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PINS
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Internet Content & Information · Communication Services
Price
$23.40
+0.17 (+0.73%)
Market Cap
$14.89B
Winston Score
58
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good

Share count falling — buybacks

11.4% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 776.1M (2021) → 687.8M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Pinterest is a social media platform where people save and discover ideas using images and videos. Users create digital "boards" to collect pictures of things like recipes, fashion, home décor, and travel. The platform has over 500 million monthly active users worldwide and is one of the largest visual discovery and inspiration platforms on the internet.

Pinterest makes most of its money by selling digital advertising. Brands pay to show promoted pins to users who are already searching for related ideas, which makes the ads feel more relevant than on many other platforms. The company earns the majority of its revenue in the United States, though international users represent a large and growing share of its audience. Pinterest's main growth opportunity is monetizing its large international user base, which currently generates far less revenue per user than its U.S. audience — closing that gap is the key challenge and opportunity ahead.

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Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+18.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-239.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$1.4B/ year

Rising (+15% vs prior year)

33.8% of revenue

2.8x the sector average (12%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

25.8%ownership

Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.3B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Heavy R&D investment

Pinterest is putting 34% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. That's 2.8x the sector average. And they're generating enough cash to self-fund it.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
78.2%
Premium pricing power — 78.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-4.7%
Losing money on operations — -4.7%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
7.0%
Weak — 7.0% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+16.6%
Fast-growing sales (+16.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-87.7%
Earnings shrinking (-87.7% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
668%
Turns 668% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
34.9%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (34.9%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.34
Conservative — low debt load (0.34)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
66.9x
Expensive — P/E 66.9

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+58.1
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (66.9 → 8.7)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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