Erica Gessert, the Chief Financial Officer of $UPWK, sold 19,036 shares of the company on 08-18-2025 for an estimated $263,366. We received data on the trade from a recent SEC filing. This was a sale of approximately 8.3% of their shares of this class of stock. Following this trade, they now own 209,202 shares of this class of $UPWK stock.
$UPWK Insider Trading Activity
$UPWK insiders have traded $UPWK stock on the open market 44 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 44 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $UPWK stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- THOMAS LAYTON has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 500,000 shares for an estimated $8,746,450.
- HAYDEN BROWN (President & CEO) has made 0 purchases and 12 sales selling 324,806 shares for an estimated $4,916,753.
- ELIZABETH A NELSON has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 135,000 shares for an estimated $2,364,091.
- ERICA GESSERT (Chief Financial Officer) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 52,296 shares for an estimated $770,828.
- DAVE BOTTOMS (GM, Marketplace) has made 0 purchases and 9 sales selling 44,592 shares for an estimated $618,823.
- OLIVIER MARIE (Chief Accounting Officer) has made 0 purchases and 12 sales selling 18,029 shares for an estimated $268,790.
- LEELA SRINIVASAN has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 9,834 shares for an estimated $149,748.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
$UPWK Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 150 institutional investors add shares of $UPWK stock to their portfolio, and 167 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- DORSEY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC removed 3,045,142 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $39,739,103
- T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. removed 2,900,436 shares (-62.2%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $38,981,859
- FMR LLC removed 2,326,784 shares (-99.5%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $31,271,976
- PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ removed 1,785,022 shares (-11.8%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $23,990,695
- MORGAN STANLEY added 1,623,488 shares (+52.5%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $21,819,678
- CONTOUR ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC removed 1,506,610 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $19,661,260
- ALLIANZ ASSET MANAGEMENT GMBH removed 1,275,988 shares (-57.0%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $17,149,278
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
$UPWK Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $UPWK in the last several months. We have seen 4 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- JMP Securities issued a "Market Outperform" rating on 05/16/2025
- Needham issued a "Buy" rating on 05/06/2025
- Jefferies issued a "Buy" rating on 04/07/2025
- Citizens Capital Markets issued a "Market Outperform" rating on 03/10/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for $UPWK, check out Quiver Quantitative's $UPWK forecast page.
$UPWK Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $UPWK recently. We have seen 7 analysts offer price targets for $UPWK in the last 6 months, with a median target of $18.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Brad Erickson from RBC Capital set a target price of $18.0 on 06/02/2025
- Matthew Condon from JMP Securities set a target price of $20.0 on 05/16/2025
- Ronald Josey from Citigroup set a target price of $18.0 on 05/06/2025
- Bernie McTernan from Needham set a target price of $19.0 on 05/06/2025
- Brent Thill from Jefferies set a target price of $20.0 on 04/07/2025
- Nat Schindler from Scotiabank set a target price of $15.0 on 03/12/2025
- Andrew Boone from Citizens Capital Markets set a target price of $18.0 on 03/10/2025
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