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Upwork (UPWK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$13.58 +1.63 (+13.64%)
Closing price 08/7/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$13.60 +0.03 (+0.18%)
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About Upwork Stock (NASDAQ:UPWK)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$12.42
$13.76
50-Day Range
$11.75
$15.69
52-Week Range
$8.43
$18.14
Volume
9.24 million shs
Average Volume
2.90 million shs
Market Capitalization
$1.79 billion
P/E Ratio
7.80
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$18.67
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Upwork Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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57th Percentile Overall Score

UPWK MarketRank™: 

Upwork scored higher than 57% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 360th out of 657 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Upwork has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 8 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Upwork has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Upwork's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Upwork are expected to decrease by -4.76% in the coming year, from $0.84 to $0.80 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Upwork is 7.80, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.80.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Upwork is 7.80, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 50.85.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Upwork has a P/B Ratio of 3.16. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    9.78% of the float of Upwork has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Upwork has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.3.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Upwork has recently increased by 496,983.34%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Upwork does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Upwork does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    9.78% of the float of Upwork has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Upwork has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.3.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Upwork has recently increased by 496,983.34%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Upwork has a news sentiment score of 0.89. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 21 news articles for Upwork this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    14 people have searched for UPWK on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 180% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Upwork insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $8,536,163.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 7.50% of the stock of Upwork is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    77.71% of the stock of Upwork is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Upwork's insider trading history.
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UPWK Stock News Headlines

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UPWK Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Upwork's stock was trading at $16.35 at the beginning of the year. Since then, UPWK stock has decreased by 16.9% and is now trading at $13.58.

Upwork Inc. (NASDAQ:UPWK) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 6th. The company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.09. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up .9% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript
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Upwork subsidiaries include Elance Inc, Elance Limited Inc, UPW Holdco Inc., Upwork Escrow Inc, Upwork Global Inc, Upwork Payments Inc., and Upwork Talent Group Inc.

Upwork (UPWK) raised $135 million in an initial public offering on Wednesday, October 3rd 2018. The company issued 12,300,000 shares at $10.00-$12.00 per share. Citigroup, Jefferies and RBC Capital Markets served as the underwriters for the IPO and Stifel and JMP Securities were co-managers.

Upwork's top institutional shareholders include Allianz Asset Management GmbH (0.73%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (0.62%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.39%) and Kestrel Investment Management Corp (0.34%). Insiders that own company stock include Thomas Layton, Hayden Brown, Elizabeth A Nelson, Erica Gessert, Jeff Mccombs, Leela Srinivasan, Gary Steele, Eric Gilpin, Dave Bottoms and Olivier Marie.
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Shares of UPWK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Upwork investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Invesco QQQ (QQQ), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), Netflix (NFLX) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
8/06/2025
Today
8/07/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
INTERNET SERVICES
Sub-Industry
Business Services
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:UPWK
CIK
1627475
Fax
N/A
Employees
850
Year Founded
2015

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$24.00
Low Price Target
$15.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+37.5%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.67
Research Coverage
12 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$1.74
Trailing P/E Ratio
7.80
Forward P/E Ratio
16.17
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$215.59 million
Net Margins
31.75%
Pretax Margin
15.00%
Return on Equity
46.56%
Return on Assets
20.95%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.60
Current Ratio
3.41
Quick Ratio
3.41

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$769.33 million
Price / Sales
2.32
Cash Flow
$1.90 per share
Price / Cash Flow
7.16
Book Value
$4.30 per share
Price / Book
3.16

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
131,590,000
Free Float
121,721,000
Market Cap
$1.79 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.38

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This page (NASDAQ:UPWK) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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