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Upwork Inc.

UPWK·NASDAQ·Technology·CIK 0001627475

Upwork Inc. connects businesses with global, AI-enabled talent across various on-demand work types, including freelance, agency, fractional, and payrolled. The company operates a portfolio of platforms and workforce solutions. Key offerings include the Upwork Marketplace, a human and AI-powered work marketplace that connects businesses with highly skilled independent talent worldwide. Additionally, Lifted, a wholly owned subsidiary, provides a solution for enterprise organizations to source, contract, manage, and pay talent across the full spectrum of contingent work. Upwork's customers are defined as talent, who deliver services through the platforms, and clients, who seek and engage with talent. Talent includes independent professionals and agencies of varying sizes, while clients range from small businesses and entrepreneurs to large enterprises, including Fortune 100 companies. The company measures economic activity using Gross Services Volume (GSV), which represents the total dollar value transacted through all Upwork platforms and workforce solutions, including client spend for talent services. GSV also encompasses other client and talent value-added services such as AI-based solutions, purchases of Connects (virtual tokens for bidding on projects and purchasing ads on the Upwork Marketplace), payment processing, memberships, and currency services. With customers in over 180 countries, Upwork's platforms and workforce solutions enabled $4.0 billion of GSV for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Upwork Inc. (NASDAQ:UPWK) is a publicly traded company in the Technology sector. Wiseek has independently scored 16 items for UPWK at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-11, rated 8/10. Across its 16 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 9 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for UPWK spans 10-Q, 8-K, DEF 14A, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Upwork Slashes 2026 Profit and Revenue Outlook, Shares Tumble 12%
  • Upwork Posts Q2 EPS of 20c, Topping Expectations
  • Upwork Q2 Revenue Slips 2%, Net Income Drops 22% Amid Restructuring; Guides Q3 Revenue $190M-$200M
  • Upwork Q2 Revenue Dips 2% to $191.7M, Guides Q3 Below Consensus; Restructuring Costs Hit Margins
  • Upwork CFO Takes Medical Leave, CEO Steps In as Interim Finance Chief

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$787.78M
Net Income
$115.42M
Diluted EPS
$0.84
Op. Cash Flow
$248.26M
Free Cash Flow
$242.47M
Gross Profit
$613.03M
Operating Income
$129.31M
Cash & Equivalents
$294.36M
Total Debt
$359.77M
Debt / Equity
0.57×
Net Margin
14.7%
Shares Outstanding
130.55M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-12 · accession 0001627475-26-000012

Short Interest & Short Volume

6.11 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 17,876,634 shares in UPWK as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 7.6% decrease from the prior period — about 6.1 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 60.8% of UPWK volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)17,876,634 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 7.6%
Days to cover6.11 at avg daily volume of 2,925,405
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)60.8% of 777,906 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume61.6%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$8.17 +0.12% today
52-week range · as of 2026-08-10 $7.44 – $22.84
Market cap
$1.01B
Volume
2.2M (0.8× avg)
3-mo avg 2.6M
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UPWK
Aug 11, 2026, 1:07 PM EDT
Source: Benzinga
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $8.54
Real-time Price: $8.17 info
Change: -$0.365 (-4%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
UPWK
Aug 10, 2026, 5:08 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $7.92
Real-time Price: $8.17 info
Change: +$0.250 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
UPWK
Aug 10, 2026, 4:50 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $7.96
Real-time Price: $8.17 info
Change: +$0.210 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
UPWK
Aug 10, 2026, 4:45 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $8.47
Real-time Price: $8.17 info
Change: -$0.300 (-4%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
UPWK
Jul 16, 2026, 5:53 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $9.54
Real-time Price: $8.17 info
Change: -$1.37 (-14%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
UPWK
Jun 23, 2026, 4:53 PM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $8.23
Real-time Price: $8.17 info
Change: -$0.060 (-0.73%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
UPWK
Jun 23, 2026, 4:45 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $8.23
Real-time Price: $8.17 info
Change: -$0.060 (-0.73%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
UPWK
Jun 05, 2026, 9:27 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $8.78
Real-time Price: $8.17 info
Change: -$0.610 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
UPWK
Jun 05, 2026, 9:08 AM EDT
Source: GlobeNewswire
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $8.79
Real-time Price: $8.17 info
Change: -$0.620 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
UPWK
May 07, 2026, 4:42 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $8.69
Real-time Price: $8.17 info
Change: -$0.520 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
UPWK
May 07, 2026, 4:36 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $8.75
Real-time Price: $8.17 info
Change: -$0.5822 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
UPWK
May 07, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $8.89
Real-time Price: $8.17 info
Change: -$0.720 (-8%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
UPWK
Apr 23, 2026, 9:02 AM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $11.25
Real-time Price: $8.17 info
Change: -$3.08 (-27%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
UPWK
Feb 18, 2026, 7:11 AM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $13.60
Real-time Price: $8.17 info
Change: -$5.43 (-40%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
UPWK
Feb 12, 2026, 6:11 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $13.15
Real-time Price: $8.17 info
Change: -$4.98 (-38%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
UPWK
Feb 09, 2026, 4:06 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $15.17
Real-time Price: $8.17 info
Change: -$7.00 (-46%) info
Market Cap: $1.005B info
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