Upland Software (UPLD)
NASDAQ:UPLD
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Rating:49Neutral
Price Target:
$0.93
▼(-25.40% Downside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:05/07/26
The score is held back mainly by declining revenue, continued net losses, and elevated leverage, despite solid gross margins and positive free cash flow. Technically, the stock shows only modest short-term improvement while the longer-term downtrend persists. Guidance supports further margin improvement, but also signals continued reported revenue contraction and modest organic growth targets, and the Nasdaq bid-price deficiency adds additional risk.
Positive Factors
Recurring SaaS business model
Upland’s subscription-based, modular SaaS model creates durable recurring revenue and predictable cash flows. Modular products enable incremental cross-sell and lower churn via targeted deployments, supporting steady revenue retention and operational leverage over the next several quarters.
Negative Factors
Revenue decline driven by divestitures
Revenue shrinkage from strategic divestitures reduces scale and can compress absolute subscription income. With FY26 guidance implying reported revenue decline, limited scale can slow product investment, weaken sales leverage, and make achieving meaningful organic growth harder.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Recurring SaaS business model
Upland’s subscription-based, modular SaaS model creates durable recurring revenue and predictable cash flows. Modular products enable incremental cross-sell and lower churn via targeted deployments, supporting steady revenue retention and operational leverage over the next several quarters.
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Upland Software (UPLD) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$27.77M
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)145.13K
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)1.67
Revenue Growth-24.58%
EPS Growth59.16%
CountryUS
Employees998
SectorTechnology
Sector Strength88
IndustrySoftware - Application
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-0.70
Shares Outstanding29,363,201
10 Day Avg. Volume148,481
30 Day Avg. Volume145,125
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.02
Price to Book (P/B)0.51
Price to Sales (P/S)0.19
P/FCF Ratio1.67
Enterprise Value/Market Cap8.22
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.13
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit1.49
Enterprise Value/Ebitda7.71
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$3.75Price Target Upside202.42% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering2
EPS Forecast (FY)0.7
Revenue Forecast (FY)$200.10M
Upland Software Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Upland Software, Inc. provides cloud-based enterprise work management software in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and internationally. It offers a family of software applications under the Upland brand in the areas of marketing, sal...
How the Company Makes Money
Upland Software primarily makes money by selling subscriptions to its cloud-based software products (SaaS), typically contracted on a recurring basis (e.g., annual or multi-year agreements) and priced based on factors such as number of users/seats...
Upland Software Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Mar 03, 2026
(Q4-2025)
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Next Earnings Date:Jul 30, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Neutral
The call conveyed a mixed but balanced message: strong margin expansion, solid free cash flow performance, product validation, and a strategic refocus on AI-enabled knowledge and content management are clear positives. However, meaningful revenue declines (primarily from prior divestitures), flat organic growth and disappointing Q4 bookings, and elevated leverage represent tangible near-term challenges. Management provided clear guidance and a leadership transition intended to sharpen AI/product execution, but execution risk remains as the company seeks to convert pipeline into growth.Positive Updates
Strong Q4 Adjusted EBITDA and Margin Expansion
Q4 2025 adjusted EBITDA was $15.3M with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 31%. This represents a material improvement versus the prior-year quarter (up from 22% in Q4 2024, ~+900 basis points) and is part of a multi-year margin expansion trend (management noted margins expanded from ~20% in 2024 to ~27% in 2025).
Negative Updates
Flat Core Organic Growth and Disappointing Q4 Bookings
Core organic growth rate was flat in Q4 2025 (management cited a tough comparison to Q4 2024). Management stated they were 'a little bit disappointed' in Q4 bookings and noted new customer adds were flat year-over-year while majors and expansions were down year-over-year (complicated by divestitures).
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Q4-2025 Updates
Positive
Negative
Strong Q4 Adjusted EBITDA and Margin Expansion
Q4 2025 adjusted EBITDA was $15.3M with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 31%. This represents a material improvement versus the prior-year quarter (up from 22% in Q4 2024, ~+900 basis points) and is part of a multi-year margin expansion trend (management noted margins expanded from ~20% in 2024 to ~27% in 2025).
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Company Guidance
For Q1 (ending 03/31/2026) management guided reported total revenue of $47.0M–$50.0M (subscription & support $44.8M–$47.3M), a 24% year-over-year decline at the midpoint driven primarily by 2025 divestitures, with adjusted EBITDA of $11.9M–$13.4M (midpoint down ~3% y/y) and an adjusted EBITDA margin of 26% at the midpoint (up 500 basis points from 21% in the year-ago quarter). For full-year 2026 they forecast reported total revenue of $194.2M–$206.2M (subscription & support guided at $103.6M–$193.7M), a midpoint decline of 8% y/y, adjusted EBITDA of $52.6M–$58.6M (midpoint down ~4% y/y) and a 28% adjusted EBITDA margin at the midpoint (up 100 bps vs. 27% in 2025); management also reiterated a 2026 core organic growth target of 1%–2%, a free cash flow target around $20M (after generating $24.4M in FCF in 2025), and noted year-end net debt of ~ $290M (cash ~$29M) with 3.6x trailing adjusted EBITDA leverage.Upland Software Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
34
Negative
Balance Sheet
28
Negative
Cash Flow
62
Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 201.91M | 216.88M | 274.79M | 297.85M | 317.30M | 302.02M |
| Gross Profit | 153.27M | 135.27M | 193.70M | 201.49M | 213.56M | 202.56M |
| EBITDA | 29.61M | 48.76M | -46.17M | -91.70M | 15.14M | 18.00M |
| Net Income | -14.29M | -38.90M | -112.73M | -179.87M | -68.41M | -58.21M |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 402.66M | 413.18M | 529.52M | 870.02M | 1.11B | 1.03B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 29.78M | 29.40M | 56.43M | 236.56M | 248.65M | 189.16M |
| Total Debt | 230.28M | 235.19M | 291.96M | 480.62M | 523.13M | 528.65M |
| Total Liabilities | 324.47M | 332.47M | 424.60M | 626.09M | 692.30M | 712.72M |
| Stockholders Equity | 78.19M | 80.71M | 104.92M | 243.93M | 421.16M | 316.29M |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 22.09M | 24.45M | 23.36M | 48.72M | 29.11M | 40.62M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 23.10M | 25.80M | 24.24M | 49.94M | 29.98M | 41.74M |
| Investing Cash Flow | 5.11M | 8.80M | -882.00K | -1.22M | -63.22M | -93.53M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -33.83M | -63.45M | -202.31M | -61.38M | 94.15M | -8.18M |
Upland Software Technical Analysis
Neutral
1.24
Price Trends
0.77
Negative
1.16
Negative
1.69
Negative
Market Momentum
-0.03
Negative
49.48
Neutral
63.77
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For UPLD, the sentiment is Neutral. The current price of 1.24 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 0.65, above the 50-day MA of 0.77, and below the 200-day MA of 1.69, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of -0.03 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 49.48 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 63.77 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Neutral sentiment for UPLD.
Upland Software Risk Analysis
Upland Software disclosed 49 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Upland Software reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Upland Software Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (61)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
61 Neutral | $37.18B | 12.37 | -10.20% | 1.83% | 8.50% | -7.62% | |
52 Neutral | $118.21M | -0.04 | 74.86% | ― | 571.11% | -99.00% | |
51 Neutral | $30.46M | -0.25 | 132.32% | ― | -22.00% | 65.88% | |
50 Neutral | $146.64M | -5.19 | <0.01% | ― | 17.28% | 87.19% | |
49 Neutral | $27.77M | -3.95 | -76.27% | ― | -24.58% | 59.16% | |
45 Neutral | $40.58M | -4.32 | -11.47% | ― | -19.94% | 45.14% | |
44 Neutral | $29.47M | -2.19 | -82.73% | ― | ― | ― |
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Upland Software Corporate Events
Delistings and Listing ChangesRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Upland Software Faces Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Deficiency
Negative
Apr 10, 2026
On April 7, 2026, Upland Software received a notice from Nasdaq that its common stock had closed below the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement for 30 consecutive business days, triggering a deficiency status under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(1). T...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board Changes
Upland Software Announces CEO Transition to Sean Nathaniel
Positive
Feb 25, 2026
Upland Software announced that founder Jack McDonald, who has served as chairman and chief executive officer since establishing the company in 2010, notified the board on February 21, 2026, of his decision to retire as CEO effective April 30, 2026...
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