It is Poised to be a Bull Market for Upwork Inc (UPWK)

With 10.16 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.19 million shares. The 52-week range on UPWK shows that it touched its highest point at $18.14 and its lowest point at $8.43 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $18.90. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.41.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of UPWK was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 17.84%, but this was up by 32.43% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 1.03% while six-month performance rose 15.93%. The stock gained 21.02% in the past year, while it has lost -3.85% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for UPWK yields 1.67 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.30. For the next quarter, that number is 0.28. This implies an EPS growth rate of 11.43% for this year and 12.00% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 134.05 million UPWK shares are outstanding with a float of 120.37 million shares on hand for trading.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for UPWK since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.02834 being high and $1.00798 being low. For UPWK, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.01816. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.28 and the low estimate is $0.26. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.27.