For the quarter ended March 2025, Pinterest (PINS) reported revenue of $854.99 million, up 15.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.23, compared to $0.20 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $845.74 million, representing a surprise of +1.09%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -8.00%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.25.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Pinterest performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Monthly Active Users - Global: 570 compared to the 562 average estimate based on eight analysts.
- ARPU - Global: $1.52 compared to the $1.51 average estimate based on eight analysts.
- Monthly Active Users - International: 320 versus the five-analyst average estimate of 313.
- Monthly Active Users - U.S. and Canada: 102 compared to the 101 average estimate based on five analysts.
- Monthly Active Users - Europe: 148 versus the five-analyst average estimate of 148.
- ARPU - Rest of World: $0.14 versus the five-analyst average estimate of $0.13.
- ARPU - Europe: $1 versus $0.94 estimated by five analysts on average.
- ARPU - U.S. and Canada: $6.54 versus the five-analyst average estimate of $6.62.
- Geographic Revenue- U.S. and Canada: $663 million compared to the $658.03 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +12% year over year.
- Geographic Revenue- Rest of World: $45 million versus $46.86 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +50% change.
- Geographic Revenue- Europe: $147 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $140.72 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +24.6%.
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Shares of Pinterest have returned -2.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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