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title: "Weekly Recap | Pinterest -12.03%, consensus target above spot"
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description: "Pinterest fell 12.03% this week to close at $20.40, underperforming the S&P 500 by about 12.12 percentage points. Monday opened at $22.09 before selling off through the session; Tuesday and Wednesday stabilised around $21, Thursday broke below $21, and Friday touched a low of $20.17 to finish near the week’s weakest level. The move was a steady downward drift rather than a single sharp gap."
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# Weekly Recap | Pinterest -12.03%, consensus target above spot

## The Week

Pinterest fell 12.03% this week to close at $20.40, underperforming the S&P 500 by about 12.12 percentage points. Monday opened at $22.09 before selling off through the session; Tuesday and Wednesday stabilised around $21, Thursday broke below $21, and Friday touched a low of $20.17 to finish near the week’s weakest level. The move was a steady downward drift rather than a single sharp gap.

## Key Events

The main story was the CFO exit. On Monday the company said its finance chief would step down and named an interim successor, sending the stock lower in a gap-down open; by Tuesday the combination of CFO resignation and weak guidance pushed the shares down 7.65% intraday, with valuation under pressure. Separately, director Benjamin Silbermann reported the disposal of 93,750 common shares worth $2.01 million, adding to company-specific news flow. Other items were mostly macro-driven, such as oil prices and stock futures moves tied to U.S. strikes on Iran, with limited direct connection to Pinterest itself.

## Analyst Ratings

Across 39 institutions covering Pinterest this week, 17 rate it buy, 2 overweight and 20 hold, with no underweight or sell ratings; the consensus rating is buy. The consensus target price sits at $28.99, about 42.12% above the latest price. Targets range from $22.00 to $42.36, a wide spread that indicates meaningful disagreement. The stock ranks 5th among 61 names in its industry.

## The Week Ahead

Macro data will be the focus: U.S. initial jobless claims and PPI reports land on Thursday 10 September, with PPI forecasts pointing to a potential pickup in inflation pressure; NFIB small business optimism is due on Tuesday 8 September. Pinterest itself has no scheduled earnings or major events, so the watch item is whether the CFO transition yields any fresh operating guidance.

## In Short

The week’s signals carry tension. Institutional coverage skews toward buy and overweight with a consensus target above spot, while the CFO departure and a director share sale add down-drift pressure, and the stock sharply underperformed the market. Valuation is not cheap at roughly 47x P/E and 4.06x P/B. The next markers are whether the CFO transition lands, whether guidance stabilises, and how macro data affects risk appetite for growth names.

*This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.*

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