Forensic Analysis · Software & SaaS · as of Nov 11, 2026

Pinterest, Inc. (PINS)

A forensic read on Pinterest, Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

B · Sound & dependable

Forensic grade

Safe

Financial health

10.8

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

8.8%

ROE

15.8%

Revenue growth

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Pinterest, Inc. earns a B (Sound & dependable) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 10.8, placing it in the Safe zone. 1 forensic signal was flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

7.3%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 7.3% in the latest fiscal year and rising across FY2023–FY2025 from -5.2%. After-tax operating profit was ($99M) in FY2023 and $288M in FY2025, with operating income at -4.1% of revenue in FY2023, 4.9% in FY2024 and 7.6% in FY2025. The capital base behind it grew +105% across FY2023–FY2025, from $1.9B to $3.9B, and the return did not fall doing it, so the dollars added over that window earned at least the -5.2% the older base was already earning. $1.4B of the $3.9B base at FY2025 is short-term investments (36.5%) — securities held beside cash, which the base keeps because only cash is subtracted from it; they earn the balance sheet's yield, which is not in the operating profit above, so this rate understates what the operating capital earns. FY2023's operating profit carried a $127M restructuring charge that alone took about 5.2 points off that year's return, so about 5.2 of the 12.5-point rise across FY2023–FY2025 is that charge leaving the base year rather than the capital earning more.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$4.22B

Revenue Growth YoY+15.8%

Revenue CAGR (2yr)+17.6%

Net Margin9.9%

Free Cash Flow$1.25B

Return on Equity8.8%

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