What if you invested in Pinterest in 2019?
PINS · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Pinterest in 2019
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $3,085(+208.5%)
The S&P 500 returned $3,085 on the same $1,000. S&P 500 outperformed by $2,406.
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Pinterest vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2019 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Pinterest starting January 2019
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $30.98 | $1,000 | - |
| 2020 | $22.03 | $711 | -28.9% |
| 2021 | $68.51 | $2,211 | +211% |
| 2022 | $29.56 | $954 | -56.9% |
| 2023 | $26.29 | $849 | -11.1% |
| 2024 | $37.47 | $1,209 | +42.5% |
| 2025 | $32.96 | $1,064 | -12% |
| 2026 | $22.13 | $714 | -32.9% |
What this return means
A $1,000 bet on Pinterest (PINS) at the start of 2019 did not work out. That stake is worth $679 as of 2026-06-01, a -32.1% move that left you with less than you started with after 7.6 years.
That averages out to -5.0% a year, meaning the position shrank in compound terms across the 7.6-year window. The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund would be about $3,085 over the identical span, so the index came out ahead by roughly $2,406. The index compounded at about 16% a year, a reminder that a single stock can lag a basket of them.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2021 at +211.0%, and the worst was 2022 at -56.9%. At its lowest point the position was down about 68% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
This is historical math, not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
What if you invested $100 a month instead?
Most people do not drop a lump sum in on day one. They add a fixed amount every month. Putting $100 into Pinterest at the close of every month from April 2019 through June 2026 means 87 buys and $8,700 contributed over about 7.3 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$6,304
-27.5% on $8,700 in
Same $8,700, all in at the start
$5,906
-32.1% on $8,700 in
Spreading the buys out beat going all in at the start by $398. That happens when the price spent time below where it began, so averaging in caught the cheaper months. Averaging in also meant an average buy price of $29.02 per share across the whole stretch, so the monthly buyer never had to time a single low. Neither number counts dividends, taxes, or trading costs.
Illustrative fixed $100/month example, not a recommendation. Figures are computed from PINS split-adjusted monthly closes through June 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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