TL;DR: Financial Overview - Revenue, Profits & Key Metrics

Latest Quarterly: Mar 2025

Income Metrics

Revenue 5.9B
Gross Profit 2.8B 46.69%
Operating Income 763.0M 12.86%
Net Income 494.0M 8.32%
EPS (Diluted) $9.74

Balance Sheet Metrics

Total Assets 27.7B
Total Liabilities 22.7B
Shareholders Equity 5.0B
Debt to Equity 4.53

Cash Flow Metrics

Operating Cash Flow 3.0M
Free Cash Flow 759.0M

Revenue & Profitability Trend

MercadoLibre Income Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Revenue i20.8B14.5B10.5B7.1B4.0B
Cost of Goods Sold i11.2B7.3B5.4B4.1B2.3B
Gross Profit i9.6B7.2B5.2B3.0B1.7B
Gross Margin % i46.1%49.8%49.0%42.5%43.0%
Operating Expenses
Research & Development i1.9B1.8B1.1B590.0M353.0M
Selling, General & Administrative i3.2B2.5B2.0B1.5B1.1B
Other Operating Expenses i-----
Total Operating Expenses i5.1B4.3B3.1B2.1B1.4B
Operating Income i2.6B1.8B1.0B441.0M128.0M
Operating Margin % i12.7%12.6%9.8%6.2%3.2%
Non-Operating Items
Interest Income i148.0M723.0M265.0M138.0M103.0M
Interest Expense i165.0M378.0M321.0M229.0M107.0M
Other Non-Operating Income-182.0M-615.0M-198.0M-109.0M-43.0M
Pre-tax Income i2.4B1.6B780.0M241.0M81.0M
Income Tax i521.0M569.0M298.0M149.0M82.0M
Effective Tax Rate % i21.4%36.6%38.2%61.8%101.2%
Net Income i1.9B987.0M482.0M83.0M-1.0M
Net Margin % i9.2%6.8%4.6%1.2%-0.0%
Key Metrics
EBITDA i3.4B3.1B1.7B783.0M336.0M
EPS (Basic) i$37.69$19.64$9.57$1.67$-0.08
EPS (Diluted) i$37.69$19.46$9.53$1.67$-0.08
Basic Shares Outstanding i5069742850262302503453534980299349740407
Diluted Shares Outstanding i5069742850262302503453534980299349740407

Income Statement Trend

MercadoLibre Balance Sheet From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Assets
Current Assets
Cash & Equivalents i2.6B2.6B1.9B2.6B1.9B
Short-term Investments i1.1B1.2B1.1B208.0M604.4M
Accounts Receivable i255.0M156.0M130.0M98.0M49.7M
Inventory i296.0M238.0M152.0M253.0M118.1M
Other Current Assets51.0M65.0M30.0M22.0M13.4M
Total Current Assets i20.1B14.3B11.0B8.2B5.3B
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment i1.5B1.3B1.0B796.0M513.9M
Goodwill i359.0M361.0M331.0M341.0M184.6M
Intangible Assets i61.0M35.0M25.0M45.0M14.2M
Long-term Investments20.0M22.0M07.0M0
Other Non-Current Assets976.0M779.0M623.0M321.0M202.5M
Total Non-Current Assets i5.1B3.4B2.8B1.9B1.2B
Total Assets i25.2B17.6B13.7B10.1B6.5B
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable i3.2B2.1B1.4B1.0B728.1M
Short-term Debt i3.1B2.5B2.3B1.4B603.6M
Current Portion of Long-term Debt-----
Other Current Liabilities103.0M88.0M63.0M23.0M21.9M
Total Current Liabilities i16.6B11.3B8.6B5.8B3.6B
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-term Debt i3.8B2.9B3.1B2.6B1.1B
Deferred Tax Liabilities i204.0M183.0M106.0M62.0M64.4M
Other Non-Current Liabilities58.0M57.0M16.0M18.0M4.6M
Total Non-Current Liabilities i4.2B3.3B3.3B2.7B1.2B
Total Liabilities i20.8B14.6B11.9B8.6B4.9B
Equity
Common Stock i000050.0K
Retained Earnings i3.8B1.9B913.0M397.0M314.1M
Treasury Stock i311.0M310.0M931.0M790.0M54.8M
Other Equity-----
Total Shareholders Equity i4.4B3.1B1.8B1.5B1.7B
Key Metrics
Total Debt i6.8B5.3B5.4B4.0B1.7B
Working Capital i3.5B3.0B2.4B2.3B1.7B

Balance Sheet Composition

MercadoLibre Cash Flow Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Operating Activities
Net Income i1.9B987.0M482.0M83.0M-1.0M
Depreciation & Amortization i617.0M524.0M403.0M204.0M105.0M
Stock-Based Compensation i-167.0M1.0M755.0K1.0M
Working Capital Changes i-1.6B-400.0M-761.0M-1.1B-182.0M
Operating Cash Flow i357.0M1.3B84.0M-730.2M-48.0M
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures i-860.0M-509.0M-454.0M-573.0M-247.0M
Acquisitions i-6.0M00-56.0M-7.0M
Investment Purchases i-16.7B-19.0B-12.7B-7.4B-5.2B
Investment Sales i14.0B18.1B11.0B7.8B5.6B
Investing Cash Flow i-8.3B-3.4B-3.9B-1.6B-252.0M
Financing Activities
Share Repurchases i-1.0M-356.0M-148.0M-486.0M-54.0M
Dividends Paid i--00-3.0M
Debt Issuance i19.5B25.0B17.0B9.3B2.4B
Debt Repayment i-17.5B-24.9B-16.0B-8.7B-1.8B
Financing Cash Flow i2.0B-267.0M916.0M1.9B242.0M
Free Cash Flow i7.1B4.6B2.5B356.0M935.0M
Net Change in Cash i-6.0B-2.4B-2.9B-363.2M-58.0M

Cash Flow Trend

MercadoLibre Key Financial Ratios

Valuation Ratios

P/E Ratio (TTM) 59.17
Forward P/E 49.45
Price to Book 21.23
Price to Sales 5.03
PEG Ratio -36.48

Profitability Ratios

Profit Margin 8.52%
Operating Margin 12.15%
Return on Equity 43.83%
Return on Assets 7.00%

Financial Health

Current Ratio 1.20
Debt to Equity 157.71
Beta 1.46

Per Share Data

EPS (TTM) $40.43
Book Value per Share $112.69
Revenue per Share $475.29

Peer Financial Comparison

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meli121.3B59.1721.2343.83%8.52%157.71
Amazon.com 2.3T32.717.9525.24%10.14%51.64
Doordash 107.5B139.0812.049.64%6.57%36.41
Coupang 52.8B144.9011.257.88%1.13%97.74
eBay 45.6B22.209.6542.63%20.86%150.81
Chewy 16.7B44.4944.7476.24%3.21%142.52

Financial data is updated regularly. All figures are in the company's reporting currency.