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$12.73 -0.17 (-1.32%)
As of 04/14/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

UPWK vs. QXO, ETSY, GLOB, WSC, LYFT, AMTM, MARA, RELY, TNET, and STNE

Should you be buying Upwork stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Upwork include QXO (QXO), Etsy (ETSY), Globant (GLOB), WillScot Mobile Mini (WSC), Lyft (LYFT), Amentum (AMTM), MARA (MARA), Remitly Global (RELY), TriNet Group (TNET), and StoneCo (STNE). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Upwork vs.

QXO (NASDAQ:QXO) and Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Upwork received 225 more outperform votes than QXO when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
QXON/AN/A
UpworkOutperform Votes
225
57.11%
Underperform Votes
169
42.89%

QXO has a net margin of 30.08% compared to Upwork's net margin of 28.02%. Upwork's return on equity of 50.83% beat QXO's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
QXO30.08% 1.58% 1.30%
Upwork 28.02%50.83%20.13%

Upwork has a consensus target price of $18.58, suggesting a potential upside of 45.52%. Given Upwork's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Upwork is more favorable than QXO.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
QXO
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Upwork
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

In the previous week, Upwork had 5 more articles in the media than QXO. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Upwork and 8 mentions for QXO. QXO's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Upwork's score of 1.02 indicating that QXO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
QXO
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Upwork
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

58.7% of QXO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Upwork shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.3% of QXO shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Upwork shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Upwork has higher revenue and earnings than QXO. QXO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Upwork, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
QXO$56.87M104.67-$1.07M-$9.78-1.49
Upwork$769.33M2.25$215.59M$1.538.35

QXO has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upwork has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Upwork beats QXO on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UPWK vs. The Competition

MetricUpworkData processing & preparation IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.73B$3.79B$22.37B$7.62B
Dividend YieldN/A4.41%3.01%4.33%
P/E Ratio8.3564.5839.3017.82
Price / Sales2.25678.232,147.0094.32
Price / Cash10.0433.7434.6834.64
Price / Book3.005.835.734.00
Net Income$215.59M$42.75M$738.00M$247.24M
7 Day Performance6.77%7.43%4.39%5.82%
1 Month Performance1.35%-5.21%-5.50%-5.82%
1 Year Performance9.80%3.61%53,099.65%-1.90%

Upwork Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UPWK
Upwork
3.2819 of 5 stars
$12.73
-1.3%
$18.58
+46.0%
+9.5%$1.72B$769.33M8.32850Gap Down
QXO
QXO
1.2252 of 5 stars
$13.52
-3.5%
N/AN/A$5.53B$56.87M-1.48195Short Interest ↑
Positive News
ETSY
Etsy
4.6451 of 5 stars
$43.54
-2.0%
$58.38
+34.1%
-34.9%$4.66B$2.81B18.372,790Analyst Forecast
GLOB
Globant
4.6192 of 5 stars
$102.39
+1.8%
$216.56
+111.5%
-43.8%$4.51B$2.42B27.5227,100Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
WSC
WillScot Mobile Mini
4.0988 of 5 stars
$23.95
+1.3%
$42.00
+75.4%
-40.4%$4.40B$2.40B159.644,500Short Interest ↑
Positive News
LYFT
Lyft
4.4658 of 5 stars
$10.46
-3.6%
$16.66
+59.4%
-42.0%$4.37B$5.79B174.254,420Gap Up
AMTM
Amentum
2.3747 of 5 stars
$16.92
-3.2%
$26.20
+54.9%
N/A$4.12B$9.82B0.0053,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
MARA
MARA
3.3636 of 5 stars
$11.27
-0.3%
$22.80
+102.4%
-19.6%$3.90B$656.38M14.269Gap Up
RELY
Remitly Global
3.9102 of 5 stars
$18.78
+0.6%
$27.25
+45.1%
+6.8%$3.77B$1.26B-98.822,700Positive News
TNET
TriNet Group
4.0244 of 5 stars
$73.66
-0.1%
$105.67
+43.5%
-37.7%$3.65B$5.05B21.543,600Positive News
STNE
StoneCo
4.3254 of 5 stars
$10.62
+0.3%
$14.50
+36.6%
-27.0%$3.28B$12.74B8.2917,091Gap Up
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This page (NASDAQ:UPWK) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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