Holdings of Pinterest Inc (PINS) are aligned with the stars

With 6.47 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 11.04 million shares. The 52-week range on PINS shows that it touched its highest point at $45.19 and its lowest point at $27.00 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $46.12. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.02.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of PINS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -8.57%, but this was up by 9.94% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 20.49% while six-month performance rose 14.10%. The stock gained 2.20% in the past year, while it has gained 24.72% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PINS yields 2.70 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.22. For the next quarter, that number is 0.26. This implies an EPS growth rate of 43.65% for this year and 19.89% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 593.46 million PINS shares are outstanding with a float of 584.98 million shares on hand for trading.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for PINS since 28 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 19 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 9 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.54322 being high and $1.39578 being low. For PINS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.48424. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.4 and the low estimate is $0.31. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.36.