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Upwork (Upwork) Operating Income : $26.8 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Upwork Operating Income?

Upwork's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $13.0 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $26.8 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Upwork's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $13.0 Mil. Upwork's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $190.9 Mil. Therefore, Upwork's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 6.83%.

Good Sign:

Upwork Inc operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

Upwork's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 5.50% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Upwork's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 19.52%. Upwork's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 57.71%.


Upwork Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Upwork's Operating Income can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Upwork Operating Income Chart

Upwork Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Operating Income
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -18.73 -22.41 -54.22 -92.62 -11.26

Upwork Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Upwork Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $26.8 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Upwork  (NAS:UPWK) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Upwork's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2024 ))/ count )
=52.196 * ( 1 - 6.72% )/( (244.473 + 254.492)/ 2 )
=48.6884288/249.4825
=19.52 %

where

Invested Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=1037.541 - 242.97 - ( 550.098 - max(0, 293.003 - 883.371+550.098))
=244.473

Invested Capital(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=1000.819 - 255.721 - ( 490.606 - max(0, 289.492 - 848.019+490.606))
=254.492

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Upwork's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Dec. 2023  Q: Mar. 2024
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=52.196/( ( (31.473 + max(45.957, 0)) + (30.614 + max(72.839, 0)) )/ 2 )
=52.196/( ( 77.43 + 103.453 )/ 2 )
=52.196/90.4415
=57.71 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(103.061 + 0 + 230.212) - (242.97 + 17.361 + 26.985)
=45.957

Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(114.403 + 0 + 243.01) - (255.721 + 13.957 + 14.896)
=72.839

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Upwork's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=13.049/190.937
=6.83 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.


Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.


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Upwork (Upwork) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
475 Brannan Street, Suite 430, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94107
Upwork Inc is a United States-based company that operates an online marketplace that enables businesses to find and work with highly-skilled independent professionals. The develops platform for hiring and freelancing purposes. Its products offering include Upwork Basic, Upwork Plus, Upwork Business, Upwork Enterprise, and Upwork Payroll. The business generates revenue from Talent and Clients across the USA, India, the Philippines and the rest of the world. Substantial income is derived from providing services to Clients.
Executives
Olivier Marie officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O UPWORK, INC., 475 BRANNAN STREET SUITE 430, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Hayden Brown director, officer: President & CEO C/O UPWORK INC., 441 LOGUE AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Gary Steele director C/O PROOFPOINT, INC., 892 ROSS DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Erica Gessert officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O UPWORK INC., 475 BRANNAN STREET, SUITE 430, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Jeff Mccombs officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O UPWORK INC., 2625 AUGUSTINE DRIVE, SUITE 601, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Eric Gilpin officer: Senior VP, Sales C/O UPWORK INC., 2625 AUGUSTINE DRIVE, SUITE 601, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Leela Srinivasan director C/O UPWORK, INC., 441 LOGUE AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Kevin Harvey director 2480 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Thomas Layton director, other: Chairman C/O TICKETMASTER ONLINE CITYSEARCH INC, 790 E COLORADO BLVD STE 200, PASADENA CA 91101
Elizabeth A Nelson director MACROMEDIA/ 600 TOWNSEND ST, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Anilu Vazquez-ubarri director C/O UPWORK INC., 2625 AUGUSTINE DRIVE, SUITE 601, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Gregory C. Gretsch director C/O RESPONSYS, INC., 900 CHERRY AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR, SAN BRUNO CA 94066
Brian K Kinion officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O MARKETO INC., 901 MARINERS ISLAND BLVD., SUITE 500, SAN MATEO CA 94404
Stephane Kasriel director C/O UPWORK INC., 441 LOGUE AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Han-shen Yuan officer: SVP, Engineering C/O UPWORK INC., 441 LOGUE AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043