Stocks · Technology · Information Technology Services
TaskUs, Inc. TASK
$8.06 -2.42% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $727.1M
Weak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 6, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.15, up 67.9% year over year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -54.5%, behind the S&P 500 by 69.6 percentage points.
- The shares trade at 7.0× trailing earnings, lower than 88% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 47%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 25%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 9%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 48%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 13%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 20%
- Gross marginBottom 26%
- Operating marginTop 33%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 47%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 49%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Interest coverTop 43%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 2%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 5%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 2%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 11%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 19%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 7%
- 6-month returnBottom 43%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 8%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 16%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 44%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 34%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 38%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 22%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 32%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 15.9% | 11.4% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 86.7% | 67.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 40.7% | 34.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 10.1% | 11.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 4.4% | 9.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 11.4% | 15.9% | ↓ | Bottom 47% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 67.9% | 86.7% | ↓ | Top 25% |
| Gross margin | 34.0% | 40.7% | ↓ | Bottom 26% |
| Operating margin | 11.7% | 10.1% | ↑ | Top 33% |
| Net margin | 8.8% | 5.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.8% | 4.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 12.1% | — | Top 20% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 7.2% | — | Top 48% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.61×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -4.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.65×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 91.54%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.19%
- Shareholder yield
- 91.35%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +10.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +4.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $9.33
- Target vs current price
- +15.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 11
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 55%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +16.6% | -3.4% | +5.5% | +18.7% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | -2.8% | +4.5% | -8.9% | -8.3% | -5.0% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | +11.1% | +5.0% | +7.9% | +2.5% | -40.5% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | +16.7% | +4.5% | -5.7% | -1.0% | -13.1% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +26.5% | +0.0% | +0.9% | +5.7% | -22.2% |
| May 9, 2025 | +18.8% | +17.2% | +16.3% | +16.5% | +18.6% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | -8.8% | +1.4% | -12.2% | -12.8% | +8.9% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +15.6% | +5.8% | +0.7% | +2.2% | +7.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.33 | $0.28 | +16.6% | $308.9M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.36 | -2.8% | $306.3M |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.36 | +11.1% | $313.0M |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $0.42 | $0.36 | +16.7% | $298.7M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.43 | $0.34 | +26.5% | $294.1M |
| May 9, 2025 | $0.38 | $0.32 | +18.8% | $277.8M |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $0.31 | $0.34 | -8.8% | $274.2M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.37 | $0.32 | +15.6% | $255.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 7.0× | 26.6× | 12th | Top 2% |
| P/E (forward) | 6.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 4.9× | — | — | Top 2% |
| EV / Sales | 0.89× | — | — | Top 11% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 16.58% | — | — | Top 5% |
| Earnings yield | 14.27% | — | — | Top 2% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.6× – 54.0× since Jun 30, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -54.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +67.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -72.6%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 49
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +17.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +6.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -0.3%
- RSI (14)
- 51.4
- Relative volume
- 0.76×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 75.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 64th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.64
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -53.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -75.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2021 | Jun 25, 2026 | -94.5% | 1192 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 25, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -21.6% | 15 days | 17 days (Aug 11, 2021) |
| Sep 7, 2021 | Sep 14, 2021 | -17.3% | 5 days | 4 days (Sep 20, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $727.1M
- P/E (TTM)
- 7.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.15
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.23B
- Dividend yield
- 45.29%
- 52-week range
- $4.47 – $17.94
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $760.7M | $960.5M | $924.4M | $995.0M | $1.18B |
| Gross profit | $329.0M | $417.0M | $385.6M | $411.3M | $386.0M |
| Operating income | -$54.3M | $83.9M | $95.0M | $92.4M | $141.2M |
| Net income | -$58.7M | $40.4M | $45.7M | $45.9M | $102.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.60 | $0.39 | $0.48 | $0.50 | $1.10 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $255.3M | $274.2M | $277.8M | $294.1M | $298.7M | $313.0M | $306.3M | $308.9M |
| Net income | $12.7M | $8.9M | $21.1M | $20.0M | $31.4M | $29.7M | $24.3M | $22.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.14 | $0.10 | $0.23 | $0.22 | $0.33 | $0.32 | $0.26 | $0.24 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$32.7M | $147.1M | $143.7M | $138.9M | $137.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$59.4M | -$43.8M | -$31.0M | -$39.1M | -$63.5M |
| Free cash flow | -$92.0M | $103.3M | $112.7M | $99.8M | $73.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$50.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $120.7M | -$31.0M | -$112.0M | -$18.6M | -$19.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $180.3M
- Total assets
- $997.6M
- Total liabilities
- $697.8M
- Total debt
- $546.4M
- Net debt
- $366.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $299.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2026 | $3.65 | — |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,980,682
- Days to cover
- 4.82
- Change vs previous report
- -1.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.