Financial Contrast: Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) and Docebo (NASDAQ:DCBO)

Docebo (NASDAQ:DCBO) and Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Docebo and Pinterest’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Docebo	15.46%	67.62%	18.64%
Pinterest	9.87%	7.95%	6.99%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Docebo and Pinterest, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Docebo	1	3	10	2	2.81
Pinterest	0	19	15	1	2.49

Docebo presently has a consensus price target of $30.92, suggesting a potential upside of 55.83%. Pinterest has a consensus price target of $25.87, suggesting a potential upside of 39.26%. Given Docebo’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Docebo is more favorable than Pinterest.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Docebo and Pinterest”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Docebo	$242.69 million	2.35	$37.51 million	$1.27	15.62
Pinterest	$4.22 billion	2.93	$416.86 million	$0.61	30.45

Pinterest has higher revenue and earnings than Docebo. Docebo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinterest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

53.2% of Docebo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Pinterest shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Pinterest shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Docebo has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinterest has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Docebo beats Pinterest on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Docebo

Docebo Inc. operates as a learning management software company that provides artificial intelligence (AI)-powered learning platform in North America and internationally. It offers Learning Management System (LMS) to train internal and external workforces, partners, and customers. The company's cloud platform consists of a learning suite, which includes Docebo Learn LMS, a cloud-based learning platform that allows learning administrators to deliver personalized learning; Docebo Shape, an AI-based learning content creation tool, which enables learning administrators to turn internal and external resources into engaging, multilingual, and microlearning content to share across the business; Docebo Content that allows off-the-shelf learning content by partnering content specialist; Docebo Learning Impact, a learning measurement tool that enables administrators to prove and improve training programs; Docebo Learn Data, which gives a comprehensive view on learning data to business results; Docebo Connect that connects Docebo to custom tech stack and making integrations; and Docebo Flow that allows businesses to directly inject learning into the flow of work. It also offers Docebo for Salesforce, a native integration that leverages Salesforce's application programming interface and technology architecture to produce a learning experience; Docebo Embed that allows original equipment manufacturers to embed and re-sell Docebo as a part of their software; Docebo Mobile App Publisher product that allows companies to create and publish own branded version of Docebo Go.Learn mobile learning applications; Docebo Extended Enterprise which breeds customer education, partner enablement, and retention; Docebo Discover, Coach & Share that enhances the learning experience to create a culture of social learning; and Docebo for Microsoft Teams, that brings learning directly into Microsoft Teams. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Pinterest

Pinterest, Inc. operates as a visual search and discovery platform in the United States and internationally. Its platform allows people to find ideas, such as recipes, home and style inspiration, and others; and to search, save, and shop the ideas. The company was formerly known as Cold Brew Labs Inc. and changed its name to Pinterest, Inc. in April 2012. Pinterest, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.