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How Upwork Inc. stacks up
UPWK · against 137 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Growth
29/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #94 of 138 · scores higher than 31% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score21 peers with a growth score of 20–29, including UPWK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 29?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Mainly because of its earnings per share growth, which is weaker than most Communication Services peers.
- slower growth in earnings per share: weaker than 90% of peers. Earnings per share growth: -55.9% vs peer median 8.8%
- Revenue growth is close to the peer norm. Revenue growth: 1.9% vs peer median 3.0%
- faster revenue growth over three years: stronger than 65% of peers. 3-year revenue growth: 6.6% vs peer median 3.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = UPWK, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | UPWK | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 140 reported | 1.9% | 1.9% | 50% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 84 reported | -55.9% | 4.8% | 7% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 136 reported | 6.6% | 3.8% | 63% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around UPWK| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15.2B HKD (≈$1.9B) | 99 | 64 | |
| 1 | 17.62T IDR (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 76 | |
| 1 | 1.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 4 | 648M USD | 98 | 26 | |
| 4 | 1.57T ARS (≈$1.6B) | 98 | 74 | |
| 90 | 95.4B JPY (≈$649M) | 33 | 55 | |
| 92 | 2.0B EUR (≈$2.2B) | 31 | 51 | |
| 93 | 8.7B HKD (≈$1.1B) | 30 | 26 | |
| 94 | 767M USD | 29 | 28 | |
| 94 | 1.2B USD | 29 | 56 | |
| 96 | 6.4B ILS (≈$1.7B) | 28 | 53 | |
| 96 | 972M USD | 28 | 35 | |
| 98 | 13.8B CNY (≈$1.9B) | 27 | 42 | |
| 98 | 107.9B INR (≈$1.3B) | 27 | 52 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score