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UPWK — UPWORK, INC

US Technology Software & IT services equity mkt cap 1.1B
8.61 -0.58% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 7.84 · high 22.11

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Performance

1 day-0.58%
1 week+1.47%
1 month-1.26%
3 months+2.01%
6 months-34.62%
Year to date-56.60%
1 year-39.39%
3 years-38.28%
5 years-79.77%

Technicals

RSI 1437.2
vs 50-day avg-2.48%
vs 200-day avg-35.07%
Volatility 1y61.4%
Max drawdown 1y-64.54%
Avg volume 30d3.9M
Daily bars held1,981
History from2018-10-03

Measured signals that fired on UPWK

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-11Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-07Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-24Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-23Cluster sale: three or more insiders
insider
-0.37% over 21 days · t = -3.38 · n = 21,542
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-30Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-24Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-18Brown Hayden
President & CEO
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan50.0K8.43421.4K
2026-08-18Brown Hayden
President & CEO
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan23.2K8.43195.8K
2026-08-18Gessert Erica
Chief Financial Officer
Open-market sale22.8K8.43192.5K
2026-08-18Kappus Anthony Ray
GM & Chief Operating Officer
Open-market sale2.0K8.4316.5K
2026-08-18Gessert Erica
Chief Financial Officer
Option exercise37.5K
2026-08-18Gessert Erica
Chief Financial Officer
Option exercise8.5K
2026-08-18Brown Hayden
President & CEO
Option exercise 10b5-1 plan13.6K
2026-08-18Kappus Anthony Ray
GM & Chief Operating Officer
Option exercise5.1K
2026-08-18Brown Hayden
President & CEO
Option exercise 10b5-1 plan18.3K
2026-08-18Brown Hayden
President & CEO
Option exercise 10b5-1 plan14.8K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.206.7M18.9M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC85.2M7.8M
Ancient Art, L.P.65.3M6.0M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC61.5M5.6M
STATE STREET CORP56.2M5.1M
Capital International Investors51.8M4.7M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP40.7M3.7M
Boston Partners34.6M3.2M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC34.5M3.1M
FMR LLC33.7M3.1M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d53.4% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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