Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Pinterest Q2 Earnings

Pinterest, Inc. (NYSE:PINS) – Roth Capital cut their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Pinterest in a research note issued to investors on Monday, April 28th. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.03 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.05. The consensus estimate for Pinterest’s current full-year earnings is $0.60 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Pinterest’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.12 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.39 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.55 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.07 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.18 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.47 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.75 EPS.

Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.63 by ($0.30). Pinterest had a return on equity of 8.10% and a net margin of 51.07%.

Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein raised shares of Pinterest from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $34.00 to $47.00 in a report on Friday, February 7th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on shares of Pinterest from $42.00 to $28.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their target price on Pinterest from $46.00 to $51.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Pinterest from $42.00 to $30.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group restated a “hold” rating and issued a $32.00 price objective (down previously from $40.00) on shares of Pinterest in a report on Monday, January 13th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Pinterest presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $41.10.

Pinterest Trading Down 3.7 %

Shares of NYSE PINS opened at $25.31 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $17.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.95 and a beta of 0.99. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $30.10 and its 200 day simple moving average is $31.49. Pinterest has a 12-month low of $23.68 and a 12-month high of $45.19.

Institutional Trading of Pinterest

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its stake in Pinterest by 2.8% during the fourth quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 12,626 shares of the company’s stock worth $366,000 after buying an additional 342 shares during the last quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Pinterest by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 11,803 shares of the company’s stock worth $342,000 after acquiring an additional 350 shares in the last quarter. Amalgamated Bank boosted its holdings in shares of Pinterest by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Amalgamated Bank now owns 39,792 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,154,000 after acquiring an additional 372 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in Pinterest by 63.5% during the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,069 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 415 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Steph & Co. increased its holdings in Pinterest by 6.4% during the 4th quarter. Steph & Co. now owns 7,048 shares of the company’s stock valued at $204,000 after purchasing an additional 425 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 88.81% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Pinterest

In other Pinterest news, Director Benjamin Silbermann sold 102,083 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.16, for a total value of $3,180,906.28. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 6,274 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $195,497.84. The trade was a 94.21 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Gokul Rajaram sold 1,150 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $27.00, for a total transaction of $31,050.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 26,786 shares in the company, valued at approximately $723,222. This trade represents a 4.12 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 453,836 shares of company stock valued at $14,828,392. 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.