Visual discovery platform helping people find inspiration and ideas for lifestyle projects through image-based social media.
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Pinterest: Company identity, ownership, reported financial performance, balance sheets, and corporate actions.
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Pinterest Profile & Fundamentals
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Company and Market Context
Company Profile & Ownership
Pinterest, Inc. operates as a visual search and discovery platform in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company's platform allows people to find ideas, such as recipes, home and style inspiration, and others; and to search, save, and shop the ideas. It also provides various advertising products to help advertisers meet users; and ad auction that allows to serve ads to users at relevant moments while optimizing business outcomes for advertisers. The company was formerly known as Cold Brew Labs Inc. and changed its name to Pinterest, Inc. in April 2012. Pinterest, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Company profile record
Pinterest Inc
Common Stock · Communication Services · Interactive Media & Services
Company
- Company / asset
- Pinterest Inc
- Security type
- Common Stock
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Interactive Media & Services
- HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Head office
- 651 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94107
Leadership & scale
- Chief executive
- Mr. William J. Ready
- CEO year born
- 1980
- Full-time employees
- 5.1K
- Fiscal year end
- December
- IPO date
- 2019-04-18
Fundamentals snapshot
- Market Cap
- USD 12.0B
- P/E
- 48.3x
- Revenue (Q2 26)
- USD 1.2B
- Profit (Q2 26)
- USD -46.7M
- Dividend Yield
- --
- Revenue (FY 25)
- USD 4.2B
- Shares in public float
- 484.2M
- Insider ownership
- 1.32%
Reporting & identifiers
- Symbol
- PINS.NYSE
- Listing
- 🇺🇸 United States | Dividend Tax: 30%
- Ticker Currency
- USD
- Income Statement Currency
- USD
- Balance Sheet Currency
- USD
- Cash Flow Currency
- USD
- EPS Currency
- USD
- Contract Type
- SPOT
- ISIN
- US72352L1061
- Asset ID
- equity_4797df45-e72a-5d2e-b96c-ace95eff18b2
Ownership
Shares Outstanding
Latest: 599.6M | Max: 695.0M | Min: 448.6M
Latest reported ownership snapshot
As of Oct 1, 2026Float Shares
80.74%
484.2M latest reported shares
Insider Ownership
1.32%
Latest reported insider stake
Short Float
0.16%
Latest reported short interest / float
Top Holders
Source tablesView ownership tables
Shares Outstanding
Annual reported shares outstanding; up to 10 reporting dates.
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| Reporting date | Shares outstanding |
|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 | 448,639,000 |
| 2018-01-01 | 448,639,000 |
| 2019-01-01 | 562,396,000 |
| 2020-01-01 | 689,194,000 |
| 2021-01-01 | 690,167,000 |
| 2022-01-01 | 674,385,000 |
| 2023-01-01 | 695,031,000 |
| 2024-01-01 | 688,226,000 |
| 2025-01-01 | 677,418,000 |
| 2026-01-01 | 599,629,000 |
Top Holders
Available reported ownership records.
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| Holder | Shares | Ownership | Reported date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc | 64,114,954 | 11.32% | 2026-03-31 |
| The Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 51,890,938 | 9.16% | 2026-03-31 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC | 29,380,679 | 5.19% | 2026-03-31 |
| Columbia Seligman Tech & Info A | 29,189,261 | 5.15% | 2026-07-31 |
| Elliott Investment Management LP | 28,000,000 | 4.94% | 2026-06-30 |
| Vanguard Capital Management, LLC | 25,303,236 | 4.47% | 2026-03-31 |
| Victory Capital Management Inc. | 21,678,049 | 3.83% | 2026-06-30 |
| State Street Corp | 21,528,144 | 3.8% | 2026-03-31 |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 18,621,472 | 3.29% | 2026-03-31 |
| iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | 16,872,141 | 2.98% | 2026-08-31 |
| UBS Group AG | 16,022,303 | 2.83% | 2026-03-31 |
| Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest | 13,802,919 | 2.44% | 2026-08-31 |
| Davis Selected Advisers | 12,574,721 | 2.22% | 2026-06-30 |
| NORGES BANK | 12,293,601 | 2.17% | 2026-06-30 |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 11,404,295 | 2.01% | 2026-03-31 |
Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings & Revenue
Earnings and Revenue Trajectory
AI Review
The company presents a tale of two financial realities. On the surface, reported figures appear troubling because the business swung to a net accounting loss of $47 million in the second quarter of 2026. This headline deficit was largely caused by high employee stock compensation and increased spending on artificial intelligence engineering. Beneath that accounting noise sits an impressive cash-generation machine. Trailing revenue grew to $4.56 billion as commercial search activity expanded, allowing the platform to generate $1.59 billion in trailing free cash flow. While critics argue that heavy stock grants reduce the quality of these results, the underlying operations continue to convert user shopping intent into substantial surplus cash.
The company presents a tale of two financial realities. On the surface, reported figures appear troubling because the business swung to a net accounting loss of $47 million in the second quarter of 2026. This headline deficit was largely caused by high employee stock compensation and increased spending on artificial intelligence engineering. Beneath that accounting noise sits an impressive cash-generation machine. Trailing revenue grew to $4.56 billion as commercial search activity expanded, allowing the platform to generate $1.59 billion in trailing free cash flow. While critics argue that heavy stock grants reduce the quality of these results, the underlying operations continue to convert user shopping intent into substantial surplus cash.
Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Latest: USD 4.2B | Max: USD 4.2B | Min: USD -1.4B
Valuation
P/E Ratio (TTM)iPublished valuation snapshots use the earnings basis recorded with each observation. Source tables retain that basis.
Latest: 42x
Profitability & Margins
Margins and Operating Efficiency
AI Review
Platform gross margins remain exceptionally strong, holding near 80% thanks to the highly profitable nature of serving digital ads. Delivering search recommendations to existing users costs very little extra money, demonstrating the inherent pricing power of a visual discovery network that handles 80 billion monthly queries. Operating margins, however, tell a much more contentious story. Profitability was squeezed into negative territory during early 2026 by rising cloud computing expenses and employee equity grants. Bullish observers believe automated ad auctions will rapidly restore operating margins toward 30%, whereas skeptics caution that high artificial intelligence hosting costs will permanently eat into bottom-line profits.
Platform gross margins remain exceptionally strong, holding near 80% thanks to the highly profitable nature of serving digital ads. Delivering search recommendations to existing users costs very little extra money, demonstrating the inherent pricing power of a visual discovery network that handles 80 billion monthly queries. Operating margins, however, tell a much more contentious story. Profitability was squeezed into negative territory during early 2026 by rising cloud computing expenses and employee equity grants. Bullish observers believe automated ad auctions will rapidly restore operating margins toward 30%, whereas skeptics caution that high artificial intelligence hosting costs will permanently eat into bottom-line profits.
Profitability Margins
Latest: 80.1% | Max: 80.1% | Min: <-100.0%
Latest Profitability Ratios as of 2025-12-31
Gross Margin
80.1%
Gross profit / revenue
Operating Margin
7.6%
Operating income / revenue
Net Margin
9.9%
Net income / revenue
FCF Margin
29.7%
Free cash flow / revenue
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Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Annual reported results, using the source statement's recorded USD conversion. Up to 10 reporting periods; missing values are not estimated.
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| Period end | Revenue (USD) | Net income (USD) | Free cash flow (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | 298,870,000 | -182,099,000 | Not reported |
| 2017-12-31 | 472,852,000 | -130,044,000 | -144,105,000 |
| 2018-12-31 | 755,932,000 | -62,974,000 | -82,563,000 |
| 2019-12-31 | 1,142,761,000 | -1,361,371,000 | -33,126,000 |
| 2020-12-31 | 1,692,658,000 | -128,323,000 | 11,425,000 |
| 2021-12-31 | 2,578,027,000 | 316,438,000 | 743,876,000 |
| 2022-12-31 | 2,802,574,000 | -96,047,000 | 440,218,000 |
| 2023-12-31 | 3,055,071,000 | -35,610,000 | 604,898,000 |
| 2024-12-31 | 3,646,166,000 | 1,862,106,000 | 939,988,000 |
| 2025-12-31 | 4,221,767,000 | 416,855,000 | 1,251,889,000 |
Published P/E Ratio
Published valuation snapshots retain each observation's earnings basis.
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| Period end | P/E (times earnings) | Earnings basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 42.07 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2024-12-31 | 10.72 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2021-12-31 | 79.28 | Annual net income |
Profitability Margins
Matching annual reporting dates. Values are percentages.
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| Period end | Gross margin (%) | Operating margin (%) | Net margin (%) | Free cash flow margin (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | 46.48 | -62.91 | -60.93 | Not reported |
| 2017-12-31 | 62.22 | -29.17 | -27.5 | -30.48 |
| 2018-12-31 | 68.04 | -9.88 | -8.33 | -10.92 |
| 2019-12-31 | 68.59 | -121.54 | -119.13 | -2.9 |
| 2020-12-31 | 73.45 | -8.42 | -7.58 | 0.67 |
| 2021-12-31 | 79.47 | 12.65 | 12.27 | 28.85 |
| 2022-12-31 | 75.79 | -3.63 | -3.43 | 15.71 |
| 2023-12-31 | 77.46 | -4.11 | -1.17 | 19.8 |
| 2024-12-31 | 79.42 | 4.93 | 51.07 | 25.78 |
| 2025-12-31 | 80.07 | 7.58 | 9.87 | 29.65 |
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