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$16.44 +0.20 (+1.23%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

UPWK vs. PEGA, BILI, QXO, CARG, DXC, CLVT, RNG, ATHM, LIF, and FIVN

Should you be buying Upwork stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Upwork include Pegasystems (PEGA), Bilibili (BILI), QXO (QXO), CarGurus (CARG), DXC Technology (DXC), Clarivate (CLVT), RingCentral (RNG), Autohome (ATHM), Life360 (LIF), and Five9 (FIVN). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.

Upwork vs.

Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) and Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.

46.9% of Pegasystems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Upwork shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.1% of Pegasystems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Upwork shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Pegasystems received 270 more outperform votes than Upwork when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.15% of users gave Pegasystems an outperform vote while only 57.03% of users gave Upwork an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PegasystemsOutperform Votes
489
60.15%
Underperform Votes
324
39.85%
UpworkOutperform Votes
219
57.03%
Underperform Votes
165
42.97%

Pegasystems has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upwork has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pegasystems$1.48B5.52$67.81M$1.3769.52
Upwork$761.78M2.88$46.89M$0.6326.10

In the previous week, Upwork had 7 more articles in the media than Pegasystems. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Upwork and 11 mentions for Pegasystems. Pegasystems' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Upwork's score of 0.46 indicating that Pegasystems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pegasystems
3 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Upwork
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Upwork has a net margin of 11.26% compared to Pegasystems' net margin of 8.29%. Pegasystems' return on equity of 37.83% beat Upwork's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pegasystems8.29% 37.83% 10.18%
Upwork 11.26%22.84%8.35%

Pegasystems currently has a consensus target price of $89.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.55%. Upwork has a consensus target price of $18.36, suggesting a potential upside of 11.70%. Given Upwork's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Upwork is more favorable than Pegasystems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pegasystems
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Upwork
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Summary

Pegasystems beats Upwork on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UPWK vs. The Competition

MetricUpworkData processing & preparation IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.20B$4.34B$24.25B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A2.86%2.71%4.20%
P/E Ratio26.1032.97270.7417.16
Price / Sales2.881,743.103,157.20115.67
Price / Cash48.6333.4733.6637.88
Price / Book5.876.127.754.78
Net Income$46.89M$44.01M$661.21M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-2.66%-2.73%0.71%-1.21%
1 Month Performance7.03%6.47%6.74%3.09%
1 Year Performance11.31%15.89%22.24%16.48%

Upwork Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UPWK
Upwork
3.4037 of 5 stars
$16.44
+1.2%
$18.36
+11.7%
+11.9%$2.20B$761.78M26.10800Insider Trade
News Coverage
PEGA
Pegasystems
4.6763 of 5 stars
$96.43
+1.9%
$85.90
-10.9%
+93.9%$8.27B$1.43B69.045,406Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
BILI
Bilibili
2.1656 of 5 stars
$19.26
-2.8%
$19.69
+2.2%
+78.1%$7.98B$3.19B-20.958,801
QXO
QXO
1.6416 of 5 stars
$16.58
+2.7%
N/AN/A$6.79B$54.52M-1.77195News Coverage
Positive News
CARG
CarGurus
3.5905 of 5 stars
$38.21
+1.4%
$37.86
-0.9%
+50.9%$3.96B$914.24M-81.891,343Insider Trade
DXC
DXC Technology
2.4309 of 5 stars
$21.42
-0.2%
$20.89
-2.5%
-6.3%$3.88B$13.67B268.28130,000Options Volume
CLVT
Clarivate
3.0701 of 5 stars
$5.39
+5.5%
$7.10
+31.7%
-44.2%$3.83B$2.58B-2.7612,000Buyback Announcement
RNG
RingCentral
4.2849 of 5 stars
$39.85
+2.0%
$41.43
+4.0%
+13.7%$3.60B$2.36B-36.844,084Analyst Forecast
ATHM
Autohome
1.6387 of 5 stars
$27.10
-3.0%
$28.00
+3.3%
-4.7%$3.28B$1.01B13.905,511Positive News
LIF
Life360
1.793 of 5 stars
$43.51
-0.7%
$47.00
+8.0%
N/A$3.25B$342.92M0.00600
FIVN
Five9
4.1982 of 5 stars
$42.73
+1.2%
$57.65
+34.9%
-44.7%$3.21B$910.49M-84.922,684Analyst Forecast
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This page (NASDAQ:UPWK) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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