Roth Capital Comments on Pinterest's Q2 Earnings (NYSE:PINS)

Pinterest, Inc. (NYSE:PINS - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Roth Capital decreased their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Pinterest in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, February 3rd. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.03 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.05. The consensus estimate for Pinterest's current full-year earnings is $0.42 per share.

PINS has been the topic of a number of other reports. TD Cowen initiated coverage on Pinterest in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. They set a "buy" rating and a $38.00 price target on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of Pinterest from $48.00 to $50.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday. KeyCorp boosted their price objective on shares of Pinterest from $37.00 to $46.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on shares of Pinterest from $42.00 to $47.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on shares of Pinterest from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Monday, January 13th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-two have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Pinterest presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $43.66.

Pinterest Trading Up 19.1 %

Shares of PINS stock traded up $6.43 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $40.02. 50,837,918 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 12,339,645. The stock's 50 day moving average is $31.23 and its 200-day moving average is $31.57. The company has a market cap of $27.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 133.39, a P/E/G ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 1.06. Pinterest has a fifty-two week low of $27.00 and a fifty-two week high of $45.19.

Pinterest (NYSE:PINS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.63 by ($0.30). Pinterest had a return on equity of 8.37% and a net margin of 6.21%.

Insider Transactions at Pinterest

In related news, Director Gokul Rajaram sold 1,150 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $29.73, for a total transaction of $34,189.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 32,536 shares in the company, valued at $967,295.28. This represents a 3.41 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Wanjiku Juanita Walcott sold 11,862 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.82, for a total transaction of $365,586.84. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 246,921 shares in the company, valued at $7,610,105.22. This trade represents a 4.58 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 19,157 shares of company stock worth $589,131. 7.11% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Whipplewood Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Pinterest during the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in Pinterest by 63.5% during the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,069 shares of the company's stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 415 shares during the period. V Square Quantitative Management LLC acquired a new position in Pinterest during the 3rd quarter valued at about $37,000. Crewe Advisors LLC lifted its position in Pinterest by 91.1% during the 3rd quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC now owns 1,154 shares of the company's stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 550 shares during the period. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC raised its position in shares of Pinterest by 8,261.1% in the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 1,505 shares of the company's stock valued at $49,000 after acquiring an additional 1,487 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 88.81% 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.