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PinterestPINS

Interactive Media & Services
Solid businessCheaper than peers
$19.36−2.81%After hours: $19.36 (0.00%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▼ 41.0% over 1 year
Pinterest over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$15$25$30Nov2026MarMayJulSep$19.36$30NovMarJul$19.36
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$10.96B
Price to earnings77.7x
Forward P/E8.9x
Dividend yield–
Year to date−25.2%
One year−41.0%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorCommunication Services
52-week range (closes)
$15.42$33.70

Quality and valuation

How Pinterest compares with other communication services stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Pinterest and 4 interactive media & services peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: cheaper than most

An average business among communication services companies, priced below most of them.

Pinterest trades at 8.9 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 14.8x for the 28 communication services stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew faster than the sector median: +15.4% vs +10.8%
  • Keeps more of each sale (gross margin): 79.0% vs 60.9%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 4.2% vs 18.6%
  • Turns more of its sales into cash: 27.0% vs 9.0%
PINS trades at 8.9x forward earnings, below the sector medianForward p/e, Interactive Media & Services peers
SNAP7.5xPINS8.9xBIDU14.0xRDDT14.9xMETA21.0xGOOGL21.2xSector median 14.8xSNAP7.5xPINS8.9xBIDU14.0xRDDT14.9xMETA21.0xGOOGL21.2xSector median 14.8x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 77.4x earnings, PINS is pricier than its average since Nov 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
50x100xAverage 34.9x2025202677.4x50x100xAverage 34.9x2025202677.4x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Pinterest's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 30 Sep 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 11.9% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q3 ’26
$0.0bn$0.5bn$1.0bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$1.2bnQ3 ’26$0.0bn$0.5bn$1.0bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$1.2bnQ3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to +11.9% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%5%10%15%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’2511.9%Q3 ’260%10%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’2511.9%Q3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 2.6% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%10%20%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’252.6%Q3 ’260%20%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’252.6%Q3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $1.3 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$100m$200m$300mQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$300mQ3 ’26$0m$200mQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$300mQ3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsPINSSector median
Revenue growth+15.4%+10.8%
Gross margin79.0%60.9%
Operating margin4.2%18.6%
Free cash flow margin27.0%9.0%
Price to earnings77.7x17.9x

Stories on Pinterest

Thursday, 29 October
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Interactive Media & Services, by market value.

CompanyPriceTodayYTDValue
GOOGLAlphabet$279.84−1.40%−10.6%$3.37T
METAMeta$614.99−1.53%−6.8%$1.60T
BIDUBaidu$76.40−2.86%−41.5%$26.11B
RDDTReddit$91.73−29.22%−60.1%$17.65B
SNAPSnap$5.34−5.99%−33.8%$9.03B