upwork inc. - UPWK

UPWK

Close Chg Chg %
14.47 -0.64 -4.42%

Closed Market

13.83

-0.64 (4.42%)

Volume: 2.03M

Last Updated:

Jun 13, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: upwork inc. - UPWK

UPWK Key Data

Open

$14.24

Day Range

13.71 - 14.40

52 Week Range

8.43 - 18.14

Market Cap

$1.90B

Shares Outstanding

131.59M

Public Float

122.00M

Beta

1.44

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

8.74

EPS

$1.75

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

N/A

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

1.94M

 

UPWK Performance

1 Week
 
-10.19%
 
1 Month
 
-19.78%
 
3 Months
 
9.76%
 
1 Year
 
33.11%
 
5 Years
 
12.99%
 

UPWK Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 11
Full Ratings ➔

About upwork inc. - UPWK

Upwork, Inc. is an online marketplace which engages in the provision of businesses to find, hire, and pay freelancers for short-term and longer-term projects. Its marketplace offerings include Upwork Basic, Upwork Plus, Upwork Business, Upwork Enterprise, and Upwork Payroll. The company was founded by Odysseas Tsatalos and Efstratios Karamanlakis in December 2013 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

UPWK At a Glance

Upwork, Inc.
530 Lytton Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94301
Phone 1-650-316-7500 Revenue 769.33M
Industry Personnel Services Net Income 215.59M
Sector Commercial Services 2024 Sales Growth 11.636%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 600
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UPWK Valuation

P/E Current 8.735
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 10.745
Price to Sales Ratio 3.042
Price to Book Ratio 3.846
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 15.242
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 24.911
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.709
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.177

UPWK Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 1,282,208.333
Income Per Employee 359,310.00
Receivables Turnover 10.191
Total Asset Turnover 0.683

UPWK Liquidity

Current Ratio 3.394
Quick Ratio 3.394
Cash Ratio 2.331

UPWK Profitability

Gross Margin 77.098
Operating Margin 8.58
Pretax Margin 11.754
Net Margin 28.023
Return on Assets 19.135
Return on Equity 45.08
Return on Total Capital 22.826
Return on Invested Capital 25.572

UPWK Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 64.153
Total Debt to Total Capital 39.081
Total Debt to Total Assets 30.36
Long-Term Debt to Equity 63.87
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 38.909
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  • Cash Flow Statement

Annual Financials for Upwork Inc. - UPWK

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
502.80M 618.32M 689.14M 769.33M
Sales Growth
+34.57% +22.98% +11.45% +11.64%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
136.21M 160.40M 170.45M 176.19M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
13.81M 11.14M 12.72M 17.65M
Depreciation
13.11M 11.14M 12.72M 15.55M
Amortization of Intangibles
- - 700.00K 2.10M
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COGS Growth
+27.34% +17.76% +6.26% +3.37%
Gross Income
366.59M 457.92M 518.69M 593.13M
Gross Income Growth
+37.47% +24.91% +13.27% +14.35%
Gross Profit Margin
+72.91% +74.06% +75.27% +77.10%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
420.06M 549.79M 529.15M 527.13M
Research & Development
119.08M 154.55M 177.36M 209.28M
Other SG&A
300.97M 395.24M 351.78M 317.84M
SGA Growth
+45.69% +30.88% -3.75% -0.38%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
1.25M 950.00K (38.65M) 700.00K
EBIT after Unusual Expense
(54.72M) (92.82M) 28.19M 65.31M
Non Operating Income/Expense
779.00K 7.96M 21.69M 27.82M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - 30.70M
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
2.18M 4.48M 1.00M 2.70M
Interest Expense Growth
+180.21% +105.64% -77.69% +170.00%
Gross Interest Expense
2.18M 4.48M 1.00M 2.70M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
(56.12M) (89.35M) 48.88M 90.43M
Pretax Income Growth
-147.03% -59.22% +154.70% +85.01%
Pretax Margin
-11.16% -14.45% +7.09% +11.75%
Income Tax
122.00K 536.00K 1.99M (125.16M)
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
120.00K 494.00K 1.88M 3.99M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
2.00K 42.00K 110.00K 112.00K
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
- - - (129.26M)
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
(56.24M) (89.89M) 46.89M 215.59M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
(56.24M) (89.89M) 46.89M 215.59M
Net Income Growth
-145.94% -59.82% +152.16% +359.80%
Net Margin Growth
-11.19% -14.54% +6.80% +28.02%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
(56.24M) (89.89M) 46.89M 215.59M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
(56.24M) (89.89M) 46.89M 215.59M
EPS (Basic)
-0.4423 -0.6887 0.3479 1.6134
EPS (Basic) Growth
-129.65% -55.71% +150.52% +363.75%
Basic Shares Outstanding
127.16M 130.52M 134.77M 133.62M
EPS (Diluted)
-0.4423 -0.6887 0.0638 1.5216
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-129.65% -55.71% +109.26% +2,284.95%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
127.16M 130.52M 137.26M 143.15M
EBITDA
(39.66M) (80.74M) 2.26M 83.66M
EBITDA Growth
-420.08% -103.57% +102.80% +3,604.87%
EBITDA Margin
-7.89% -13.06% +0.33% +10.87%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 18.90
Number of Ratings 11 Current Quarters Estimate 0.275
FY Report Date 06 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 1.159
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.34 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 1.04 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 1.298
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 8 8 8 8
Mean Estimate 0.28 0.27 1.16 1.30
High Estimates 0.30 0.28 1.20 1.44
Low Estimate 0.26 0.26 1.13 1.17
Coefficient of Variance 3.96 2.90 2.00 7.05

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 6 6 7
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 5 5 4
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Upwork Inc. - UPWK

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Mar 21, 2025 Erica Gessert Chief Financial Officer 155,195 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Olivier Marie Chief Accounting Officer 1,294 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $13.46 per share 17,417.24
Mar 21, 2025 Olivier Marie Chief Accounting Officer 3,881 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $13.07 per share 50,724.67
Mar 21, 2025 Olivier Marie Chief Accounting Officer 5,341 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Olivier Marie Chief Accounting Officer 3,928 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Olivier Marie Chief Accounting Officer 13,174 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Olivier Marie Chief Accounting Officer 11,308 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Olivier Marie Chief Accounting Officer 14,035 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Erica Gessert Chief Financial Officer 101,195 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Dave Bottoms GM, Marketplace 8,980 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Dave Bottoms GM, Marketplace 15,004 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Dave Bottoms GM, Marketplace N/A Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $13.46 per share 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Erica Gessert Chief Financial Officer 165,261 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Erica Gessert Chief Financial Officer 160,945 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $13.07 per share 2,103,551.15
Mar 21, 2025 Hayden Brown President & CEO; Director 458,839 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Hayden Brown President & CEO; Director 212,799 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Hayden Brown President & CEO; Director 1,223,741 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $13.07 per share 15,994,294.87
Mar 21, 2025 Hayden Brown President & CEO; Director 1,232,816 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Dave Bottoms GM, Marketplace 53,880 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Dave Bottoms GM, Marketplace 9,593 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $13.07 per share 125,380.51

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