Wedbush Weighs in on Pinterest’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:PINS)

Pinterest, Inc. (NYSE:PINS) – Research analysts at Wedbush issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Pinterest in a research report issued on Monday, November 11th. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt expects that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.04) for the quarter. Wedbush has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Pinterest’s current full-year earnings is $0.39 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Pinterest’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.05 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.14 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.52 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently commented on PINS. Evercore ISI reduced their price objective on shares of Pinterest from $50.00 to $48.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 31st. Citigroup decreased their price target on Pinterest from $51.00 to $44.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, July 31st. Roth Mkm cut their price objective on Pinterest from $39.00 to $33.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on shares of Pinterest from $38.00 to $35.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 8th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft initiated coverage on shares of Pinterest in a report on Monday, September 23rd. They issued a “buy” rating and a $43.00 price target for the company. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $42.00.

Pinterest Stock Performance

PINS stock opened at $28.24 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.38 billion, a PE ratio of 94.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.29 and a beta of 1.02. The company has a fifty day moving average of $31.73 and a 200-day moving average of $36.23. Pinterest has a one year low of $27.00 and a one year high of $45.19.

Institutional Trading of Pinterest

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of PINS. Point72 Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in Pinterest in the third quarter valued at about $153,829,000. Southpoint Capital Advisors LP bought a new position in shares of Pinterest in the 3rd quarter valued at about $123,006,000. Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board grew its position in shares of Pinterest by 51.5% during the 3rd quarter. Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board now owns 8,812,117 shares of the company’s stock worth $285,248,000 after buying an additional 2,996,750 shares during the period. 1832 Asset Management L.P. bought a new stake in shares of Pinterest during the second quarter worth approximately $98,655,000. Finally, Ninety One UK Ltd boosted its stake in Pinterest by 44.6% in the second quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 5,445,674 shares of the company’s stock valued at $239,991,000 after acquiring an additional 1,679,348 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 88.81% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Pinterest

In other Pinterest news, Director Gokul Rajaram sold 1,150 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $33.52, for a total transaction of $38,548.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 33,686 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,129,154.72. This represents a 3.30 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Donnelly Julia Brau sold 30,280 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.72, for a total value of $990,761.60. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 297,351 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,729,324.72. This represents a 9.24 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 7.11% of the company’s stock.

Pinterest Company Profile

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.