Roth Capital Has Bearish Estimate for Pinterest Q1 Earnings

Pinterest, Inc. (NYSE:PINS) – Equities researchers at Roth Capital cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Pinterest in a report issued on Monday, February 3rd. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now anticipates that the company will post earnings of ($0.05) per share 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.

Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Piper Sandler cut Pinterest from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $41.00 to $36.00 in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and set a $38.00 price objective on shares of Pinterest in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Pinterest from $38.00 to $35.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 8th. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $48.00 price target on shares of Pinterest in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Finally, UBS Group decreased their price target on Pinterest from $52.00 to $46.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $40.70.

Pinterest Trading Up 1.0 %

PINS opened at $33.40 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $22.57 billion, a PE ratio of 111.35, a P/E/G ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 1.06. Pinterest has a 1 year low of $27.00 and a 1 year high of $45.19. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $31.11 and its 200-day simple moving average is $31.54.

Insider Transactions at Pinterest

In related news, insider Wanjiku Juanita Walcott sold 11,862 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $30.82, for a total value of $365,586.84. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 246,921 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,610,105.22. This represents a 4.58 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Gokul Rajaram sold 1,150 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.43, for a total value of $34,994.50. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 30,236 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $920,081.48. This represents a 3.66 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 19,157 shares of company stock worth $589,131 over the last 90 days. 7.11% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Pinterest

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Whipplewood Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Pinterest in the fourth quarter worth about $28,000. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in shares of Pinterest by 63.5% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,069 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 415 shares in the last quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Pinterest in the third quarter worth about $37,000. Crewe Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Pinterest by 91.1% in the third quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC now owns 1,154 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after acquiring an additional 550 shares in the last quarter. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC increased its holdings in shares of Pinterest by 8,261.1% in the third quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 1,505 shares of the company’s stock worth $49,000 after acquiring an additional 1,487 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 88.81% of the company’s stock.

About Pinterest

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.