Wedbush Comments on Pinterest’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:PINS)

Pinterest, Inc. (NYSE:PINS) – Investment analysts at Wedbush cut their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Pinterest in a research report issued on Tuesday, April 15th. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.05 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.10. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Pinterest’s current full-year earnings is $0.60 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Pinterest’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.11 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.45 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.62 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.89 EPS.

Several other research firms have also recently commented on PINS. Rosenblatt Securities upped their price target on Pinterest from $46.00 to $51.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 7th. Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on shares of Pinterest from $42.00 to $28.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Cantor Fitzgerald increased their price target on shares of Pinterest from $36.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Oppenheimer increased their target price on Pinterest from $40.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 7th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $50.00 price target (up from $45.00) on shares of Pinterest in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $41.55.

Pinterest Stock Performance

NYSE:PINS opened at $25.17 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $32.54 and its 200-day moving average is $31.97. Pinterest has a 52-week low of $23.68 and a 52-week high of $45.19. The company has a market cap of $17.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.36, a PEG ratio of 1.95 and a beta of 0.99.

Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.63 by ($0.30). Pinterest had a return on equity of 8.10% and a net margin of 51.07%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Pinterest

In other Pinterest news, CAO Andrea Acosta sold 3,667 shares of Pinterest stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $37.46, for a total value of $137,365.82. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 144,129 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,399,072.34. The trade was a 2.48 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Wanjiku Juanita Walcott sold 6,690 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $32.85, for a total transaction of $219,766.50. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 254,211 shares in the company, valued at $8,350,831.35. This trade represents a 2.56 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 452,686 shares of company stock valued at $14,797,342 in the last 90 days. 7.11% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Pinterest

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its stake in shares of Pinterest by 104.3% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 25,432,141 shares of the company’s stock worth $737,533,000 after purchasing an additional 12,986,310 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Pinterest during the fourth quarter worth $358,205,000. Marshall Wace LLP lifted its stake in Pinterest by 134.1% in the fourth quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 10,701,783 shares of the company’s stock valued at $310,352,000 after acquiring an additional 6,129,985 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in shares of Pinterest by 49.7% in the 4th quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 13,635,800 shares of the company’s stock valued at $395,441,000 after acquiring an additional 4,527,902 shares during the period. Finally, Contour Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Pinterest during the 4th quarter worth about $86,330,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.