Social commerce platform Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) missed analyst expectations in Q2 FY2022 quarter, with revenue up 8.59% year on year to $665.9 million. Pinterest made a GAAP loss of $43 million, down on its profit of $69.4 million, in the same quarter last year.
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Pinterest (PINS) Q2 FY2022 Highlights:
- Revenue: $665.9 million vs analyst estimates of $666.5 million (small miss)
- EPS (non-GAAP): $0.11 vs analyst expectations of $0.18 (37.7% miss)
- Free cash flow of $107 million, down 48.1% from previous quarter
- Gross Margin (GAAP): 75.2%, down from 79.1% same quarter last year
- Global Monthly Active Users: 433 million, down 21 million year on year
“Pinterest achieved 9% revenue growth year over year in Q2, or 10% revenue growth on a constant currency basis, despite the uncertainty facing our advertisers,” said Bill Ready, CEO, Pinterest.
Created with the idea of virtually replacing paper catalogues, Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) is an online image and social discovery platform.
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Sales Growth
Pinterest's revenue growth over the last three years has been impressive, averaging 46.7% annually. The initial impact of the pandemic was positive for Pinterest's revenue, but growth rates subsequently normalized.
This quarter, Pinterest reported an mediocre 8.59% year on year revenue growth, and this result fell short of what analysts were expecting.
Ahead of the earnings results the analysts covering the company were estimating sales to grow 15.4% over the next twelve months.
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Usage Growth
As a social network, Pinterest can generate revenue growth by increasing user numbers, and by charging more for the ads each user is exposed to.
Over the last two years the number of Pinterest's monthly active users, a key usage metric for the company, grew 11.7% annually to 433 million users. This is decent growth for a consumer internet company.
Unfortunately, in Q2 the number of monthly active users decreased by 21 million, a 4.62% drop year on year.
Key Takeaways from Pinterest's Q2 Results
Sporting a market capitalization of $12.9 billion, more than $2.65 billion in cash and with positive free cash flow over the last twelve months, we're confident that Pinterest has the resources it needs to pursue a high growth business strategy.
It was good to see the increase in ARPU. On the other hand, there was a decline in number of users and the revenue growth was quite weak. Overall, this quarter's results were not the best we've seen from Pinterest. But it seems that the market's expectations were even lower and the company is up 16.7% on the results and currently trades at $23.21 per share.
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