Roth Capital Comments on Pinterest, Inc.’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NYSE:PINS)

Pinterest, Inc. (NYSE:PINS) – Investment analysts at Roth Capital issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Pinterest in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, May 1st. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni expects that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.01) for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Pinterest’s current full-year earnings is $0.37 per share.

A number of other research firms have also commented on PINS. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on shares of Pinterest from $48.00 to $52.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their price objective on shares of Pinterest from $35.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday. KeyCorp cut their target price on shares of Pinterest from $48.00 to $40.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 24th. Argus raised Pinterest from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $45.00 target price for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 18th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a $48.00 price target (up from $45.00) on shares of Pinterest in a research report on Wednesday. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eighteen have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $40.82.

Pinterest Stock Down 0.2 %

Shares of NYSE PINS opened at $40.41 on Friday. Pinterest has a 12 month low of $20.60 and a 12 month high of $41.60. The company has a market cap of $27.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 192.43, a P/E/G ratio of 4.65 and a beta of 0.99. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $34.79 and a 200-day simple moving average of $34.53.

Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 8th. The company reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $981.26 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $988.62 million. Pinterest had a return on equity of 5.93% and a net margin of 4.64%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of PINS. AE Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in Pinterest by 28.3% during the 3rd quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC now owns 12,085 shares of the company’s stock valued at $327,000 after purchasing an additional 2,662 shares during the period. Simplicity Solutions LLC boosted its position in shares of Pinterest by 6.8% in the third quarter. Simplicity Solutions LLC now owns 7,981 shares of the company’s stock valued at $216,000 after acquiring an additional 510 shares during the period. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund grew its stake in shares of Pinterest by 9.4% in the third quarter. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund now owns 142,700 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,857,000 after acquiring an additional 12,300 shares during the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. increased its position in Pinterest by 5.5% during the third quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 42,809 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,157,000 after acquiring an additional 2,247 shares during the period. Finally, Xponance Inc. raised its stake in Pinterest by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 84,696 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,289,000 after purchasing an additional 1,134 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 88.81% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Pinterest

In other Pinterest news, CFO Donnelly Julia Brau sold 65,972 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $34.42, for a total transaction of $2,270,756.24. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 392,829 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,521,174.18. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. In related news, CFO Donnelly Julia Brau sold 65,972 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $34.42, for a total value of $2,270,756.24. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 392,829 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,521,174.18. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Gokul Rajaram sold 1,934 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $34.10, for a total value of $65,949.40. Following the transaction, the director now owns 33,580 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,145,078. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 164,471 shares of company stock valued at $5,773,431. Insiders own 7.11% of the company’s stock.

About Pinterest

Pinterest, Inc operates as a visual search and discovery platform in the United States and internationally. Its platform allows people to find ideas, such as recipes, home and style inspiration, and others; and to search, save, and shop the ideas. The company was formerly known as Cold Brew Labs Inc and changed its name to Pinterest, Inc in April 2012.