Bringing the fundamentals into focus…
Back to Upwork Inc.
How Upwork Inc. stacks up
UPWK · against 142 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Profitability
79/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #28 of 143 · scores higher than 80% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score12 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including UPWK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 79?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Communication Services peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 70% of peers. Operating margin: 15.1% vs peer median 8.2%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 81% of peers. Return on invested capital: 18.9% vs peer median 6.0%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 84% of peers. Return on assets: 8.0% vs peer median 2.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 130 reported | 18.9% | 5.2% | 82% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 141 reported | 15.1% | 7.3% | 81% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 139 reported | 8.0% | 2.4% | 82% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 131 reported | 16.7% | 5.3% | 82% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 144 reported | 77.2% | 41.6% | 84% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around UPWK| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67.5B INR (≈$811M) | 100 | 35 | |
| 2 | 6.3B SEK (≈$635M) | 97 | 66 | |
| 2 | 1.1B EUR (≈$1.2B) | 97 | 61 | |
| 4 | 598M CHF (≈$688M) | 96 | 59 | |
| 4 | 1.0B USD | 96 | 87 | |
| 24 | 22.33T IDR (≈$1.4B) | 82 | 50 | |
| 26 | 1.5B USD | 81 | 79 | |
| 27 | 11.4B CNY (≈$1.6B) | 80 | 68 | |
| 28 | 9.6B SEK (≈$963M) | 79 | 62 | |
| 28 | 1.2B USD | 79 | 56 | |
| 30 | 17.2B HKD (≈$2.2B) | 78 | 60 | |
| 31 | 2.2B CAD (≈$1.6B) | 77 | 56 | |
| 32 | 73.7B INR (≈$884M) | 76 | 70 | |
| 32 | 1.9B USD | 76 | 79 |
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