Industrials
Upwork Inc.(UPWK)
Live Price
Offline$8.05
-0.25% today
1Y Change
-35.12%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
- Market Cap
- $1.37B
- Revenue Growth
- +2.4%
- EPS Growth
- -46.0%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Upwork Inc. (UPWK) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $1.37B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $8.05 and down 35.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.4%, EPS growth of -46.0%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.4%, EPS -46.0%, free cash flow +74.3% with operating margin 16.4% and ROIC 9.7%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 11.9 and price/sales 1.7. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines UPWK price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+2.4% vs +3.6% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+16.4% vs +16.9% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
11.9 vs 36.7 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 4, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +2.4% and EPS is at -46.0%, with operating margin around 16.4%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -11.9% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 4, 2026 | โ | -2.0% | -16.3% | -14.6% |
2026 Feb 9, 2026 | -47.8% | -19.1% | -32.1% | -34.1% |
2025 Nov 3, 2025 | -16.0% | +13.2% | +12.6% | +31.3% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
Compare this ticker against a broad index, growth benchmark, or sector ETF using a shared 1Y normalization window.
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Relative to SPY
UPWK Max Drawdown
-63.46%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for UPWK and SPY.
Company Overview
Upwork Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
Upwork Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a work marketplace that connects businesses with various independent professionals and agencies in the United States, India, the Philippines, and internationally. The company's work marketplace provides access to talent with various skills across a range of categories, including sales and marketing, customer service, data science and analytics, design and creative, web, mobile, and software development. Its work marketplace also enables clients to streamline workflows, such as talent sourcing, outreach, and contracting. The company's work marketplace offers access to various functionalities for remote engagements with talent, including communication and collaboration, ability to receive talent invoices through their work marketplace, and payment protection. Its marketplace offerings include Upwork Basic, Upwork Plus, Upwork Enterprise, and Upwork Payroll, as well as managed and internet escrow agency services. The company was formerly known as Elance-oDesk, Inc. and changed its name to Upwork Inc. in May 2015. Upwork Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- Leadership
- Hayden Brown
- IPO Date
- Oct 3, 2018
- Employees
- 600
- Street Address
- 475 Brannan Street
- Mailing
- Palo Alto, CA, 95054
- Region
- Palo Alto, CA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 650 316 7500
- Last Updated
- May 5, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 11.9
- EV/EBITDA
- 8.9
- Price/Sales
- 1.7
- Price/Book
- 2.2
Growth
- Revenue
- +2.4%
- EPS
- -46.0%
- Free Cash Flow
- +74.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 77.8%
- Operating Margin
- 16.4%
- Net Margin
- 14.7%
- ROE
- 18.8%
- ROIC
- 9.7%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.60
- Current Ratio
- 1.46
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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