Growth Metrics

Upwork (UPWK) Return on Sales (2017 - 2025)

Upwork (UPWK) has 9 years of Return on Sales data on record, last reported at 0.08% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 69.0% year-over-year to 0.08%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.15%, down 13.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.15%, 13.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.08% in Q4 2025 per UPWK's latest filing, down from 0.15% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.77% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 0.18% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.05%, with a median of 0.09% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: surged 67bps in 2024, then tumbled -69bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.16% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 38bps to 0.1% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 192bps to 0.09% in 2023, then surged by 714bps to 0.77% in 2024, then plummeted by -90bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Sales were 0.08% in Q4 2025, 0.15% in Q3 2025, and 0.17% in Q2 2025.