SLIDESHOW: Top 10 Cheap Technology Stocks

Upwork Inc. operates a working marketplace, which connects businesses with independent talent. Co.'s independent talent refers to the talent that includes independent professionals and agencies of varying sizes. Co.'s marketplace offerings are designed for clients looking to identify hiring. Its marketplace offerings provide clients with access to independent talent with verified work history on its work marketplace, as well as client feedback. They also receive perks, such as a verified client badge and highlighted job posts. Upwork Payroll is available to clients when they choose to work with talent that they engage through Upwork as employees. More details about Upwork at: http://www.upwork.com. ETFs holding UPWK »

Should Upwork shares be counted among the Top 10 Cheap Technology Stocks? To start, we see that the recent trading price for UPWK stock is $8.43 (as of 10/14/2026). The most recent quarter's (MRQ) earnings result, annualized, was $1.64/share. Looking at the sum total of quarterly earnings across the trailing twelve month (TTM) period, Upwork produced $1.48/share. And taking the median quarterly result across the TTM period, and annualizing it, results in $1.44/share. Comparing these various earnings metrics against the stock price, we end up with a PE ratio of 5.9 for the TTM Median method, 5.1 for price to earnings using MRQ annualized, and 5.7 for current price/TTM earnings. Based on UPWK's history, that recent TTM PE is low relative to the historical average, with the recent PE 73.9% lower than the average (TTM method) of 21.8.