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$16.89 +0.52 (+3.18%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

UPWK vs. BILI, WSC, QXO, ETSY, LYFT, MARA, TNET, FTDR, CARG, and ALIT

Should you be buying Upwork stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Upwork include Bilibili (BILI), WillScot Mobile Mini (WSC), QXO (QXO), Etsy (ETSY), Lyft (LYFT), MARA (MARA), TriNet Group (TNET), Frontdoor (FTDR), CarGurus (CARG), and Alight (ALIT). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Upwork vs.

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

Bilibili currently has a consensus price target of $19.69, suggesting a potential upside of 12.71%. Upwork has a consensus price target of $18.09, suggesting a potential upside of 7.11%. Given Bilibili's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Bilibili is more favorable than Upwork.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bilibili
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Upwork
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Bilibili has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upwork has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Upwork has a net margin of 11.26% compared to Bilibili's net margin of -10.73%. Upwork's return on equity of 22.84% beat Bilibili's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bilibili-10.73% -15.17% -6.66%
Upwork 11.26%22.84%8.35%

Bilibili received 182 more outperform votes than Upwork when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.72% of users gave Bilibili an outperform vote while only 57.25% of users gave Upwork an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BilibiliOutperform Votes
403
61.72%
Underperform Votes
250
38.28%
UpworkOutperform Votes
221
57.25%
Underperform Votes
165
42.75%

Upwork has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bilibili. Bilibili 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
Bilibili$3.19B2.27-$679.21M-$0.92-18.99
Upwork$689.14M3.28$46.89M$0.6326.81

In the previous week, Upwork had 2 more articles in the media than Bilibili. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Upwork and 7 mentions for Bilibili. Bilibili's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Upwork's score of 0.41 indicating that Bilibili is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

16.1% of Bilibili shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Upwork shares are held by institutional investors. 22.2% of Bilibili shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Upwork shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Upwork beats Bilibili on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UPWK vs. The Competition

MetricUpworkData processing & preparation IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.26B$4.38B$27.12B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A3.00%2.78%4.02%
P/E Ratio26.8133.94237.0817.36
Price / Sales3.287.243,720.9977.11
Price / Cash45.0330.5534.3235.97
Price / Book6.036.128.394.79
Net Income$46.89M$44.77M$669.90M$225.00M
7 Day Performance5.76%3.27%3.14%2.37%
1 Month Performance2.74%4.55%6.35%4.40%
1 Year Performance16.32%19.24%24.32%20.10%

Upwork Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UPWK
Upwork
2.985 of 5 stars
$16.89
+3.2%
$18.09
+7.1%
+16.3%$2.26B$689.14M26.81850Analyst Forecast
BILI
Bilibili
2.7103 of 5 stars
$16.05
+0.5%
$19.69
+22.7%
+85.7%$6.65B$25.45B-17.458,801
WSC
WillScot Mobile Mini
4.4651 of 5 stars
$35.00
+0.0%
$45.50
+30.0%
-14.7%$6.47B$2.41B318.214,500News Coverage
QXO
QXO
1.298 of 5 stars
$15.42
-1.5%
N/AN/A$6.31B$56.84M-1.69195Gap Up
ETSY
Etsy
4.4966 of 5 stars
$53.05
+0.9%
$62.54
+17.9%
-24.8%$5.97B$2.80B27.072,420Short Interest ↓
LYFT
Lyft
4.7832 of 5 stars
$12.92
-0.5%
$17.78
+37.6%
+6.0%$5.36B$5.46B-80.752,945
MARA
MARA
3.6343 of 5 stars
$16.61
-7.0%
$25.80
+55.3%
+23.4%$5.35B$598.75M21.039Options Volume
Gap Up
TNET
TriNet Group
4.2407 of 5 stars
$91.31
+1.6%
$117.00
+28.1%
-22.2%$4.53B$4.97B17.593,600
FTDR
Frontdoor
3.5902 of 5 stars
$55.25
-0.4%
$49.50
-10.4%
+75.6%$4.19B$1.83B18.292,080Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
CARG
CarGurus
3.5819 of 5 stars
$35.50
-0.2%
$37.86
+6.7%
+61.9%$3.68B$888.97M-77.171,200
ALIT
Alight
3.3839 of 5 stars
$6.58
+0.6%
$10.61
+61.3%
-19.9%$3.57B$3.36B-13.7116,000

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This page (NASDAQ:UPWK) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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