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PINS vs. AAPL, ABNB, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, PYPL, SNAP, RBLX, and NET

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), Snap (SNAP), Roblox (RBLX), and Cloudflare (NET).

Pinterest vs. Its Competitors

Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) 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 profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Pinterest has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Apple had 237 more articles in the media than Pinterest. MarketBeat recorded 253 mentions for Apple and 16 mentions for Pinterest. Pinterest's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Apple's score of 1.01 indicating that Pinterest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pinterest
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
169 Very Positive mention(s)
28 Positive mention(s)
40 Neutral mention(s)
9 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Pinterest has a net margin of 49.31% compared to Apple's net margin of 24.30%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Pinterest's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pinterest49.31% 8.44% 7.41%
Apple 24.30%170.91%31.94%

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
Pinterest$3.65B6.58$1.86B$2.7912.65
Apple$391.04B9.66$93.74B$6.5938.61

Pinterest presently has a consensus target price of $42.38, suggesting a potential upside of 20.10%. Apple has a consensus target price of $244.03, suggesting a potential downside of 4.09%. Given Pinterest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pinterest is more favorable than Apple.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pinterest
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
24 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Apple
1 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

88.8% of Pinterest shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Pinterest shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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$24.01B$20.38B$32.75B$21.71B
Dividend YieldN/A3.52%3.14%3.52%
P/E Ratio12.6577.77452.7429.86
Price / Sales6.5888.031,858.9161.59
Price / Cash82.8187.0638.4824.72
Price / Book5.029.177.304.59
Net Income$1.86B$355.94M$810.65M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-2.69%3.18%3.59%0.99%
1 Month Performance-0.78%7.63%7.46%2.77%
1 Year Performance15.88%90.92%24,212.84%15.20%

Pinterest Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PINS
Pinterest
4.0407 of 5 stars
$35.29
-0.1%
$42.38
+20.1%
+16.3%$24.01B$3.65B12.654,666Positive News
AAPL
Apple
4.736 of 5 stars
$235.55
+0.6%
$240.80
+2.2%
+12.2%$3.50T$408.63B35.74164,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ABNB
Airbnb
3.8836 of 5 stars
$119.98
-2.1%
$141.68
+18.1%
-4.4%$74.56B$11.10B29.057,300Positive News
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.8895 of 5 stars
$231.15
+1.3%
$262.87
+13.7%
+18.8%$2.47T$637.96B35.241,556,000Trending News
Options Volume
GOOG
Alphabet
4.712 of 5 stars
$249.11
+3.2%
$227.56
-8.7%
+53.6%$3.01T$350.02B26.54190,200Trending News
Analyst Forecast
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.9811 of 5 stars
$248.88
+3.4%
$222.85
-10.5%
+54.4%$3.01T$350.02B26.51183,323Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
META
Meta Platforms
4.4165 of 5 stars
$765.61
+1.3%
$822.41
+7.4%
+36.3%$1.92T$178.80B27.7274,067Trending News
Analyst Revision
PYPL
PayPal
4.8062 of 5 stars
$67.03
+0.2%
$85.00
+26.8%
-11.8%$63.99B$31.80B14.3124,400Trending News
SNAP
Snap
2.8021 of 5 stars
$7.37
+0.3%
$34.16
+363.8%
-15.1%$12.43B$5.36B-22.984,911Trending News
High Trading Volume
RBLX
Roblox
2.9385 of 5 stars
$137.07
+2.8%
$123.16
-10.2%
+197.4%$88.10B$3.60B-95.512,474Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
NET
Cloudflare
3.9127 of 5 stars
$226.01
+2.1%
$191.28
-15.4%
+176.8%$78.84B$1.67B-665.384,263Trending News
Insider Trade

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This page (NYSE:PINS) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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