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PINS (Pinterest) Debt-to-EBITDA : -1.22 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Pinterest Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Pinterest's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $0 Mil. Pinterest's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $144 Mil. Pinterest's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $-119 Mil. Pinterest's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was -1.21.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Pinterest's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

PINS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.22   Med: -1.73   Max: 0.92
Current: 0.65

During the past 8 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Pinterest was 0.92. The lowest was -4.22. And the median was -1.73.

PINS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
51.55% of 291 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.7 vs PINS: 0.65

Pinterest Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pinterest's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Pinterest Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Pinterest Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -2.05 0.71 -4.15 -1.88 0.92

Pinterest Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.78 -2.30 -77.98 0.17 -1.22

Competitive Comparison of Pinterest's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Pinterest's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Pinterest's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Pinterest's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pinterest's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Pinterest Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Pinterest's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(34.425 + 151.364) / 201.083
=0.92

Pinterest's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 143.956) / -118.516
=-1.21

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2025) EBITDA data.


Pinterest  (NYSE:PINS) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Pinterest Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Pinterest Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
651 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94107
Pinterest is a social media platform with a focus on product and idea discovery. Pinterest users, or pinners, can leverage the platform as they go about gathering ideas on topics such as home improvement, fashion, cooking, and travel. The company has more than 500 million monthly active users, two thirds of whom are female. Pinterest generates revenue by selling digital ads on its platform. While the platform's user base spans the globe, the vast majority of its revenue stems from ads shown to North American users.
Executives
Benjamin Silbermann director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman, President, CEO, Co-F 505 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Andrea Acosta officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC., 770 LINDARO ST, SAN RAFAEL CA 94901
Gokul Rajaram director 301 CONGRESS AVENUE, SUITE 700, AUSTIN TX 78701
Wanjiku Juanita Walcott officer: Chief Legal Officer 2500 LAKE COOK ROAD, RIVERWOODS IL 60015
Donnelly Julia Brau officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PINTEREST, INC., 651 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Jeremy S. Levine director C/O BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS, 1865 PALMER AVENUE, LARCHMONT NY 10538
Sabrina Ellis officer: Chief Product Officer 651 BRANNAN ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Evan Sharp director, officer: Co-Founder & Chief Design & Cr 505 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Jeffrey D Jordan director 2865 SAND HILL ROAD #101, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Christine Deputy officer: Chief People Officer 130 ROYALL STREET, CANTON MA 02021
Naveen Gavini officer: SVP, Products 505 BRANNAN ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Scott F. Schenkel director C/O EBAY INC., 2025 HAMILTON AVE., SAN JOSE CA 95125
Todd R Morgenfeld officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PINTEREST, INC., 651 BRANNAN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Malik Ducard officer: Chief Content Officer 651 BRANNAN ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Marc Steinberg director 600 STEAMBOAT ROAD, 3RD FLOOR, GREENWICH CT 06830