TL;DR: Financial Overview - Revenue, Profits & Key Metrics

Latest Quarterly: Mar 2025

Income Metrics

Revenue 192.7M
Gross Profit 150.9M 78.31%
Operating Income 38.7M 20.08%
Net Income 37.7M 19.58%
EPS (Diluted) $0.27

Balance Sheet Metrics

Total Assets 1.2B
Total Liabilities 645.7M
Shareholders Equity 594.3M
Debt to Equity 1.09

Cash Flow Metrics

Operating Cash Flow 51.1M
Free Cash Flow 30.8M

Revenue & Profitability Trend

Upwork Income Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Revenue i769.3M689.1M618.3M502.8M373.6M
Cost of Goods Sold i174.1M170.4M160.4M135.5M104.3M
Gross Profit i595.2M518.7M457.9M367.3M269.4M
Gross Margin % i77.4%75.3%74.1%73.0%72.1%
Operating Expenses
Research & Development i209.3M177.4M154.6M119.1M83.5M
Selling, General & Administrative i314.0M339.6M370.8M296.4M204.7M
Other Operating Expenses i----3.6M
Total Operating Expenses i523.3M517.0M525.4M415.5M291.8M
Operating Income i65.2M-11.3M-92.6M-54.2M-22.4M
Operating Margin % i8.5%-1.6%-15.0%-10.8%-6.0%
Non-Operating Items
Interest Income i-----
Interest Expense i--4.5M2.2M778.0K
Other Non-Operating Income25.2M60.1M3.3M-1.9M469.0K
Pre-tax Income i90.4M48.9M-89.3M-56.1M-22.7M
Income Tax i-125.2M2.0M536.0K122.0K150.0K
Effective Tax Rate % i-138.4%4.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Net Income i215.6M46.9M-89.9M-56.2M-22.9M
Net Margin % i28.0%6.8%-14.5%-11.2%-6.1%
Key Metrics
EBITDA i82.9M1.5M-81.5M-40.4M-7.9M
EPS (Basic) i$1.61$0.35$-0.69$-0.44$-0.19
EPS (Diluted) i$1.52$0.06$-0.69$-0.44$-0.19
Basic Shares Outstanding i133621000134774000130518000127164000118699000
Diluted Shares Outstanding i133621000134774000130518000127164000118699000

Income Statement Trend

Upwork Balance Sheet From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Assets
Current Assets
Cash & Equivalents i305.8M79.6M129.4M187.2M94.1M
Short-term Investments i316.3M470.5M557.2M497.6M75.6M
Accounts Receivable i75.5M103.1M64.9M66.8M47.0M
Inventory i-----
Other Current Assets17.7M17.8M17.9M17.2M-
Total Current Assets i911.1M883.4M930.9M929.7M360.8M
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment i5.8M4.3M7.6M10.7M19.7M
Goodwill i255.1M239.5M236.4M236.4M237.1M
Intangible Assets i13.0M3.0M--667.0K
Long-term Investments-----
Other Non-Current Assets130.7M1.4M1.5M1.2M1.7M
Total Non-Current Assets i300.6M154.2M149.3M151.4M168.4M
Total Assets i1.2B1.0B1.1B1.1B529.2M
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable i6.1M5.1M7.5M5.0M6.5M
Short-term Debt i1.6M5.7M6.5M6.3M11.3M
Current Portion of Long-term Debt-----
Other Current Liabilities852.0K1.1M2.1M1.0M202.0K
Total Current Liabilities i268.4M293.0M247.7M233.6M198.7M
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-term Debt i367.5M362.2M575.4M578.1M23.6M
Deferred Tax Liabilities i-----
Other Non-Current Liabilities308.0K1.3M8.2M9.9M7.5M
Total Non-Current Liabilities i367.8M363.5M583.7M587.9M31.2M
Total Liabilities i636.2M656.5M831.4M821.5M229.9M
Equity
Common Stock i14.0K14.0K13.0K13.0K12.0K
Retained Earnings i-78.5M-294.1M-340.9M-251.1M-194.8M
Treasury Stock i-----
Other Equity-----
Total Shareholders Equity i575.4M381.1M248.9M259.5M299.3M
Key Metrics
Total Debt i369.1M367.9M581.9M584.4M35.0M
Working Capital i642.6M590.4M683.2M696.0M162.1M

Balance Sheet Composition

Upwork Cash Flow Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Operating Activities
Net Income i215.6M46.9M-89.9M-56.2M-22.9M
Depreciation & Amortization i17.6M12.7M11.1M13.8M14.0M
Stock-Based Compensation i68.4M74.2M75.5M53.6M25.5M
Working Capital Changes i-19.1M-70.6M-18.8M-19.8M-12.0M
Operating Cash Flow i155.1M65.3M-19.1M-7.4M4.7M
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures i-3.5M-692.0K-1.2M-1.0M-6.3M
Acquisitions i-14.3M----
Investment Purchases i-362.3M-709.2M-581.9M-525.3M-107.3M
Investment Sales i528.7M813.8M521.2M102.5M117.5M
Investing Cash Flow i148.5M103.9M-62.0M-423.9M3.9M
Financing Activities
Share Repurchases i-100.0M----
Dividends Paid i-----
Debt Issuance i-00575.0M18.0M
Debt Repayment i000-10.8M-25.6M
Financing Cash Flow i-90.0M-120.4M645.0K525.8M18.7M
Free Cash Flow i139.1M10.9M-2.2M4.7M8.0M
Net Change in Cash i213.6M48.8M-80.4M94.5M27.3M

Cash Flow Trend

Upwork Key Financial Ratios

Valuation Ratios

P/E Ratio (TTM) 8.13
Forward P/E 12.06
Price to Book 3.05
Price to Sales 2.40
PEG Ratio 0.17

Profitability Ratios

Profit Margin 31.75%
Operating Margin 16.71%
Return on Equity 50.61%
Return on Assets 6.86%

Financial Health

Current Ratio 3.36
Debt to Equity 60.93
Beta 1.38

Per Share Data

EPS (TTM) $1.72
Book Value per Share $4.59
Revenue per Share $5.79

Peer Financial Comparison

CompanyMarket CapP/E RatioP/B RatioROEProfit MarginDebt/Equity
upwk1.9B8.133.0550.61%31.75%60.93
Alphabet 2.5T21.706.7934.83%31.12%11.48
Meta Platforms 1.7T27.109.4739.84%39.11%26.76
Webtoon 2.0B-12.441.32-6.76%-7.27%1.73
Yelp 2.0B14.242.6520.13%10.28%4.10
Groupon 1.1B13.9021.94-15.21%-1.89%496.74

Financial data is updated regularly. All figures are in the company's reporting currency.