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Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2027)

202520262027
Price/Earnings ratio
22.2519.718.73
Price/Sales ratio
2.041.861.60
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$0.62$0.7$1.58

Historical Multiples (2016 – 2023)

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-125.16-492.79-47.60-70.33-179.18-77.23-15.1542.74-14.81-70.33
Price/Sales ratio
12.3510.033.743.8910.968.632.202.902.1510.96
Price/Book Value ratio
-67.43-64.773.884.5113.6816.735.475.255.344.51
Price/Cash Flow ratio
645.42-507.8268.951.10K183.20400.87207.7473.62202.97183.20
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
882.62-321.48137.28-75.20512.18924.43-626.77184.36250.66-75.20
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
N/A6.59-0.061.16-6.71-0.58-0.26-0.280.310.31
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
61.94%67.69%67.84%70.67%72.09%73.04%74.05%75.26%74.05%70.67%
Operating Profit Margin
-8.79%-1.54%-4.62%-6.23%-5.99%-10.78%-14.97%-1.63%-14.97%-5.99%
Pretax Profit Margin
-9.87%-2.04%-7.85%-5.53%-6.08%-11.16%-14.45%7.09%-14.45%-6.08%
Net Profit Margin
-9.87%-2.03%-7.85%-5.54%-6.12%-11.18%-14.53%6.80%-14.53%-6.12%
Effective Tax Rate
0.00%0.53%-0.07%-0.16%-0.66%-0.21%-0.59%4.07%-0.59%-0.66%
Return on Assets
-6.50%-1.49%-5.08%-3.73%-4.32%-5.20%-8.32%4.51%-8.32%-4.32%
Return On Equity
53.87%13.14%-8.16%-6.42%-7.63%-21.67%-36.11%12.30%-36.42%-7.63%
Return on Capital Employed
-8.81%-1.94%-4.43%-6.30%-6.78%-6.39%-11.12%-1.51%-11.12%-6.78%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/A2.001.881.81N/AN/AN/A3.751.88
Quick Ratio
1.361.252.001.881.813.973.103.013.031.88
Cash ratio
0.310.181.010.320.470.800.520.270.520.32
Days of Sales Outstanding
56.1955.4332.1436.6245.9348.5138.3054.5838.3036.62
Days of Inventory outstanding
N/AN/A0.000.000.000.00367.40N/AN/A0.00
Operating Cycle
56.1955.4332.1436.6245.9348.51405.7054.589.4445.93
Days of Payables Outstanding
2.152.579.282.6922.5913.4517.1710.84384.572.69
Cash Conversion Cycle
54.0452.8522.8533.9223.3335.05388.5243.74-346.2723.33
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.060.120.060.040.020.510.520.340.760.04
Debt Equity Ratio
-0.56-1.070.090.070.032.162.260.933.340.07
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
-0.86-2.980.060.030.010.680.690.480.690.03
Total Debt to Capitalization
-1.2813.710.080.060.030.680.690.48N/A0.03
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/A-5.74-14.3428.80N/AN/AN/A-20.6628.80
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.18-0.110.570.052.080.010.010.07N/A2.08
Company Equity Multiplier
-8.28-8.771.601.721.764.164.342.724.341.72
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.01-0.010.050.000.050.020.010.030.010.00
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.731.570.50-14.720.350.43-0.330.390.80-14.72
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.18-0.110.570.052.080.010.010.07N/A2.08
Short Term Coverage Ratio
1.05-0.382.420.132.95N/AN/AN/AN/A2.95
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A