Pinterest, Inc. (PINS) vs Snap Inc. (SNAP)

Pinterest, Inc. and Snap Inc. are both Internet Content & Information companies. Pinterest, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $11.4B against $8.6B — 1.3× the size. Snap Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Pinterest, Inc. trades at 79.5×. Pinterest, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.4% against 13.8%. Pinterest, Inc. has the higher net margin (3.81% vs −2.30%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.68% vs −2.52%). Across the 20 metrics below, Pinterest, Inc. leads on 17 and Snap Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric PINS SNAP Internet Content & Information median
P/E 79.47 n/m 12.38
P/S 2.39 1.33 0.93
P/B 3.60 3.91 1.24
Price to free cash flow 8.85 11.39 10.76
EV/EBITDA 48.97 165.29 10.74
EV/Sales 2.28 1.44 1.20
Earnings yield 1.26% (1.75%) (1.71%)
Free cash flow yield 11.30% 8.78% 4.26%

Profitability

Metric PINS SNAP Internet Content & Information median
Gross margin 78.97% 59.11% 63.25%
Operating margin 4.19% (1.81%) (1.87%)
Net margin 3.81% (2.30%) (1.37%)
Free cash flow margin 26.97% 11.83% 3.47%
Return on equity 4.50% (6.78%) (1.19%)
Return on assets 3.41% (2.00%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 4.68% (2.52%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric PINS SNAP Internet Content & Information median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.38% 13.76% 6.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (77.15%) 35.71% 34.37%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.06% 18.80% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric PINS SNAP Internet Content & Information median
Debt to equity 0.32 1.56 0.01
Current ratio 4.28 3.36 1.84
Net debt to EBITDA (7.55) (1.65) (0.53)

Dividend

Metric PINS SNAP Internet Content & Information median
Dividend yield — — 1.19%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric PINS SNAP Internet Content & Information median
Market cap 11.35b 8.61b 693.23m

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