Upwork (UPWK) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UPWK or RAMP?

Upwork received 54 more outperform votes than LiveRamp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.21% of users gave LiveRamp an outperform vote while only 57.33% of users gave Upwork an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Upwork	Outperform Votes 219 57.33%	Underperform Votes 163 42.67%
LiveRamp	Outperform Votes 165 70.21%	Underperform Votes 70 29.79%

Is UPWK or RAMP more profitable?

Upwork has a net margin of 11.26% compared to LiveRamp's net margin of 0.40%. Upwork's return on equity of 22.84% beat LiveRamp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Upwork	11.26%	22.84%	8.35%
LiveRamp	0.40%	1.25%	0.98%

Do analysts rate UPWK or RAMP?

Upwork currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.56%. LiveRamp has a consensus target price of $41.14, suggesting a potential upside of 40.47%. Given LiveRamp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LiveRamp is more favorable than Upwork.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Upwork	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
LiveRamp	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media prefer UPWK or RAMP?

In the previous week, Upwork had 7 more articles in the media than LiveRamp. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Upwork and 8 mentions for LiveRamp. LiveRamp's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Upwork's score of 0.36 indicating that LiveRamp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in UPWK or RAMP?

77.7% of Upwork shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of LiveRamp shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Upwork shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of LiveRamp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, UPWK or RAMP?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Upwork	$761.78M	2.63	$46.89M	$0.63	23.76
LiveRamp	$659.66M	2.90	$11.88M	$0.05	585.92

Which has more volatility & risk, UPWK or RAMP?

Upwork has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LiveRamp has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Upwork beats LiveRamp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.