votes than E2open Parent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.79% of users gave Upwork an outperform vote while only 31.71% of users gave E2open Parent an outperform vote.
Upwork has a net margin of 6.70% compared to Upwork's net margin of -168.63%. E2open Parent's return on equity of 13.96% beat Upwork's return on equity.
Upwork has higher revenue and earnings than E2open Parent. E2open Parent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Upwork, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
E2open Parent has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upwork has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
E2open Parent presently has a consensus price target of $4.29, suggesting a potential downside of 13.33%. Upwork has a consensus price target of $17.80, suggesting a potential upside of 45.07%. Given E2open Parent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Upwork is more favorable than E2open Parent.
In the previous week, Upwork had 4 more articles in the media than E2open Parent. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Upwork and 2 mentions for E2open Parent. E2open Parent's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Upwork's score of 0.00 indicating that Upwork is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
77.7% of Upwork shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of E2open Parent shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Upwork shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Upwork beats E2open Parent on 17 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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