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PINS (Pinterest) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Jul. 04, 2025)


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What is Pinterest Piotroski F-Score?

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Pinterest has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for Pinterest's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

PINS' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 6

During the past 8 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Pinterest was 8. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


Pinterest Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pinterest's Piotroski F-Score 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 Piotroski F-Score Chart

Pinterest Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 5.00 7.00 4.00 7.00 6.00

Pinterest Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Piotroski F-Score 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 7.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 6.00

Competitive Comparison of Pinterest's Piotroski F-Score

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Pinterest's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score 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 Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Pinterest's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pinterest's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


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How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* 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.

This Year (Mar25) TTM:Last Year (Mar24) TTM:
Net Income was 8.887 + 30.556 + 1847.475 + 8.922 = $1,896 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 106.426 + 248.027 + 253.995 + 363.706 = $972 Mil.
Revenue was 853.68 + 898.373 + 1154.13 + 854.988 = $3,761 Mil.
Gross Profit was 668.824 + 710.92 + 957.175 + 655.718 = $2,993 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar24)
to the end of this year (Mar25) was
(3666.719 + 3747.516 + 3491.133 + 5342.66 + 5282.696) / 5 = $4306.1448 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar24) was $3,667 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $144 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $3,402 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $404 Mil.
Net Income was -34.942 + 6.733 + 201.178 + -24.812 = $148 Mil.

Revenue was 708.025 + 763.203 + 981.262 + 739.983 = $3,192 Mil.
Gross Profit was 539.285 + 592.205 + 803.166 + 558.892 = $2,494 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar23)
to the end of last year (Mar24) was
(3566.422 + 3201.796 + 3304.582 + 3594.405 + 3666.719) / 5 = $3466.7848 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar23) was $3,566 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $154 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $3,414 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $340 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Pinterest's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,896. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Pinterest's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 972. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar24)
=1895.84/3666.719
=0.51703989

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar23)
=148.157/3566.422
=0.0415422

Pinterest's return on assets of this year was 0.51703989. Pinterest's return on assets of last year was 0.0415422. ==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Pinterest's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,896. Pinterest's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 972. ==> 972 <= 1,896 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=143.956/4306.1448
=0.03343037

Gearing (Last Year: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=154.34/3466.7848
=0.04451964

Pinterest's gearing of this year was 0.03343037. Pinterest's gearing of last year was 0.04451964. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Current Ratio (This Year: Mar25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=3402.258/404.399
=8.41312169

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=3413.771/339.883
=10.04395924

Pinterest's current ratio of this year was 8.41312169. Pinterest's current ratio of last year was 10.04395924. ==> Last year's current ratio is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Pinterest's number of shares in issue this year was 689.358. Pinterest's number of shares in issue last year was 678.819. ==> There is larger number of shares in issue this year. ==> Score 0.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=2992.637/3761.171
=0.7956663

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=2493.548/3192.473
=0.78107098

Pinterest's gross margin of this year was 0.7956663. Pinterest's gross margin of last year was 0.78107098. ==> This year's gross margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Mar24)
=3761.171/3666.719
=1.02575927

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar23)
=3192.473/3566.422
=0.89514729

Pinterest's asset turnover of this year was 1.02575927. Pinterest's asset turnover of last year was 0.89514729. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+1+1+0+1+0+0+1+1
=6

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Pinterest has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Pinterest  (NYSE:PINS) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


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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