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Buybacks for Pinterest (PINS)

TTM repurchases $2.70B · 5Y diluted share change +15.3% · SBC coverage 2.92×.

Analysis
Capital Return

Buyback yield (TTM)

23.11%

Shareholder yield (TTM)

23.11%

5Y share count change

15.3%

Buyback spend (TTM)

$2.70B

Key takeaways

  • Pinterest (PINS) repurchased about $2.70B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
  • Diluted share count is up 15.3% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
  • TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 2.92× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
  • Cash buyback spend has compounded at +74.7% per year over the latest 5-year window.
  • TTM repurchases used about 224% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.

Dividend & buyback yield over time for Pinterest (PINS)

Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.

Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Pinterest (PINS)

Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.

Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Pinterest (PINS)

Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.

Cash buyback spend over time for Pinterest (PINS)

Latest: $927.01M

Overview

As of the 2025 fiscal year, Pinterest (PINS) reported buyback spend of $927.01M – declined 6.4% year-over-year.

Through 2020–2025 (5 years), Pinterest buyback spend delivered a +74.7% annualised rate; with mixed annual results across the window.

Between 2024 and 2025, Pinterest buyback spend declined 6.4%, falling from $990.45M to $927.01M.

The record annual buyback spend stands at $990.45M, reached in 2024; the historical low of $0.00 was recorded in 2017.

Pinterest Buyback Spend 2025: $927.01M

In 2025, Pinterest reported buyback spend of $927.01M, declined 6.4% below 2024.

Pinterest Buyback Spend 2024: $990.45M

Pinterest buyback spend in 2024 was $990.45M, grew 18.6% from 2023. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.

Pinterest Buyback Spend 2023: $835.02M

2023's buyback spend for Pinterest came in at $835.02M, surged 416.1% from 2022.

Pinterest Buyback Spend 2022: $161.81M

Pinterest buyback spend in 2022 was $161.81M.

Pinterest Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00

Pinterest buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.

See more financial history for Pinterest (PINS).

Buyback, SBC & dilution history

Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.

  • 2025$927.01M
  • 2024$990.45M
  • 2023$835.02M
  • 2022$161.81M
  • 2021$0.00
  • 2020$56.89M
  • 2019$475.01M
  • 2018$0.00
  • 2017$0.00

Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Pinterest (PINS)

Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 2.92×.

Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Pinterest (PINS)

How Pinterest splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.

Sector peers by buyback spend

Companies in the same sector as Pinterest, ranked by their latest buyback spend.

Buyback capacity (TTM)

Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.

TTM buybacks vs headroom (FCF − dividends, TTM)100% of headroom

Headroom $1.21B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).

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