Pinterest Inc.’s stock initially plummeted 23% before rallying in extended trading Thursday after it reported a revenue miss.
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reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $201.2 million, or 29 cents a share, compared with net income of $17.5 million, or 3 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted earnings were 53 cents a share.
Revenue improved 12% to $981.3 million, from $877.2 million a year ago.
Analysts surveyed by FactSet had expected, on average, net earnings of 52 cents a share on revenue of $991 million.
“We had a strong Q4, bookending a transformative year for Pinterest,” Pinterest Chief Executive Bill Ready said in a statement announcing the numbers. Global monthly active users rose 11% to an all-time high of 498 million year over year.
Ad spending played a big role in the earnings report as they did for Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc.
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Alphabet Inc.’s
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Google and Snap Inc.
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Pinterest executives project first-quarter revenue of between $690 million and $705 million. FactSet analysts expect $702 million in first-quarter revenue.
Shares of Pinterest have surged 64% over the last year, while the broader S&P 500 index
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has increased 22%.
