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PINS vs. AAPL, ABNB, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, PYPL, SHOP, SNAP, and NTES

Should you be buying Pinterest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinterest include Apple (AAPL), Airbnb (ABNB), Amazon.com (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta Platforms (META), PayPal (PYPL), Shopify (SHOP), Snap (SNAP), and NetEase (NTES).

Pinterest vs. Its Competitors

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.

Apple currently has a consensus price target of $235.11, indicating a potential upside of 9.99%. Pinterest has a consensus price target of $41.81, indicating a potential upside of 10.97%. Given Pinterest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pinterest is more favorable than Apple.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Pinterest
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
25 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Pinterest. Pinterest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apple$391.04B8.16$93.74B$6.4233.30
Pinterest$3.65B7.01$1.86B$2.7413.75

Pinterest has a net margin of 50.41% compared to Apple's net margin of 24.30%. Apple's return on equity of 167.24% beat Pinterest's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apple24.30% 167.24% 31.35%
Pinterest 50.41%8.13%7.07%

67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Pinterest shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Pinterest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Apple had 200 more articles in the media than Pinterest. MarketBeat recorded 256 mentions for Apple and 56 mentions for Pinterest. Pinterest's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Apple's score of 0.96 indicating that Pinterest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apple
154 Very Positive mention(s)
24 Positive mention(s)
53 Neutral mention(s)
20 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pinterest
28 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Apple has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinterest has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Apple beats Pinterest on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PINS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PINS vs. The Competition

MetricPinterestINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$25.63B$18.40B$28.86B$21.16B
Dividend YieldN/A2.77%3.00%3.57%
P/E Ratio13.7549.4431.1024.41
Price / Sales7.0171.981,792.4558.80
Price / Cash88.6294.9738.6523.00
Price / Book5.368.737.824.67
Net Income$1.86B$341.62M$781.95M$993.85M
7 Day Performance4.37%2.12%1.29%1.16%
1 Month Performance5.36%10.66%7.09%4.99%
1 Year Performance-2.90%62.59%52,962.36%12.54%

Pinterest Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PINS
Pinterest
4.2054 of 5 stars
$37.68
-0.3%
$41.81
+11.0%
-7.2%$25.63B$3.65B13.754,666Trending News
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AAPL
Apple
4.6363 of 5 stars
$209.17
-0.9%
$235.27
+12.5%
-4.8%$3.13T$400.37B32.59164,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
ABNB
Airbnb
3.3814 of 5 stars
$138.97
+2.7%
$141.47
+1.8%
-6.0%$86.99B$11.10B35.077,300Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.2997 of 5 stars
$225.46
+0.2%
$249.42
+10.6%
+22.5%$2.39T$637.96B36.721,556,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
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GOOG
Alphabet
4.8891 of 5 stars
$182.88
+0.9%
$207.13
+13.3%
+4.3%$2.22T$350.02B20.37190,200Trending News
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GOOGL
Alphabet
3.8273 of 5 stars
$181.69
+0.8%
$199.61
+9.9%
+4.6%$2.20T$350.02B20.24183,323Trending News
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META
Meta Platforms
3.675 of 5 stars
$723.65
+0.9%
$729.38
+0.8%
+46.0%$1.82T$164.50B28.2274,067Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
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PYPL
PayPal
4.5251 of 5 stars
$73.79
+3.4%
$83.42
+13.1%
+28.4%$71.75B$31.80B16.5024,400Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
SHOP
Shopify
4.2013 of 5 stars
$117.05
+4.4%
$115.77
-1.1%
+95.0%$151.93B$9.38B75.5511,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
SNAP
Snap
3.4319 of 5 stars
$9.51
+4.3%
$35.74
+276.1%
-29.7%$15.87B$5.36B-30.634,911Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
NTES
NetEase
4.1626 of 5 stars
$129.80
+1.2%
$119.38
-8.0%
+50.6%$82.24B$107.27B18.6826,028Positive News
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This page (NYSE:PINS) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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