Upwork, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Diversified Commercial Services
  • ISIN: US91688F1049
USD
20.08
0.5 (2.55%)
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  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Comparison
Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Upwork, Inc. ?
1
The company has declared Positive results for the last 9 consecutive quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 220.1 MM
  • NET PROFIT(HY) At USD 70.46 MM has Grown at 73.27%
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 50.61%
2
With ROE of 39.52%, it has a attractive valuation with a 3.41 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 17.90%, its profits have risen by 387.7% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0
3
High Institutional Holdings at 100%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
4
Company is among the highest 1% of companies rated by MarketsMojo across all 4,000 stocks
5
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating 17.90% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report
Verdict Report
How much should you hold?
  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Upwork, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Diversified Commercial Services should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Diversified Commercial Services)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Upwork, Inc. for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Upwork, Inc.
21.4%
1.62
52.58%
S&P 500
12.66%
0.61
20.17%
stock-recommendationQuality
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
18.57%
EBIT Growth (5y)
41.03%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
-3.69
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.44
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.93
Tax Ratio
Tax Ratio is Negative%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
7.91%
ROE (avg)
10.66%
stock-recommendationValuation
Valuation Scorecard stock-summary
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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
9
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
3.41
EV to EBIT
19.42
EV to EBITDA
16.10
EV to Capital Employed
5.31
EV to Sales
2.29
PEG Ratio
0.02
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
27.34%
ROE (Latest)
39.52%
stock-recommendationTechnicals
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend
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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

15What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 220.1 MM

NET PROFIT(HY)

At USD 70.46 MM has Grown at 73.27%

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 50.61%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -0.56% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 194.94 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 38.44 MM has Grown at 64.28%

-2What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(9M)

At USD 2 MM has Grown at 42.86%

Here's what is working for Upwork, Inc.
Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 220.1 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 70.46 MM has Grown at 73.27%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 194.94 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 38.44 MM has Grown at 64.28%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -0.56% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation
Highest at USD 6.06 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Upwork, Inc.
Interest
At USD 2 MM has Grown at 42.86%
over previous Semi-Annual period
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)