Market Watchers Note Activity: Social media chatter around Upwork has highlighted traders adding the stock to buy lists alongside other value names. Participants expect potential safety flows into lower-priced equities. Discussions remain measured without major catalysts.
AI Comparisons Surface: Some users draw parallels between Upwork and emerging AI agent platforms, suggesting shifts in how freelance work could evolve. These comments appear alongside references to past earnings that supported earlier valuation views. Overall tone stays observational.
Note: This discussion summary was generated from an AI condensation of post data.
Upwork Insider Trading Activity
Upwork insiders have traded $UPWK stock on the open market 17 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 17 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $UPWK stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- HAYDEN BROWN (President & CEO) has made 0 purchases and 6 sales selling 242,911 shares for an estimated $2,806,382.
- ERICA GESSERT (Chief Financial Officer) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 66,901 shares for an estimated $743,850.
- DAVE BOTTOMS (GM, Marketplace) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 51,237 shares for an estimated $669,212.
- SABRINA MEKHALFA (Chief Accounting Officer) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 2,758 shares for an estimated $28,647.
- ANTHONY RAY KAPPUS (GM & Chief Operating Officer) sold 1,905 shares for an estimated $16,503
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard. You can access data on insider stock transactions through the Quiver Quantitative API insider transaction endpoint.
Upwork Revenue
Upwork had revenues of $195.5M in Q1 2026. This is an increase of 1.44% from the same period in the prior year.
You can track UPWK financials on Quiver Quantitative's UPWK stock page.
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Upwork Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 168 institutional investors add shares of Upwork stock to their portfolio, and 182 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- SUMMIT PARTNERS PUBLIC ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC removed 2,025,000 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $22,194,000
- PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ removed 1,795,914 shares (-9.3%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $19,683,217
- MORGAN STANLEY removed 1,579,591 shares (-57.1%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $17,312,317
- CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS added 1,434,698 shares (+43.6%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $15,724,290
- NUVEEN, LLC removed 1,382,939 shares (-78.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $15,157,011
- ANCIENT ART, L.P. added 1,319,095 shares (+28.4%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $14,457,281
- RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC added 1,308,167 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $14,337,510
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint.
Upwork Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $UPWK in the last several months. We have seen 1 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Needham issued a "Buy" rating on 05/08/2026
To track analyst ratings and price targets for Upwork, check out Quiver Quantitative's $UPWK forecast page.
Upwork Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $UPWK recently. We have seen 8 analysts offer price targets for $UPWK in the last 6 months, with a median target of $10.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Ronald Josey from Citigroup set a target price of $10.0 on 05/21/2026
- Brad Erickson from RBC Capital set a target price of $9.0 on 05/11/2026
- Bernie McTernan from Needham set a target price of $15.0 on 05/08/2026
- Joshua Chan from UBS set a target price of $10.0 on 05/08/2026
- Maria Ripps from Canaccord Genuity set a target price of $10.0 on 05/08/2026
- Nat Schindler from Scotiabank set a target price of $10.0 on 05/08/2026
- Rohit Kulkarni from Roth Capital set a target price of $23.0 on 02/10/2026
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