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Pinterest

PINS
55
Internet Content & Information · Communication Services
Price
$19.86
+0.33 (+1.69%)
Market Cap
$13.20B
Winston Score
55
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A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Winston Score between 40 and 70. The stock passes some quality checks but not all.

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

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Revenue Growth

+17.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

<−1,000% 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

28.4%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$378M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

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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.

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)

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Quality

Gross Margin
76.3%
Premium pricing power — 76.3% gross margin
Operating Margin
-8.0%
Losing money on operations — -8.0%
ROCE
-2.0%
Weak — -2.0% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+16.3%
Fast-growing sales (16.3% YoY)
EPS YoY
-82.7%
Earnings shrinking (-82.7% YoY)

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

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
373%
Turns 373% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
27.6%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (27.6%)

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

Debt / Equity
0.42
Conservative — low debt load (0.42)
Interest Cover
15.47x
Comfortably covers interest (15.5x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
40.8x
Pricey — P/E 40.8

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

P/E vs Forward
+32.2
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (40.8 → 8.5)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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