Mail Ru Group (OTCMKTS:MLRYY) versus Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) Critical Comparison

Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) and Mail Ru Group (OTCMKTS:MLRYY) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Pinterest and Mail Ru Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pinterest	0	19	18	0	2.49
Mail Ru Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Pinterest presently has a consensus price target of $27.90, indicating a potential upside of 36.43%. Given Pinterest’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pinterest is more favorable than Mail Ru Group.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Pinterest and Mail Ru Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pinterest	$4.56 billion	2.51	$416.86 million	$0.34	60.15
Mail Ru Group	$1.59 billion	N/A	-$1.03 billion	($0.98)	-0.92

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

Risk & Volatility

Pinterest has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mail Ru Group has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Pinterest and Mail Ru Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pinterest	5.46%	7.49%	5.62%
Mail Ru Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

88.8% of Pinterest shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Pinterest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Pinterest beats Mail Ru Group on 13 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Mail Ru Group

VK International Public Joint-Stock Company operates as a technology company in Russia and internationally. It operates through Social Platforms and Media Content, EdTech, Technologies for Business, and Ecosystem Services and Other Business Lines segments. The company’s projects include social networks, games, education, goods and services, productivity, devices, media and entertainment, app stores, messengers, social services, and ecosystem services. It also provides marketing and advertising, communications and productivity, cloud data, analytics, authorization and registration, finances, HR, and social projects solutions for businesses; cloud platforms and data management, corporate communication services, tax monitoring platform, and other corporate software solutions; and business digitizing solutions, which range from online promotion to cloud services. It enables users to communicate, play, listen to music, watch, and create videos, and receive professional training and skills. The company was formerly known as VK Company Limited and changed its name to VK International Public Joint-Stock Company in August 2023. VK International Public Joint-Stock Company was founded in 1998 and is based in Kaliningrad, Russia.