Pinterest’s stock ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange is PINS.
Pinterest, Inc. began trading publicly on the NYSE in April 2019. Its Class A common stock trades under the four-letter symbol PINS, a compact reference to the platform’s central objects: Pins. The initial public offering gave public investors a way to buy shares in the company behind the visual-discovery service.
A ticker symbol identifies a publicly traded security; it is not the company’s legal name or a description of its business. Pinterest’s corporate name is Pinterest, Inc., while PINS is the market symbol used in financial data, brokerage apps, and exchange quotations.
The alternatives are associated with other public companies or brands. ETSY identifies Etsy, META identifies Meta Platforms, and SNAP identifies Snap. Pinterest’s listing is also separate from the private venture funding rounds that preceded it, including the 2011 valuation of US$200 million and the 2012 valuation of US$1.5 billion. Those were private-market valuations, whereas PINS refers to the publicly traded stock.