Needham Reiterates Buy Rating on Upwork Inc. (UPWK)
Needham analyst Bernie McTernan reiterated a Buy rating and $25.00 price target on Upwork Inc. (NASDAQ: UPWK).
The analyst comments "We reiterate our Buy rating and $25 PT following 4Q earnings. Overall, our '26E estimates are only changing slightly, but imply a steeper ramp in the second half than we previously anticipated for Marketplace GSV growth and adj. EBITDA. That being said, UPWK appears well positioned to benefit from a variety of growth levers including business plus scaling, higher value clients ramping up spend in the marketplace, the new enterprise platform launching and growth in AI categories, which was $300M of annualized spend in 4Q, growing 50% YoY. We still think there is potentially significant upside in shares if the company is able to execute against its multi-year targets provided at the recent investor day. Our PT is ~10x '27 EBITDA and represents significant upside from where shares are trading in the after hours the night of earnings."
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Shares of Upwork Inc. closed at $18.79 yesterday.
