PINS vs. AAPL, ABNB, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, META, PYPL, SNAP, SNOW, and RBLX
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), Snowflake (SNOW), and Roblox (RBLX).
Pinterest vs. Its Competitors
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
Apple has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinterest has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Apple currently has a consensus price target of $248.29, indicating a potential upside of 0.25%. Pinterest has a consensus price target of $42.67, indicating a potential upside of 32.37%. Given Pinterest's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pinterest is more favorable than Apple.
In the previous week, Apple had 180 more articles in the media than Pinterest. MarketBeat recorded 190 mentions for Apple and 10 mentions for Pinterest. Apple's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Pinterest's score of 1.02 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Apple beats Pinterest on 11 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.
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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This page (NYSE:PINS) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
