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Pinterest stock plunges following weak Q4 revenue guidance

Pinterest stock plunges following weak Q4 revenue guidance

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Bill Ready, CEO of Pinterest, rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on May 15, 2024.

Brendan McDermid | Reuters

Pinterest shares plunged 15% on Thursday after the social media company provided soft guidance for its fourth-quarter revenue despite beating on the top and bottom lines with its third-quarter earnings.

Here’s how the company performed, according to LSEG:

  • Revenue: $898 million vs. $896 million expected
  • Earnings per share: 40 cents adjusted vs. 34 cents expected

The company said fourth-quarter revenue will be between $1.125 billion and $1.145 billion. The midpoint of the fourth-quarter guidance, $1.135 billion, trailed analyst estimates of $1.143 billion.

Pinterest also said in a filing Thursday that its board authorized a $2 billion share buyback.

Sales in Pinterest’s third quarter rose 18% from $763.2 million a year ago.

Pinterest said it had 537 million global monthly active users in the third quarter, topping analyst estimates of 532.6 million.  

The company’s net income grew a whopping 354% year over year to $30.56 million. Its total cost and expenses for the quarter were $904 million, up 17% compared with $768 million the previous year.

Pinterest’s latest quarterly earnings follows the recent U.S. presidential election earlier in the week in addition to multiple earnings reports from other tech companies with online advertising businesses.

Last week, Amazon said its ads business grew 19% year over year to $14.3 billion in the third quarter, and Meta said its third-quarter sales rose 19% year over year to $40.59 billion. However, Meta shares dropped slightly on weaker-than-expected user numbers and warned of a significant acceleration in its infrastructure expenses in 2025.



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