Upwork Inc (NASDAQ: UPWK) is 31.72% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $8.43 and a high of $18.14 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The UPWK stock was last observed hovering at around $13.07 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -11.0%.
Currently trading at $2.07M, the stock is -9.00% and -9.39% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.01 million and changing 4011717% at the moment leaves the stock -6.58% off its SMA200. UPWK registered -18.47% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -19.60%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $14.711 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $14.26935.
The stock witnessed a -17.82% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.41%, and is -2.91% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.68% over the week and 1.95% over the month.
Upwork Inc (UPWK) has around 600 employees, a market worth around $1.75B and $771.09M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 7.99 and Fwd P/E is 10.27. Profit margin for the company is 30.46%. Distance from 52-week low is 58.22% and -26.52% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (24.39%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 11.43% this year.
Upwork Inc (UPWK) Top Institutional Holders
381.0 institutions hold shares in Upwork Inc (UPWK), with institutional investors hold 98.30% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 134.05M, and float is at 122.00M with Short Float at 9.72%. Institutions hold 90.70% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 16.33 million shares valued at $175.56 million. The investor’s holdings represent 12.425% of the UPWK Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 9.93 million shares valued at $106.72 million to account for 7.5534 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are ANCIENT ART, L.P. which holds 7.34 million shares representing 5.5842% and valued at over $78.9 million, while BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO holds 2.7519 of the shares totaling 3.62 million with a market value of $38.88 million.
Upwork Inc (UPWK) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Marie Olivier, the company’s Chief Accounting Officer. SEC filings show that Marie Olivier sold 1,842 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 23 ’25 at a price of $13.24 per share for a total of $24392.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 2042.0 shares.
Upwork Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jun 20 ’25 that Marie Olivier (Chief Accounting Officer) sold a total of 748 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jun 20 ’25 and was made at $13.24 per share for $9905.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 3884.0 shares of the UPWK stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jun 18 ’25, Marie Olivier (Chief Accounting Officer) disposed off 1,879 shares at an average price of $13.50 for $25376.0. The insider now directly holds 4,632 shares of Upwork Inc (UPWK).
