Upwork (UPWK) Competitors

WillScot Mobile Mini (NASDAQ:WSC) and Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, WSC or UPWK?

WillScot Mobile Mini has higher revenue and earnings than Upwork. Upwork is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WillScot Mobile Mini, 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
WillScot Mobile Mini	$2.36B	2.76	$476.46M	$0.11	320.67
Upwork	$769.33M	2.75	$215.59M	$1.53	10.22

Which has more risk & volatility, WSC or UPWK?

WillScot Mobile Mini has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upwork has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WSC or UPWK?

95.8% of WillScot Mobile Mini shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Upwork shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of WillScot Mobile Mini shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Upwork shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor WSC or UPWK?

In the previous week, Upwork had 4 more articles in the media than WillScot Mobile Mini. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Upwork and 21 mentions for WillScot Mobile Mini. WillScot Mobile Mini's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Upwork's score of 0.31 indicating that WillScot Mobile Mini is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WillScot Mobile Mini	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Upwork	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is WSC or UPWK more profitable?

Upwork has a net margin of 28.02% compared to WillScot Mobile Mini's net margin of 1.05%. Upwork's return on equity of 50.83% beat WillScot Mobile Mini's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WillScot Mobile Mini	1.05%	23.97%	4.75%
Upwork	28.02%	50.83%	20.13%

Do analysts recommend WSC or UPWK?

WillScot Mobile Mini presently has a consensus target price of $44.22, indicating a potential upside of 25.38%. Upwork has a consensus target price of $18.91, indicating a potential upside of 20.98%. Given WillScot Mobile Mini's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe WillScot Mobile Mini is more favorable than Upwork.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WillScot Mobile Mini	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Upwork	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WSC or UPWK?

Upwork received 10 more outperform votes than WillScot Mobile Mini when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.67% of users gave WillScot Mobile Mini an outperform vote while only 57.29% of users gave Upwork an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WillScot Mobile Mini	Outperform Votes 214 61.67%	Underperform Votes 133 38.33%
Upwork	Outperform Votes 224 57.29%	Underperform Votes 167 42.71%

Summary

Upwork beats WillScot Mobile Mini on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.