On August 5, Pinterest, Inc. fell 8.13% in pre-market trading, trading at $23.48 per share. The decline followed the company's Q2 earnings release after market close, where results beat expectations but Q3 guidance disappointed investors.

Pinterest reported Q2 adjusted profit of $311 million, exceeding the analyst consensus of $270 million, while global monthly active users rose 11% year-over-year to 640 million, surpassing the FactSet estimate of 635.3 million. However, Q3 revenue guidance of $11.9 billion to $12.1 billion implies 13%-15% year-over-year growth, a notable slowdown from Q2's 18% pace.

The CFO noted that Q2 benefited from several non-recurring tailwinds including Amazon Prime Day shifting into the quarter, World Cup-related spending contributing nearly one percentage point of growth, and TVScientific's first full quarter of consolidation. These factors will not recur in Q3. Additionally, regulatory pressure on Asian cross-border retailers is persisting into Q3, while Google Images' launch of Pinterest-like AI personalization features intensifies competition. GPU capacity investments are also expected to create modest cost headwinds in the second half.

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