Growth Metrics

Upwork (UPWK) Return on Capital Employed (2018 - 2025)

Historic Return on Capital Employed for Upwork (UPWK) over the last 8 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.03%.

  • Upwork's Return on Capital Employed rose 100.0% to 0.03% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.03%, marking a year-over-year increase of 100.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.08% for FY2024, which is 900.0% up from last year.
  • Per Upwork's latest filing, its Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.03% for Q3 2025, which was up 100.0% from 0.02% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Upwork's 5-year Return on Capital Employed high stood at 0.03% for Q3 2025, and its period low was 0.02% during Q1 2023.
  • Over the past 5 years, Upwork's median Return on Capital Employed value was 0.01% (recorded in 2021), while the average stood at 0.0%.
  • In the last 5 years, Upwork's Return on Capital Employed crashed by -100bps in 2021 and then soared by 300bps in 2024.
  • Over the past 5 years, Upwork's Return on Capital Employed (Quarter) stood at 0.02% in 2021, then dropped by -16bps to 0.02% in 2022, then surged by 86bps to 0.0% in 2023, then surged by 627bps to 0.02% in 2024, then surged by 63bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Capital Employed stands at 0.03% for Q3 2025, versus 0.02% for Q2 2025 and 0.02% for Q1 2025.