The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Upwork Inc shares valued at $5,344,528 were purchased by HAYDEN LARSON BROWN on Nov 26 ’25. At $19.43 per share, HAYDEN LARSON BROWN acquired 275,000 shares.
Also, HAYDEN LARSON BROWN purchased 75,000 shares, netting a total of over 1,483,335 in proceeds.
Before that, Brown Hayden had sold 60,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,092,114, the President & CEO traded Upwork Inc shares for $18.20 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 60,000 shares, worth approximately $20.52 million.
As published in a research note from UBS on October 28, 2025, Upwork Inc [UPWK] has been rated up from a Neutral to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $21. Analysts at BTIG Research downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early April. As of March 12, 2025, Scotiabank has initiated its “Sector perform” rating for UPWK.
Analyzing UPWK Stock Performance
On last trading session, Upwork Inc [NASDAQ: UPWK] plunged -0.56% to $19.58. The stock’s lowest price that day was $19.05, but it reached a high of $19.9 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 7.82%. Over the course of the year, Upwork Inc shares have jumped approximately 22.22%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $20.54 on 09/24/25 and a 52-week low of $11.13 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Upwork Inc (UPWK)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 19.12, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 18.66. In the upper region, resistance lies at 19.97. The next price resistance is at 20.36. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 62.84 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Upwork Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Upwork Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-11-14 jumping by 30286.0 shares to 11.57 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-10-15 was 11.54 million shares. A jump of 0.26% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.9 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.9.
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In terms of Upwork Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 23 in the next 12 months, up nearly 16.81% from the previous closing price of $19.69. Analysts anticipate Upwork Inc stock to reach 25 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 17. In spite of this, 10 analysts ranked Upwork Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On May 02, 2024, BTIG Research assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $16.
