What's Behind the Selling of PINS Shares?

By Kim Brooks • Friday, February 09 15:37 • Permanent Link

Pinterest stock is trading -8.25% below its average target price of $40.22 after dropping -9.4% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the large-cap Software company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $25.0 to $50.0 per share.

Pinterest has an average level of shares sold short, at 7.0% of its total share float. The stock's short ratio (also called days to cover) is 5.47. The company's insiders own 0.98% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests.

Institutional investors own 90.0% of Pinterest's shares, which indicates they have a high level of confidence in the company.

Institutions Invested in Pinterest

Date Reported	Holder	Percentage	Shares	Value
2023-09-30	Vanguard Group Inc	9%	54,909,357	$2,026,155,357
2023-09-30	Blackrock Inc.	6%	34,413,329	$1,269,851,892
2023-09-30	Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc	5%	28,855,461	$1,064,766,554
2023-09-30	Elliott Investment Management L.p.	5%	28,000,000	$1,033,200,042
2023-09-30	Macquarie Group Limited	4%	21,246,643	$784,001,159
2023-09-30	Barclays Plc	3%	15,565,141	$574,353,726
2023-09-30	State Street Corporation	2%	11,935,257	$440,411,001
2023-09-30	Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	2%	11,122,436	$410,417,905
2023-12-31	Baillie Gifford and Company	2%	9,305,759	$343,382,521
2023-09-30	Marshall Wace LLP	2%	8,944,129	$330,038,373

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