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How Pinterest, Inc. stacks up
PINS · against 509 other Communication Services companies
Profitability
52/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #243 of 510 · scores higher than 52% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score51 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 · 460 reported | 7.2% | 6.0% | 53% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 506 reported | 4.9% | 8.2% | 37% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 496 reported | 5.2% | 2.7% | 71% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 475 reported | 6.5% | 5.4% | 54% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 513 reported | 79.5% | 46.2% | 87% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around PINS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.62T JPY (≈$11.0B) | 100 | 79 | |
| 1 | 67.5B INR (≈$811M) | 100 | 35 | |
| 3 | 18.2B JPY (≈$124M) | 99 | 74 | |
| 3 | 7.9B TWD (≈$244M) | 99 | 73 | |
| 3 | 82.5B USD | 99 | 70 | |
| 238 | 4.2B EUR (≈$4.6B) | 53 | 49 | |
| 243 | 10.7B HKD (≈$1.4B) | 52 | 61 | |
| 243 | 8.1B HKD (≈$1.0B) | 52 | 51 | |
| 243 | 13.0B CNY (≈$1.8B) | 52 | 23 | |
| 243 | 11.5B USD | 52 | 55 | |
| 243 | 2.0B EUR (≈$2.2B) | 52 | 51 | |
| 248 | 15.2B HKD (≈$1.9B) | 51 | 64 | |
| 248 | 673.4B JPY (≈$4.6B) | 51 | 63 | |
| 248 | 630M USD | 51 | 27 |
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