MercadoLibre, Inc.

MELI Consumer Cyclical Internet Retail

MercadoLibre, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $28.9 billion, up 39.1% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+49.8%
EPS
−10.9%
Free cash flow
+22.5%
Total debt
+45.5%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

1,739.14 76.98 +4.63%
Market cap
$84.3B
P/E
45.4×
Fwd P/E
42.6×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.96
Beneish M
−3.04
Dividend safety
n/a

MercadoLibre, Inc. (MELI) Return on invested capital

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MercadoLibre, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 0.00%, down 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (0.00%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −29.8% (fiscal 2018) to 579.6% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is in line with the Internet Retail industry median of 0.00% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.54%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 0.00% (186.44)
FY2024 186.4% (393.13)
FY2023 579.6% 503.90
FY2022 75.7% 29.03
FY2021 46.6% 46.64
FY2020 0.00% 0.00
FY2019 0.00% 29.82
FY2018 −29.8% (66.27)
FY2017 36.5% (7.94)
FY2016 44.4% 11.78

Against its own ten years

Low −29.8% High 579.6%
Ten-year median 36.5%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SE Sea Limited Sponsored ADR compare 51.6%
EBAY eBay Inc. compare 17.2%
DASH DoorDash, Inc. compare 7.82%
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited compare 2.99%
JD JD.com, Inc. compare 1.18%
CPNG Coupang, Inc. compare 0.00%
W Wayfair Inc. compare 0.00%
MELI MercadoLibre, Inc. 0.00%
PDD PDD Holdings Inc. Sponsored ADR compare 0.00%
Internet Retail industry median 0.00%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.54%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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