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How Pinterest, Inc. stacks up
PINS · against 149 other Communication Services companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
52/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #77 of 150 · scores higher than 49% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score12 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including PINS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 52?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.A mix: stronger return on assets, but weaker operating margin than most Communication Services peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 63% of peers. Operating margin: 4.9% vs peer median 8.2%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 7.2% vs peer median 6.0%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 71% of peers. Return on assets: 5.2% vs peer median 2.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = PINS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | PINS | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 146 reported | 7.2% | 7.8% | 47% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 149 reported | 4.9% | 8.9% | 39% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 151 reported | 5.2% | 3.2% | 67% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 137 reported | 6.5% | 7.4% | 46% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 151 reported | 79.5% | 56.5% | 85% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around PINS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 82.5B USD | 99 | 70 | |
| 2 | 3.0B USD | 98 | 69 | |
| 3 | 2.9B USD | 97 | 80 | |
| 4 | 1.0B USD | 96 | 87 | |
| 4 | 18.5B USD | 96 | 81 | |
| 73 | 22.0B USD | 55 | 54 | |
| 74 | 8.4B USD | 54 | 61 | |
| 74 | 649M USD | 54 | 46 | |
| 76 | 5.5B USD | 53 | 37 | |
| 77 | 11.5B USD | 52 | 55 | |
| 78 | 630M USD | 51 | 27 | |
| 78 | 497M USD | 51 | 48 | |
| 80 | 24.0B USD | 50 | 52 | |
| 80 | 325M USD | 50 | 46 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score