Sunday, September 20, 2026

Upwork Stock Rises By 15% In The Last 5 Sessions

Upwork Stock Rises By 15% In The Last 5 Sessions

(VIANEWS) - Shares of Upwork (NASDAQ: UPWK) jumped by a staggering 15.53% in 5 sessions from $7.6 at 15.53, to $8.78 at 14:56 EST on Friday, after two consecutive sessions in a row of gains. NASDAQ is rising 0.93% to $13,223.43, following the last session's upward trend.

Upwork's last close was $8.51, 66.03% under its 52-week high of $25.05.

About Upwork

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.

Earnings Per Share

As for profitability, Upwork has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-0.67.

The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is negative -17.83%.

Growth Estimates Quarters

The company's growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 100% and 400%, respectively.

Yearly Top and Bottom Value

Upwork's stock is valued at $8.78 at 14:56 EST, way below its 52-week high of $25.05 and way above its 52-week low of $6.56.

Stock Price Classification

According to the stochastic oscillator, a useful indicator of overbought and oversold conditions, Upwork's stock is considered to be oversold (<=20).

Volatility

Upwork's last week, last month's, and last quarter's current intraday variation average was a positive 2.77%, a negative 0.17%, and a positive 2.64%.

Upwork's highest amplitude of average volatility was 3.89% (last week), 2.78% (last month), and 2.64% (last quarter).

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