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UPWK vs. FVRR, AMTM, MARA, LIF, LYFT, WPP, ETSY, SEZL, QBTS, and WSC

Should you be buying Upwork stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Upwork include Fiverr International (FVRR), Amentum (AMTM), Marathon Digital (MARA), Life360 (LIF), Lyft (LYFT), WPP (WPP), Etsy (ETSY), Sezzle (SEZL), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), and WillScot (WSC). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Upwork vs. Its Competitors

Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) and Fiverr International (NYSE:FVRR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Upwork$769.33M2.32$215.59M$1.747.80
Fiverr International$391.48M2.09$18.25M$0.4847.53

Upwork presently has a consensus target price of $18.67, suggesting a potential upside of 37.46%. Fiverr International has a consensus target price of $33.13, suggesting a potential upside of 45.20%. Given Fiverr International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fiverr International is more favorable than Upwork.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Upwork
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Fiverr International
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Upwork has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fiverr International has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Upwork has a net margin of 31.75% compared to Fiverr International's net margin of 4.34%. Upwork's return on equity of 46.56% beat Fiverr International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Upwork31.75% 46.56% 20.95%
Fiverr International 4.34%11.87%4.01%

77.7% of Upwork shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Fiverr International shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of Upwork shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Fiverr International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Upwork had 10 more articles in the media than Fiverr International. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Upwork and 11 mentions for Fiverr International. Upwork's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Fiverr International's score of -0.06 indicating that Upwork is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Upwork
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fiverr International
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Upwork beats Fiverr International on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UPWK vs. The Competition

MetricUpworkINTERNET SERVICES IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.57B$107.73B$29.51B$9.57B
Dividend YieldN/A2.55%3.11%4.18%
P/E Ratio7.8033.1750.8225.14
Price / Sales2.3216.811,588.90103.02
Price / Cash7.1624.9236.7258.58
Price / Book3.163.167.325.59
Net Income$215.59M$4.40B$803.33M$265.48M
7 Day Performance15.57%1.42%1.14%1.22%
1 Month Performance0.59%2.97%-0.74%0.39%
1 Year Performance44.93%35.76%53,045.82%23.47%

Upwork Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UPWK
Upwork
2.8138 of 5 stars
$13.58
+13.6%
$18.67
+37.5%
+29.8%$1.57B$769.33M7.80850Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
FVRR
Fiverr International
3.232 of 5 stars
$21.98
-0.5%
$33.13
+50.7%
+1.6%$787.85M$419.13M45.79790
AMTM
Amentum
0.9825 of 5 stars
$24.46
+1.2%
$25.89
+5.8%
N/A$5.95B$8.39B0.0053,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
MARA
Marathon Digital
4.0121 of 5 stars
$16.04
+3.5%
$24.22
+51.0%
+0.7%$5.94B$656.38M14.459
LIF
Life360
1.9355 of 5 stars
$76.98
+3.5%
$71.00
-7.8%
+159.6%$5.89B$371.48M855.33600Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
LYFT
Lyft
4.3858 of 5 stars
$14.08
+3.4%
$16.98
+20.6%
+56.5%$5.89B$5.96B93.872,934Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
WPP
WPP
2.5579 of 5 stars
$26.62
-0.6%
N/A-40.1%$5.74B$18.84B4.46108,044Gap Down
ETSY
Etsy
3.5881 of 5 stars
$57.31
-2.5%
$56.76
-1.0%
+13.4%$5.68B$2.81B46.222,400Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
SEZL
Sezzle
2.4867 of 5 stars
$156.99
+9.0%
$108.28
-31.0%
+960.6%$5.23B$329.06M53.04540Positive News
Earnings Report
Gap Up
QBTS
D-Wave Quantum
2.2747 of 5 stars
$17.21
+5.1%
$16.70
-3.0%
+2,012.6%$5.03B$21.36M-28.683Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
WSC
WillScot
4.2701 of 5 stars
$25.09
-0.9%
$36.00
+43.5%
-26.3%$4.58B$2.35B41.824,500Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:UPWK) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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