Roth Capital Brokers Lower Earnings Estimates for Pinterest

Pinterest, Inc. (NYSE:PINS) – Analysts at Roth Capital decreased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Pinterest in a research report issued on Monday, February 3rd. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.05) for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of ($0.04). The consensus estimate for Pinterest’s current full-year earnings is $0.42 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Pinterest’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.14 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.49 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.73 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently commented on PINS. Roth Mkm lowered their target price on shares of Pinterest from $39.00 to $33.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, November 8th. TD Cowen started coverage on Pinterest in a report on Tuesday, November 26th. They set a “buy” rating and a $38.00 target price on the stock. Raymond James decreased their price target on Pinterest from $40.00 to $34.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, November 8th. KeyCorp dropped their price objective on Pinterest from $39.00 to $37.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 10th. 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. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $40.70.

Pinterest Stock Performance

Shares of PINS opened at $33.23 on Wednesday. Pinterest has a one year low of $27.00 and a one year high of $45.19. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $31.17 and its 200-day moving average is $31.55. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 110.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 1.06.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Pinterest news, Director Gokul Rajaram sold 1,150 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $30.43, for a total value of $34,994.50. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 30,236 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $920,081.48. This represents a 3.66 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Wanjiku Juanita Walcott sold 11,862 shares of Pinterest stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.82, for a total value of $365,586.84. Following the sale, the insider now owns 246,921 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,610,105.22. This represents a 4.58 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 19,157 shares of company stock worth $589,131 in the last quarter. 7.11% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC boosted its position in Pinterest by 5.2% during the third quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 6,329 shares of the company’s stock worth $205,000 after purchasing an additional 313 shares during the period. Hantz Financial Services Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Pinterest by 3.7% in the third quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 9,380 shares of the company’s stock worth $304,000 after buying an additional 339 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management boosted its holdings in shares of Pinterest by 2.8% during the 4th 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 period. Leibman Financial Services Inc. grew its stake in Pinterest by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Leibman Financial Services Inc. now owns 31,758 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,028,000 after buying an additional 368 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amalgamated Bank raised its holdings in 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 during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 88.81% 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.