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UPWK · Upwork, Inc · Short Interest

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$8.75 +0.23 (+2.70%) At close · Oct 20
Market Cap
$1.08B
Shares
124.90M
Volume · Oct 20 2.45M Avg daily vol (3M) 3.05M

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported twice monthly. Days to cover is the reported short position divided by average daily volume.

UPWK Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 17,531,618 UPWK shares sold short as of the September 30, 2026 settlement date, a decrease of 345,016 shares. Days to cover was 6.83 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

Official FINRA short-interest data · share counts are restated for subsequent splits of this listing

UPWK Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 18,003,928 shares sold short for the October 15, 2026 settlement, +2.7% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 16,270,067 to 19,934,096 shares. This model prediction uses FINRA data through October 15, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected October 26, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Oct 15 short interest

as of Oct 15 Medium confidence 58% chance it rises
18,003,928 +2.7% vs reported
Likely range 16,270,067 to 19,934,096 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Oct 26. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
70/100
Short interest 14.0% of shares — P94 Days to cover 6.8 — P82 Price vs VWAP -0.2% — P71 Short-volume trend -10.9% — P17 Short interest change -1.9% — P41 Worst FTD 0.08% of shares — P81

Positioning score 70.0 + catalyst boost 0 (total capped at 100). This is a screening index, not a probability of a squeeze.

Method and coverage limits

Factor percentiles compare eligible primary operating-company stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-09-30). The weighted mean uses short interest 30%, days to cover 20%, price vs VWAP 15%, short-volume trend 15%, short-interest change 10%, and fails-to-deliver 10%. Missing factors redistribute their weight; incomplete coverage is not evidence of low risk. Price, volume, and earnings boosts add 10 each, capped at 20.

Shares outstanding are not free float. Borrow fees, utilization, lendable supply, recalls, and dealer inventory are not measured. Short-sale volume does not measure the change in open shorts; fails to deliver are not a borrow-cost measurement; price vs VWAP does not establish short sellers' entry prices. Earnings can move prices in either direction.

The weights are judgment-based, not calibrated to future squeeze outcomes. The separate options assessment below does not change this universe ranking.

Options positioning & squeeze sensitivity

Nearest expiration after today within 30 calendar days; same-day expirations and later maturities are excluded.

Open interest is incomplete, stale, or dated inconsistently; positioning totals are unavailable.

Open interest has both a buyer and a seller; it does not reveal dealer hedge direction. Gross gamma sums both calls and puts without netting and uses a local 1% price-change approximation. It measures sensitivity, not predicted buying or a squeeze probability.

Assessment prepared 2026-10-21 09:18 UTC. Options model values may come from a cached snapshot; their original computation time is not supplied. Open interest has its own effective date.

Short Interest History

Settlement Date Current Position Previous Position Change Days to Cover
2026-10-30 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Nov 10
— — — —
2026-10-15 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Oct 26
— — — —
2026-09-30 17,531,618 17,876,634 -345,016 6.83
2026-09-15 17,876,634 19,350,191 -1,473,557 6.11
2026-08-31 19,350,191 19,183,052 +167,139 8.30
2026-08-14 19,183,052 22,888,926 -3,705,874 3.55
2026-07-31 22,888,926 25,619,592 -2,730,666 6.75
2026-07-15 25,619,592 25,025,506 +594,086 9.24
2026-06-30 25,025,506 23,770,824 +1,254,682 6.89
2026-06-15 23,770,824 22,818,120 +952,704 7.52
2026-05-29 22,818,120 22,536,496 +281,624 6.27
2026-05-15 22,536,496 25,861,408 -3,324,912 3.07
2026-04-30 25,861,408 23,930,116 +1,931,292 8.76
2026-04-15 23,930,116 22,445,327 +1,484,789 8.20
2026-03-31 22,445,327 19,590,708 +2,854,619 6.53
2026-03-13 19,590,708 21,189,130 -1,598,422 6.44
2026-02-27 21,189,130 19,458,544 +1,730,586 5.34
2026-02-13 19,458,544 21,416,635 -1,958,091 2.87
2026-01-30 21,416,635 20,269,233 +1,147,402 9.57
2026-01-15 20,269,233 18,985,438 +1,283,795 9.49
2025-12-31 18,985,438 21,754,649 -2,769,211 7.97
2025-12-15 21,754,649 22,149,728 -395,079 6.47
2025-11-28 22,149,728 11,573,048 +10,576,680 3.02
2025-11-14 11,573,048 11,567,647 +5,401 2.71
2025-10-31 11,567,647 11,542,762 +24,885 5.61

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