Upstart Holdings, Inc. (UPST) Stock Analysis
Financial Services · Credit Services
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $28.15: Quality below floor (3.7 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.8/10 and A.R:R 2.2:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 32%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
Upstart is an AI lending marketplace facilitating personal loans, auto loans, and HELOCs through 100+ bank and credit union lending partners and institutional investors, with 91% of 2025 loans fully automated. Revenue comes from platform and referral fees; top 3 lending partners... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $28.15: Quality below floor (3.7 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.8/10 and A.R:R 2.2:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 32%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 5.8/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 77d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — Upstart Holdings, Inc.
Latest news
- Upstart Holdings Form 4 Indicates Director Dave Girouard Bought 170,240 Shares At Prices Ranging From $29.37 To $29.76 P — benzinga May 8, 2026 positive
- Why Upstart Stock Is Trading Flat Following Revenue Beat, EPS Miss — benzinga May 7, 2026 neutral
- Piper Sandler Maintains Overweight on Upstart Holdings, Lowers Price Target to $46 — benzinga May 6, 2026 negative
- Needham Maintains Buy on Upstart Holdings, Lowers Price Target to $37 — benzinga May 6, 2026 positive
- Upstart Posts Downbeat Q1 Earnings, Joins Wolfspeed, Arista Networks And Other Big Stocks Moving Lower In Wednesday's Pr — benzinga May 6, 2026 negative
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:22Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCustomertop three lending partners61%10-K Item 1: 'revenue from fees received from these lending partners accounted for 61% of our total revenue'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-02-10Item 5.02MEDIUMOn Feb 10, 2026, Paul Gu (Co-founder, current CTO) was appointed CEO effective May 1, 2026, succeeding Dave Girouard who will become Executive Chairman. Sanjay Datta was simultaneously appointed President and Chief Capital Officer effective immediately.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Volatile — 6.6% daily ATR makes tight stops impractical. Position-size conservatively.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $28.15: Quality below floor (3.7 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.8/10 and A.R:R 2.2:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 32%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $26.11. Score 5.8/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $36.18 (+28.8% upside). Prior stop was $26.11. Stop-loss: $26.11.
Concentration risk — Customer: top three lending partners (61.0%); Quality below floor (3.7 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (2/5): Revenue declining (-9.8% YoY), High leverage (D/E 5.2).
Upstart Holdings, Inc. trades at a P/E of 68.1 (forward 8.3). TrendMatrix value score: 7.1/10. Verdict: Sell.
21 analysts cover UPST with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $40.
What does Upstart Holdings, Inc. do?Upstart is an AI lending marketplace facilitating personal loans, auto loans, and HELOCs through 100+ bank and credit...
Upstart is an AI lending marketplace facilitating personal loans, auto loans, and HELOCs through 100+ bank and credit union lending partners and institutional investors, with 91% of 2025 loans fully automated. Revenue comes from platform and referral fees; top 3 lending partners collectively originated 83% of marketplace loans and contributed 61% of total revenue in 2025.