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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

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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

Updated 2026-09-13

Market Cap: USD 11.2B
P/E: 44.8x
Revenue (Q2 26): USD 1.2B
Profit (Q2 26): USD -46.7M
Dividend Yield: --
Revenue (FY 25): USD 4.2B
Shares in public float: 483.9M
Insider ownership: 1.35%

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

Shares outstanding

Annual reported shares outstanding. Values in shares.

Top holders

BlackRock Inc64,114,954 shares · 11.32% · Reported 2026-03-31
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc51,890,938 shares · 9.16% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC29,380,679 shares · 5.19% · Reported 2026-03-31
Columbia Seligman Tech & Info A29,189,261 shares · 5.15% · Reported 2026-07-31
Elliott Investment Management LP28,000,000 shares · 4.94% · Reported 2026-06-30
Columbia Seligman Technology Growth27,138,031 shares · 4.79% · Reported 2026-06-30
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC25,303,236 shares · 4.47% · Reported 2026-03-31

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Victory Capital Management Inc.21,678,049 shares · 3.83% · Reported 2026-06-30
State Street Corp21,528,144 shares · 3.80% · Reported 2026-03-31
Ameriprise Financial Inc18,621,472 shares · 3.29% · Reported 2026-03-31
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF16,872,141 shares · 2.98% · Reported 2026-08-31
UBS Group AG16,022,303 shares · 2.83% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest13,819,604 shares · 2.44% · Reported 2026-07-31
Davis Selected Advisers12,574,721 shares · 2.22% · Reported 2026-06-30
NORGES BANK12,293,601 shares · 2.17% · Reported 2026-06-30

Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

AI Review

The company is showing a fascinating split in its financial health. On one hand, its actual cash generation is incredibly strong, bringing in over $1.2 billion in free cash flow. On the other hand, its official accounting profits look weak or even negative, mostly because of heavy spending on stock-based pay for employees. Most experts agree that the company's underlying cash engine is highly healthy and that the massive stock buyback program will help boost earnings per share over time. However, there is some disagreement on how quickly the company can turn its official accounting numbers positive. If the company can control its internal stock compensation, the future earnings growth could be very powerful, making this a highly resilient business even during a broader economic slowdown.

Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow

Revenue
Free cash flow
Net income

Annual reported financial results, converted using the statement's recorded USD conversion. Missing values are omitted. Values in USD.

Valuation

Historical P/E Ratio

Published P/E

Published valuation snapshots. Trailing four-quarter earnings where available; annual earnings otherwise. Non-positive earnings are omitted. Values in times earnings.

Profitability & Margins

AI Review

The company's profit margins are highly impressive at the basic level, with gross margins holding steady at around 80 percent. This means it costs very little to deliver its core service to users. The main battleground is at the operating level, where actual profits have historically been weighed down by high employee stock compensation and administrative costs. However, recent cost-cutting measures and new shopping features are starting to push operating margins into positive territory. Experts agree that as the company scales its advertising partnerships, should expand significantly. The main point of disagreement is whether rising cloud computing costs for artificial intelligence will eat into these gains. Overall, the trend points toward a much more profitable business model ahead.

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Annual gross, operating, net income and free cash flow divided by revenue for matching reporting dates. Values in percent.

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Annual earnings and profitability
Period end	Revenue	Free cash flow	Net income	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	Free cash flow margin
2016-12-31	298,870,000	Not reported	-182,099,000	46.48	-62.91	-60.93	Not reported
2017-12-31	472,852,000	-144,105,000	-130,044,000	62.22	-29.17	-27.5	-30.48
2018-12-31	755,932,000	-82,563,000	-62,974,000	68.04	-9.88	-8.33	-10.92
2019-12-31	1,142,761,000	-33,126,000	-1,361,371,000	68.59	-121.54	-119.13	-2.9
2020-12-31	1,692,658,000	11,425,000	-128,323,000	73.45	-8.42	-7.58	0.67
2021-12-31	2,578,027,000	743,876,000	316,438,000	79.47	12.65	12.27	28.85
2022-12-31	2,802,574,000	440,218,000	-96,047,000	75.79	-3.63	-3.43	15.71
2023-12-31	3,055,071,000	604,898,000	-35,610,000	77.46	-4.11	-1.17	19.8
2024-12-31	3,646,166,000	939,988,000	1,862,106,000	79.42	4.93	51.07	25.78
2025-12-31	4,221,767,000	1,251,889,000	416,855,000	80.07	7.58	9.87	29.65

Published valuation snapshots
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

Shares outstanding — chart values
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

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