Stock price
$8.49
TTM EPS
$0.80
P/E (TTM)
22.43
Net debt
$82.9M
Beta
0.99
Valuation context
How today's valuation compares to its own 5-year history.
Where today's P/E sits versus its trailing five-year median.
UPWK's P/E sits within ±10% of its trailing 5-year median — broadly in line with its own history.
Scenario calculator
Enter EPS growth and exit P/E per scenario. The chart starts at the current share price (Now) and transitions the P/E from today's trailing multiple toward your Exit P/E over the horizon. Same live price and TTM EPS as the rest of the page.
Base case: with about 50% growth per year and a 22× exit multiple over 5 years, the model lands UPWK near $136.26 — an implied about a 74.2% CAGR.
Your base case implies a $26.91 12-month target. Save it to join the community consensus.
Implied price path (by year)
Paths start at $8.49 (Now); the P/E transitions from today's trailing multiple toward Exit P/E by the horizon year.
At horizon (2031)
| Scenario | Price | Total return | CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear | $98.91 | +1,065.0% | +63.4% |
| Base | $136.26 | +1,504.9% | +74.2% |
| Bull | $197.96 | +2,231.7% | +87.7% |
- Bear$98.91
- Base$136.26
- Bull$197.96
Sensitivity (base case)
Sensitivity grid — sweeps EPS growth and exit P/E around your base inputs. Simple mode only; bear, bull, and Advanced (revenue) paths are not included.
Implied share price at the horizon for each combination: EPS growth in the rows, exit P/E in the columns; other settings stay fixed.
| Row axis: EPS growth. Column axis: exit P/E.Exit P/E →↓ EPS growth | 12× | 17× | 22× | 27× | 32× |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40% | $53 | $75 | $97 | $118 | $140 |
| 45% | $64 | $89 | $115 | $141 | $166 |
| 50% | $76 | $106 | $136 | $167 | $197 |
| 55% | $89 | $125 | $161 | $196 | $232 |
| 60% | $104 | $146 | $188 | $230 | $272 |
Shade depth: darker fill within the same color band means a higher implied price in that cell (across the grid).
Annual diluted EPS
GAAP diluted EPS by fiscal year — use as context for growth assumptions above, not a forecast. Across 10 fiscal years, diluted EPS went from about $-0.50 in 2016 to about $0.83 in 2025.
Diluted EPS year-over-year change
Percent change vs the previous fiscal year. If a fiscal year is missing, the comparison is to the prior available year. Year-over-year EPS change in this window ranged from a high of +347.1% to a low of -45.4%.
Your EPS growth vs next-year analyst consensus
Same basis for every column: one-step implied EPS growth (next-year average estimate vs TTM). Consensus uses 4 EPS estimates. Δ (pts) is your growth minus consensus in percentage points, not "percent of consensus."
Upwork (UPWK) Key Financials
Charts, filings, and peer comparison for every metric
This analysis is for informational purposes only and is not financial advice. Scenario prices and DCF-style figures depend on your assumptions and data from public filings and estimates. They are not forecasts of future returns.
Community price target
Where UPWK forecasters and Wall Street see the stock 12 months out. The community figure is the median saved base-case target across members, shown once at least 5 members have saved one.
Relative valuation
How UPWK trades versus its Industrials peers and its own history. Lower multiples are cheaper; the band marks where each multiple sits between its 5-year low (left) and high (right).
| Multiple | UPWK | Peer median | Sector median | vs own 5-yr range | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (TTM) | 12.9× | 34.9× | 27.8× | 5% | Cheap |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.4× | 24.0× | 16.2× | 0% | Cheap |
| P/S (TTM) | 1.8× | 4.6× | 3.1× | 0% | Cheap |
- P/E (TTM)12.9×Cheap
- EV/EBITDA7.4×Cheap
- P/S (TTM)1.8×Cheap
Peers in the Industrials sector
Compare UPWK against its Industrials peers on the three core multiples. Lower is cheaper; tap a column to rank the peer set. Open any peer's price target page for its full scenario breakdown. Filtered to active common stock, excluding ETFs and funds.
| — | — | — | $2.10T | |
| 34.9× | 24.0× | 4.6× | $419.44B | |
| 34.0× | 27.6× | 6.1× | $350.33B | |
| 35.8× | 18.9× | 2.9× | $247.16B | |
| 71.8× | 25.8× | 1.8× | $172.68B | |
| 19.9× | 13.4× | 5.8× | $161.91B | |
| 37.6× | 20.9× | 3.5× | $155.88B | |
| 34.8× | 27.0× | 4.9× | $151.98B | |
| 35.0× | 25.1× | 3.9× | $139.60B | |
| 28.7× | 19.3× | 1.8× | $124.58B | |
| 61.6× | 41.1× | 8.8× | $116.34B | |
| 32.5× | 23.0× | 5.4× | $113.92B |
- $2.10T
- $419.44B
- $350.33B
- $247.16B
- $172.68B
- $161.91B
- $155.88B
- $151.98B
- $139.60B
- $124.58B
- $116.34B
- $113.92B
About the UPWK price target calculator
The UPWK price target calculator projects a future share price by compounding trailing twelve-month earnings per share at an assumed growth rate and applying an exit P/E multiple at the end of the horizon. The stock currently trades at about $8.49, a P/E of roughly 22.4× on TTM EPS of $0.80.
4 analysts cover UPWK for the next fiscal year, with EPS estimates ranging from $1.50 to $1.59 and a consensus average of $1.55. Versus the latest TTM EPS of about $0.80, that consensus implies roughly 93.3% growth next year. Trailing 3-year EPS history is 56.2% growth per year; the longer 5-year window is not yet reliable for this ticker.
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