Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER – Get Free Report) and Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Uber Technologies and Upwork’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Uber Technologies | 15.91% | 41.40% | 18.21% |
| Upwork | 13.81% | 17.92% | 8.54% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Uber Technologies and Upwork, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Uber Technologies | 3 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 2.70 |
| Upwork | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2.23 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
80.2% of Uber Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Upwork shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Uber Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Upwork shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Uber Technologies and Upwork”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Uber Technologies | $52.02 billion | 2.81 | $10.05 billion | $4.01 | 17.88 |
| Upwork | $787.78 million | 1.41 | $115.43 million | $0.81 | 11.09 |
Uber Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Upwork. Upwork is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Uber Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Uber Technologies has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upwork has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Uber Technologies beats Upwork on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Uber Technologies
Uber Technologies, Inc. develops and operates proprietary technology applications in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia excluding China and Southeast Asia. It operates through three segments: Mobility, Delivery, and Freight. The Mobility segment connects consumers with a range of transportation modalities, such as ridesharing, carsharing, micromobility, rentals, public transit, taxis, and other modalities; and offers riders in a variety of vehicle types, as well as financial partnerships products and advertising services. The Delivery segment allows to search for and discover restaurants to grocery, alcohol, convenience, and other retails; order a meal or other items; and Uber direct, a white-label Delivery-as-a-Service for retailers and restaurants, as well as advertising. The Freight segment manages transportation and logistics network, which connects shippers and carriers in digital marketplace including carriers upfronts, pricing, and shipment booking; and provides on-demand platform to automate logistics end-to-end transactions for small-and medium-sized business to global enterprises. The company was formerly known as Ubercab, Inc. and changed its name to Uber Technologies, Inc. in February 2011. Uber Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
About Upwork
Upwork Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a work marketplace that connects businesses with various independent professionals and agencies in the United States, India, the Philippines, and internationally. The company’s work marketplace provides access to talent with various skills across a range of categories, including administrative support, sales and marketing, design and creative, and customer service, as well as web, mobile, and software development. Its work marketplace also enables clients to streamline workflows, such as talent sourcing, outreach, and contracting. The company’s work marketplace offers access to various functionalities for remote engagements with talent, including communication and collaboration, ability to receive talent invoices through their work marketplace, and payment protection. Its marketplace offerings include Upwork Payroll and Upwork Enterprise, as well as managed and escrow services. The company was formerly known as Elance-oDesk, Inc. and changed its name to Upwork Inc. in May 2015. Upwork Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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