shares of upwork inc upwk rallied nearly 20 in the aftermarket wednesday after the platform for freelancers narrowed its quarterly loss swinging to an adjusted profit and reported revenue above wall street expectations upwork lost 4 million or 3 cents a share in the second quarter compared with a loss of 238 million or 18 cents a share in the second quarter of 2022 adjusted for onetime items the company earned 10 cents a share revenue grew 7 to 1686 million upwork said analysts polled by factset expected upwork to break even on an adjusted basis and to report revenue of 163 million “our confidence in the longterm growth opportunity for upwork is unwavering” upwork executives said in a letter to shareholders accompanying results “our continued focus as a management team is on innovation cost discipline and identifying the highest returnoninvestment to generate profitable growth and shareholder value” shares of upwork ended the regular trading day down 05