MERCADOLIBRE INC MELI
MercadoLibre, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries "us," "we," "our," "MercadoLibre," or the "Company") is the leading online commerce and fintech ecosystem in Latin America. Our e-commerce platform is the leader in the region based on gross merchandise volume ("GMV"), and our fintech platform is the leader in monthly active users ("MAUs") among fintech companies in Argentina, Chile and Mexico, and the second largest in Brazil. Mercado Libre's e-commerce platform is present in 18 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela (deconsolidated since December 2017), Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay and El Salvador) and our fintech platform, Mercado Pago, is present in 8 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and Ecuador). Our ecosystem provides consumers and merchants with a complete portfolio of services to enable buying and selling online, and the processing of payments online and offline, as well as offering a wide array of simple day-to-day financial services.
Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close
Annual financial statements
Income statement
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $20.34B | $15.14B | $10.49B | $7.45B | $5.71B | $3.97B | $2.30B | $1.44B | $1.22B | $844.4M |
| Cost of revenue | $16.04B | $11.20B | $7.52B | $5.58B | $4.06B | $2.27B | $1.19B | $742.6M | $496.9M | $307.5M |
| Gross profit | $12.86B | $9.58B | $7.59B | $5.20B | $3.00B | $1.71B | $1.10B | $697.0M | $719.6M | $536.9M |
| R&D | $2.27B | $1.93B | $1.83B | $1.10B | $590.0M | $353.0M | $223.8M | $146.3M | $127.2M | $98.5M |
| SG&A | $1.08B | $963.0M | $766.0M | $661.0M | $465.0M | $327.0M | $197.5M | $137.8M | $122.2M | $87.3M |
| Total operating expenses | $9.66B | $6.95B | $5.38B | $4.13B | $2.56B | $1.58B | $1.26B | $766.5M | $663.3M | $355.8M |
| Operating income | $3.20B | $2.63B | $2.21B | $1.07B | $441.0M | $128.0M | -$153.2M | -$69.5M | $56.3M | $181.1M |
| Pre-tax income | $2.84B | $2.43B | $1.55B | $780.0M | $241.0M | $81.0M | -$107.2M | -$65.5M | $54.1M | $185.3M |
| Income tax | $845.0M | $521.0M | $569.0M | $298.0M | $149.0M | $82.0M | $64.8M | $28.9M | $40.3M | $49.0M |
| Net income | $2.00B | $1.91B | $987.0M | $482.0M | $83.0M | -$1.0M | -$172.0M | -$36.6M | $13.8M | $136.4M |
| EPS, basic | 39.40 | 37.69 | 19.64 | 9.57 | 1.67 | -0.08 | -3.71 | -0.82 | 0.31 | 3.09 |
| EPS, diluted | 39.40 | 37.69 | 19.46 | 9.53 | 1.67 | -0.08 | -3.71 | -0.82 | 0.31 | 3.09 |
| Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) | 50.7M | 50.7M | 51.0M | 51.3M | 49.8M | 49.7M | 48.7M | 44.5M | 44.2M | 44.2M |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $3.67B | $2.63B | $3.85B | $3.36B | $3.65B | $2.51B | $1.45B | $464.7M | $388.3M | $234.1M |
| Short-term investments | $2.63B | $4.49B | $3.48B | $2.34B | $810.0M | $1.24B | $1.60B | $461.5M | $209.4M | $253.3M |
| Receivables | $369.0M | $255.0M | $156.0M | $130.0M | $98.0M | $49.7M | $35.4M | $35.2M | $28.2M | $25.4M |
| Inventory | $570.0M | $296.0M | $238.0M | $152.0M | $253.0M | $118.1M | $8.6M | $4.6M | $2.5M | $1.1M |
| Total current assets | $33.57B | $20.14B | $14.26B | $10.95B | $8.18B | $5.35B | $3.79B | $1.51B | $1.29B | $869.5M |
| Property, plant and equipment | $2.30B | $1.38B | $1.25B | $993.0M | $807.0M | $391.7M | $244.3M | $165.6M | $114.8M | $124.3M |
| Goodwill | $163.0M | $149.0M | $163.0M | $153.0M | $148.0M | $85.0M | $87.6M | $88.9M | $92.3M | $91.8M |
| Other intangibles | $33.0M | $12.0M | $11.0M | $25.0M | $45.0M | $14.2M | $14.3M | $18.6M | $23.2M | $26.3M |
| Total assets | $42.67B | $25.20B | $17.61B | $13.74B | $10.10B | $6.53B | $4.78B | $2.24B | $1.67B | $1.37B |
| Accounts payable | $4.50B | $3.20B | $2.12B | $1.39B | $1.04B | $767.3M | $372.3M | $266.8M | $221.1M | $105.1M |
| Total current liabilities | $28.63B | $16.60B | $11.26B | $8.56B | $5.84B | $3.64B | $1.75B | $1.17B | $968.0M | $576.6M |
| Long-term debt | $9.19B | $5.71B | $4.50B | $4.76B | $3.52B | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total liabilities | $35.92B | $20.84B | $14.54B | $11.91B | $8.57B | $4.87B | $2.70B | $1.90B | $1.35B | $938.6M |
| Retained earnings | $5.81B | $3.81B | $1.90B | $913.0M | $397.0M | $314.1M | $322.6M | $503.4M | $537.9M | $550.6M |
| Total equity | $6.75B | $4.35B | $3.07B | $1.83B | $1.53B | $1.65B | $1.98B | $336.7M | $325.8M | $428.9M |
Cash flow
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $12.12B | $7.92B | $5.14B | $2.94B | $965.0M | $1.18B | $451.1M | $230.9M | $269.0M | $190.3M |
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $27.5M | $35.7M | $23.0M |
| Capital expenditure | $1.34B | $860.0M | $509.0M | $455.0M | $573.0M | $247.0M | $136.8M | $93.1M | $55.2M | $68.5M |
| Investing cash flow | -$6.18B | -$8.29B | -$3.45B | -$3.87B | -$1.60B | -$252.0M | -$1.45B | -$672.5M | -$22.6M | -$84.2M |
| Financing cash flow | $2.90B | $1.96B | -$267.0M | $916.0M | $1.93B | $242.0M | $2.02B | $608.9M | -$50.9M | -$19.7M |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $6.6M | $26.5M | $24.4M |
| Buybacks | $1.0M | $1.0M | $356.0M | $148.0M | $486.0M | $54.0M | $720.0K | — | — | — |
Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0001099590-26-000010.
Plot the figures US dollars
- Revenue
- Gross profit
- Net income
| Fiscal year | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $844.4M | $1.22B | $1.44B | $2.30B | $3.97B | $5.71B | $7.45B | $10.49B | $15.14B | $20.34B |
| Gross profit | $536.9M | $719.6M | $697.0M | $1.10B | $1.71B | $3.00B | $5.20B | $7.59B | $9.58B | $12.86B |
| Net income | $136.4M | $13.8M | -$36.6M | -$172.0M | -$1.0M | $83.0M | $482.0M | $987.0M | $1.91B | $2.00B |
Recent filings and events
- Results announced The quarterly or annual earnings release. Arrives four times a year from almost every company here. Item 2.02
- Shareholder vote The results of the annual meeting or a special vote. Item 5.07
- Results announced Item 2.02
- Officer or director change Someone at the top arrived or left. The item covers everything from a board retirement to a chief executive being removed, and only the filing itself says which. Item 5.02
- Annual report filed A new 10-K. The figures and the business description on this site come from it. Form 10-K
- Results announced Item 2.02
- Other event The catch-all. The company chose to disclose something that fits no other item, so the content is whatever it says it is. Item 8.01
- Material agreement signed The company entered an agreement outside the ordinary course of business - a large contract, a credit facility, a merger agreement. Item 1.01
- Regulation FD disclosure Something the company told the market and had to tell everyone at once - usually a slide deck or a press release. Item 7.01
- Results announced Item 2.02
- Material agreement signed Item 1.01
- New debt or obligation The company has taken on debt or a comparable obligation. Item 2.03
Item numbers are Form 8-K's own, and a filing date is up to four business days after the thing it reports. The same feed across the whole market.
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