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Pinterest, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Pinterest, Inc. had return on equity of 8.8%, an operating margin of 7.6%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 7.64. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin62.2%68.0%68.6%73.5%79.5%75.8%77.5%79.4%80.1%79.0%
Operating margin−29.2%−9.9%−121.5%−8.4%12.7%−3.6%−4.1%4.9%7.6%4.2%
Net margin−27.5%−8.3%−119.1%−7.6%12.3%−3.4%−1.2%51.1%9.9%3.8%
Free-cash-flow margin−30.5%−10.9%−2.9%0.7%28.9%15.7%19.8%25.8%29.7%27.0%
Return on equity——−190.5%−6.0%12.0%−3.0%−1.1%47.5%8.8%4.5%
Return on assets—−5.5%−76.8%−5.1%10.3%−2.6%−1.0%41.7%7.7%3.4%
Asset turnover—0.660.640.680.840.760.820.820.780.90
Current ratio—8.2011.7411.5112.259.0810.538.757.644.28
Debt to equity——0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%31.6%
Effective tax rate————1.4%———6.5%28.7%
R&D as % of revenue44.0%33.3%105.6%35.8%30.3%33.9%35.0%34.0%33.8%34.7%
Capital spending as % of revenue8.7%2.9%3.0%1.0%0.4%1.0%0.3%0.7%0.8%1.4%
Free cash flow ÷ net income————235.1%——50.5%300.3%707.8%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow————0.0%0.0%82.7%63.9%74.0%200.2%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 2 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $5.0bn
Short-term assets $2.5bnLonger-term assets $2.4bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $5.0bn
Short-term liabilities $591mLonger-term liabilities $1.3bnShareholders' equity $3.1bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $2.5bn of assets due within a year against $591m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $2.5bn short-term assets against $1.3bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Pinterest, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

59 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Pinterest's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 8 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 28.9% of total assets over 7 years.

  • Pricing power 18 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 77.9%, moving by 4.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.

  • Durability 0 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 2.9%; its worst year was -128.1%.

  • Cash conversion 18 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 8 years, at a median 23.7% of revenue.

  • Discipline 9 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 6.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 21.6% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (64 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Pinterest, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Pinterest, Inc.