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Quarterly report 2026-Q1
added 05-08-2026

MercadoLibre Financial Ratios 2025-2007 | MELI

Brief overview of MercadoLibre's valuation multiples

This overview follows the five latest available observations from 2017 through 2025.

The current valuation set is P/E 44.67x (median 83.17x), EV/EBITDA 30.22x (median 40.91x), P/S 3.09x (median 5.43x). On average, this basket is 46.3% below its own five-year medians. The market values the business at a discount to recent history.

At the current P/E, inverse earnings yield is 2.2%, a useful bridge between price and business earnings.

Capital efficiency is characterized by ROE 29.6%, ROA 4.7%, ROCE 22.8%. Returns on capital and assets point to efficient economics and a strong internal source of growth.

PEG is 0.52x. Price is low relative to embedded growth, though the ratio depends heavily on forecast quality.

A shorter cycle, from 29.3 days to 13.8 days, indicates faster release of cash from operations.

Valuation takeaway

MercadoLibre's fundamental efficiency looks stronger than its current valuation relative to history. Future reports should confirm the conclusion.

Annual Financial Ratios MercadoLibre

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007

P/E

44.7 60.0 83.2 120.4 -1228.7 -1738.3 -190.0 -440.6 1238.1 65.9 44.9 82.3 35.8 36.4 49.6 141.2 88.9 109.0 -

P/S

3.1 5.5 5.4 5.4 26.5 66.8 14.2 11.2 14.0 10.7 7.3 10.7 8.9 9.9 12.6 - - - -

EPS

39.4 37.7 19.6 9.6 -0.9 -1.0 -3.7 -0.8 0.3 3.1 2.4 1.6 2.7 2.3 1.7 0.4 0.3 0.4 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

121 B 133 B 94.1 B 68 B 61.4 B 91 B 34 B 17.6 B 18 B 9.7 B 5.25 B 6.36 B 4.32 B 3.79 B 3.85 B 2.29 B 1.02 B 2.03 B -15.7 M

EBITDA per Share

79.3 64.1 54.3 29.2 12.9 4.68 -1.64 -0.532 2.2 4.31 3.34 2.82 3.75 3.14 2.43 1.8 1.36 0.92 -

EV/EBITDA

30.2 40.9 34.4 46.2 96.7 379.0 -400.7 -692.9 175.3 43.2 30.1 43.9 24.7 25.9 34.6 28.8 17.0 49.7 -

PEG

0.52 14.5 1.97 599.96 35.25 27.08 0.58 1.21 -13.77 2.28 0.98 -2.16 2.33 1.08 1.39 - - - -

P/B

13.2 26.4 26.7 31.8 36.9 53.7 15.7 47.9 52.4 21.0 14.0 16.8 12.3 12.8 17.2 13.1 8.8 - -

P/CF

7.4 14.5 16.0 19.7 58.6 75.0 104.0 121.1 87.9 79.7 30.3 37.0 148.7 30.4 53.8 33.1 20.2 36.7 -

ROE %

29.59 43.92 32.14 26.38 -3.00 -3.09 -8.26 -10.87 4.23 31.80 31.16 20.40 34.21 35.06 34.76 9.28 9.88 20.14 -

ROA %

4.68 7.58 5.60 3.51 -0.46 -0.78 -3.60 -1.63 0.82 9.97 10.54 7.51 19.83 21.22 21.41 5.91 6.18 - -

ROCE %

22.81 30.62 34.76 20.66 10.34 4.43 -5.06 -6.47 7.98 22.89 20.44 17.87 41.69 41.95 42.00 41.15 45.88 40.17 -

Current Ratio

1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 2.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.7 2.8 2.7 - -

DSO

3.9 3.6 3.5 3.9 12.7 11.7 95.0 124.5 186.8 146.8 89.8 86.5 60.2 54.4 49.7 - - - -

DIO

9.9 8.7 9.5 13.2 16.7 10.2 2.6 2.3 1.9 1.3 0.4 - - - - - - - -

DPO

- - - - - - 101.2 119.6 146.5 112.9 105.3 133176243.9 74.9 55.1 61.8 45.2 - - -

Operating Cycle

13.8 12.3 12.9 17.1 29.3 21.9 97.6 126.8 188.7 148.1 90.2 86.5 60.2 54.4 49.7 - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

13.8 12.3 12.9 17.1 29.3 21.9 -3.6 7.2 42.2 35.2 -15.1 -133176157.5 -14.7 -0.6 -12.1 -45.2 - - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios MercadoLibre

2026-Q1 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1 2010-Q3 2010-Q2

EPS

8.23 8.32 10.31 9.74 - 7.83 10.48 6.78 - 7.18 5.22 4.01 - 2.57 2.43 1.3 -0.92 1.92 1.37 -0.68 -1.02 0.28 1.11 -0.44 -1.11 -2.96 0.31 0.13 -0.05 -0.23 -0.25 -0.29 -1.53 0.63 0.12 1.1 1.16 0.88 0.36 0.68 0.88 1.03 0.44 0.04 0.76 0.76 -0.58 0.69 0.93 0.66 0.67 0.4 0.69 0.59 0.57 0.45 0.47 0.6 0.34 0.32 0.43 0.26

EBITDA per Share

16.9 25.7 16.3 18.4 - 11 14.3 13.4 - 15.7 13.4 10.8 - 5.9 5 4.42 - 5.99 3.36 2.59 - 3.13 2.89 -0.16 - -0.59 0.42 0.56 - 0.51 -0.13 -0.42 - 1.3 1.11 1.64 - 1.69 1.03 0.83 - 1.41 1.03 0.69 - 1.35 0.04 0.85 - 1.04 0.93 0.71 - 0.91 0.81 0.61 - 0.8 0.56 0.47 0.52 0.48

ROE %

31.52 35.72 43.47 44.46 34.59 39.96 43.14 40.25 39.96 42.49 37.18 29.64 19.78 16.77 86.10 162.27 271.51 271.46 195.13 114.57 -0.04 0.30 -7.98 -10.55 -8.67 -6.64 -2.27 -6.43 -10.87 -30.96 -19.47 -14.50 4.23 36.99 37.57 39.64 31.80 31.30 35.67 37.71 31.16 29.29 25.33 12.41 20.40 22.69 21.69 37.62 34.22 32.76 33.27 33.30 34.97 34.40 37.40 35.40 57.24 59.41 56.14 28.62 12.03 8.73

ROA %

5.41 6.27 7.78 8.00 6.21 7.15 7.62 6.69 6.30 6.44 4.80 2.63 1.21 2.61 1.53 2.64 1.39 1.07 -0.09 -0.34 -0.01 -0.37 -3.65 -4.17 -3.60 -2.57 0.03 -0.81 -1.63 -5.58 -3.47 -2.65 0.82 8.63 9.82 10.66 9.97 10.10 11.80 12.58 10.54 10.19 9.14 4.55 7.51 10.87 12.30 20.01 19.84 19.27 19.79 20.03 21.17 20.93 22.87 21.73 35.25 36.98 35.19 17.62 7.81 5.60

ROCE %

25.33 27.95 32.21 32.60 24.66 29.94 36.73 38.42 38.44 39.13 41.46 32.47 24.69 31.05 32.40 21.14 18.24 21.11 18.19 9.85 5.29 2.49 -0.81 -3.90 -2.88 -3.90 -3.74 -6.05 -6.40 -2.49 2.79 14.40 17.14 23.93 24.10 23.70 14.72 21.36 19.66 19.34 15.49 22.48 14.96 14.92 11.16 21.43 24.17 32.89 27.85 38.90 39.08 37.51 29.67 42.49 40.67 38.48 30.31 41.88 42.20 8.26 11.57 13.15

Current Ratio

1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 - 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.8

DSO

3.5 3.8 3.9 4.0 - 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.7 3.7 3.8 - 1.8 1.7 4.0 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.4 4.1 5.2 6.0 4.8 5.4 5.9 6.8 7.5 9.0 9.6 9.0 7.2 8.4 9.1 9.1 9.1 10.1 11.6 15.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DIO

11.1 10.5 9.8 9.4 - 9.2 8.1 9.1 9.4 12.0 11.3 10.2 - 5.4 8.3 19.1 - 17.2 14.5 14.5 - 17.0 23.9 17.1 - 2.5 2.9 2.5 - 2.3 2.4 2.1 - 1.8 2.1 1.6 - 1.2 1.4 1.1 - 0.4 0.4 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DPO

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23.6 - - - 26.3 - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

- - 13.6 13.4 - 12.7 11.3 12.5 12.6 15.7 15.0 13.9 - 7.3 10.0 23.1 3.6 20.6 18.1 18.3 3.4 21.0 29.1 23.0 4.8 7.8 8.8 9.3 7.5 11.3 12.0 11.1 7.2 10.2 11.1 10.7 9.1 11.2 13.0 16.7 - 0.4 0.4 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

- - 13.6 13.4 - 12.7 11.3 12.5 12.6 15.7 15.0 13.9 - 7.3 10.0 23.1 3.6 20.6 18.1 18.3 3.4 21.0 29.1 23.0 4.8 7.8 8.8 9.3 7.5 11.3 12.0 11.1 7.2 10.2 11.1 10.7 9.1 11.2 13.0 16.7 - 0.4 0.4 0.2 - - - - - - - -23.6 - - - -26.3 - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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