MercadoLibre, Inc. (MELI) Key Metrics
MELI valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $92.98B
- Enterprise value
- $100.25B
- P/E (TTM)
- 50.5 10-yr median 66.2
- Forward P/E
- 32.8
- PEG ratio
- 1.00
- Price / sales
- 2.6 10-yr median 8.6
- Price / book
- 11.8 10-yr median 24.9
- EV / EBITDA
- 26.4 10-yr median 68.9
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.31
MELI key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsMELI valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
MELI returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
MELI per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
MELI financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
MELI efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
MELI valuation history
MELI returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
MELI debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
MELI cash returned to shareholders
MELI price vs earnings per share
MELI key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $102.12B | $86.21B | $80.16B | $43.44B | $67.15B | $83.33B | $27.85B | $13.04B | $13.89B | $6.89B |
| Enterprise value | $107.21B | $89.31B | $81.74B | $45.83B | $68.34B | $82.57B | $25.88B | $12.87B | $13.67B | $6.72B |
| P/E ratio | 51.1 | 45.1 | 81.2 | 90.1 | 809.1 | — | — | — | — | 50.6 |
| Price / sales | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 9.5 | 21.0 | 12.1 | 9.1 | 11.4 | 8.2 |
| Price / book | 15.1 | 19.8 | 26.1 | 23.8 | 43.9 | 50.5 | 13.4 | 38.7 | 42.7 | 16.1 |
| Price / free cash flow | 9.5 | 12.2 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 188.9 | 89.1 | 88.6 | 97.9 | 71.6 | 61.1 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 8.4 | 10.9 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 69.6 | 70.5 | 61.7 | 56.5 | 51.7 | 36.2 |
| EV / sales | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 9.7 | 20.8 | 11.3 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 8.0 |
| EV / EBITDA | 30.1 | 27.8 | 36.3 | 34.8 | 101.4 | 281.8 | 810.2 | 351.8 | 112.5 | 28.0 |
| EV / free cash flow | 10.0 | 12.7 | 17.7 | 18.4 | 192.2 | 88.3 | 82.4 | 96.7 | 70.4 | 59.5 |
| Earnings yield | 2.0% | 2.2% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.1% | −0.0% | −0.6% | −0.3% | 0.1% | 2.0% |
| Free cash flow yield | 10.5% | 8.2% | 5.8% | 5.7% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 1.6% |
| Dividend yield | — | — | — | 0.0% | 13.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 14.5% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.4% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $2,014.26 | $1,700.44 | $1,571.54 | $846.24 | $1,348.40 | $1,675.22 | $571.94 | $292.85 | $314.66 | $156.14 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $569.92 | $409.83 | $296.18 | $209.99 | $141.94 | $79.89 | $47.16 | $32.33 | $27.55 | $19.12 |
| Earnings per share | $39.39 | $37.69 | $19.35 | $9.39 | $1.67 | −$0.02 | −$3.53 | −$0.82 | $0.31 | $3.09 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $238.99 | $156.18 | $100.77 | $57.27 | $19.38 | $23.77 | $9.26 | $5.19 | $6.09 | $4.31 |
| Free cash flow per share | $212.50 | $139.22 | $90.79 | $48.41 | $7.14 | $18.81 | $6.45 | $2.99 | $4.40 | $2.56 |
| Cash per share | $124.25 | $73.97 | $73.58 | $59.02 | $56.08 | $49.47 | $61.24 | $20.25 | $13.54 | $11.04 |
| Book value per share | $133.10 | $85.82 | $60.21 | $35.59 | $30.74 | $33.20 | $42.76 | $7.56 | $7.38 | $9.71 |
| Tangible book value per share | $129.24 | $81.68 | $56.33 | $32.12 | $26.87 | $31.21 | $40.66 | $5.15 | $4.76 | $7.04 |
| Dividends per share | — | — | — | $0.00 | $185.90 | $0.07 | $0.06 | $0.15 | $0.60 | $0.55 |
| Capex per share | $26.49 | $16.96 | $9.98 | $8.86 | $12.24 | $4.97 | $2.81 | $2.20 | $1.70 | $1.75 |
| Debt per share | $224.71 | $135.12 | $104.55 | $105.46 | $79.96 | $34.34 | $20.89 | $16.51 | $8.34 | $7.12 |
| Shares outstanding | 50.7M | 50.7M | 51.0M | 51.3M | 49.8M | 49.7M | 48.7M | 44.5M | 44.2M | 44.2M |
| Change in shares outstanding | 0.0% | −0.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% | +0.1% | +2.2% | +9.3% | +0.8% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 36.0% | 51.5% | 40.3% | 28.7% | 5.2% | −0.1% | −14.2% | −11.0% | 3.7% | 35.5% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 23.3% | 34.2% | 31.6% | 19.1% | 12.2% | 12.6% | −84.2% | −41.2% | 16.0% | 50.6% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 5.9% | 8.9% | 6.3% | 4.0% | 1.0% | −0.0% | −4.9% | −1.9% | 0.9% | 11.5% |
| Return on tangible assets | 4.7% | 7.6% | 5.7% | 3.6% | 0.8% | −0.0% | −3.7% | −1.7% | 0.9% | 10.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | 37.3% | 34.0% | 30.7% | 23.1% | 5.0% | 23.5% | 13.7% | 9.2% | 16.0% | 13.4% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 6.07 | 4.14 | 5.21 | 6.10 | 11.63 | — | — | — | 19.52 | 1.40 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $11.39B | $6.85B | $5.33B | $5.41B | $3.98B | $1.71B | $1.02B | $735.2M | $368.4M | $314.5M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $6.30B | $3.75B | $3.75B | $3.03B | $2.79B | $2.46B | $2.98B | $901.9M | $597.7M | $487.5M |
| Net debt | $5.09B | $3.10B | $1.58B | $2.38B | $1.19B | −$752.6M | −$1.96B | −$166.7M | −$229.3M | −$172.9M |
| Debt / equity | 1.69 | 1.57 | 1.74 | 2.96 | 2.60 | 1.03 | 0.49 | 2.18 | 1.13 | 0.73 |
| Debt / assets | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.33 | 0.22 | 0.23 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.43 | 0.96 | 0.70 | 1.81 | 1.76 | −2.57 | −61.49 | −4.56 | −1.89 | −0.72 |
| Current ratio | 1.17 | 1.21 | 1.27 | 1.28 | 1.40 | 1.47 | 2.16 | 1.30 | 1.33 | 1.51 |
| Quick ratio | 1.15 | 1.20 | 1.24 | 1.26 | 1.36 | 1.44 | 2.16 | 1.29 | 1.33 | 1.51 |
| Interest coverage | 21.6 | 17.2 | 12.5 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | -2.3 | -1.2 | 2.1 | 7.4 |
| Working capital | $4.94B | $3.54B | $3.00B | $2.39B | $2.34B | $1.71B | $2.04B | $344.9M | $318.9M | $292.9M |
| Invested capital | $11.84B | $7.45B | $4.65B | $4.21B | $2.72B | $898.9M | $117.4M | $170.0M | $96.5M | $255.9M |
| Tangible asset value | $6.55B | $4.14B | $2.87B | $1.65B | $1.34B | $1.55B | $1.98B | $229.2M | $210.3M | $310.8M |
| Net current asset value | −$2.35B | −$703.0M | −$281.0M | −$956.0M | −$395.0M | $472.1M | $1.09B | −$391.7M | −$60.5M | −$69.1M |
| Graham number | $343.47 | $269.79 | $161.91 | $86.71 | $33.95 | — | — | — | $7.20 | $25.98 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$471.20 | −$179.32 | −$112.75 | −$98.80 | −$63.19 | −$26.56 | $16.25 | −$13.29 | −$5.51 | −$4.10 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | $0 | $9.26B | $3.4M | $2.8M | $6.6M | $26.5M | $24.4M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $1.0M | $1.0M | $356.0M | $148.0M | $485.9M | $54.1M | $720,000 | $148.9M | $67.3M | $0 |
| Dividend payout ratio | — | — | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | 192.3% | 17.9% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 6.0% | — | 6.1% | 1.1% | 116.8% | 48.3% | 21.6% |
| Capex / revenue | 4.6% | 4.1% | 3.4% | 4.2% | 8.6% | 6.2% | 6.0% | 6.8% | 6.2% | 9.2% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 11.1% | 10.9% | 9.9% | 15.5% | 63.2% | 20.9% | 30.3% | 42.3% | 27.8% | 40.7% |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.64 | 1.39 | 0.97 | 1.13 | 2.99 | 2.35 | 1.87 | 2.13 | 1.83 | 2.67 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 3.3% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 2.9% | 2.7% |
| R&D / revenue | 7.9% | 9.3% | 12.1% | 10.2% | 8.3% | 8.9% | 9.7% | 10.2% | 10.5% | 11.7% |
| SG&A / revenue | 14.9% | 15.2% | 16.6% | 18.2% | 21.8% | 27.6% | 44.9% | 43.1% | 36.8% | 28.8% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 112.0 | 149.6 | 139.3 | 140.7 | 121.8 | 94.2 | 96.6 | 154.1 | 154.9 | 113.7 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 9.9 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 13.2 | 16.7 | 10.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Days payables outstanding | 87.6 | 86.6 | 85.2 | 79.4 | 79.2 | 85.3 | 87.8 | 108.8 | 108.2 | 88.9 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 34.3 | 71.7 | 63.6 | 74.6 | 59.2 | 19.1 | 10.8 | 47.1 | 48.1 | 25.6 |
| Receivables turnover | 3.26 | 2.44 | 2.62 | 2.59 | 3.00 | 3.88 | 3.78 | 2.37 | 2.36 | 3.21 |
| Payables turnover | 4.17 | 4.22 | 4.28 | 4.60 | 4.61 | 4.28 | 4.16 | 3.35 | 3.37 | 4.11 |
| Inventory turnover | 37.03 | 41.95 | 38.55 | 27.57 | 21.90 | 35.74 | 180.42 | 207.41 | 272.15 | 464.21 |
| Asset turnover | 0.85 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.90 | 0.85 | 0.70 | 0.65 | 0.74 | 0.80 | 0.71 |
| Average receivables | $8.87B | $8.52B | $5.77B | $4.16B | $2.36B | $1.03B | $607.6M | $608.0M | $516.4M | $263.0M |
| Average payables | $3.85B | $2.66B | $1.75B | $1.21B | $882.0M | $529.6M | $287.2M | $221.4M | $147.3M | $74.9M |
| Average inventory | $433.0M | $267.0M | $195.0M | $202.5M | $185.6M | $63.4M | $6.6M | $3.6M | $1.8M | $662,500 |
| Intangibles / total assets | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 4.8% | 6.9% | 8.6% |
Computed from MELI's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 25, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
MELI valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), MercadoLibre traded at 51.1 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 66.2. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 50.5 and the forward P/E is 32.8. MercadoLibre earned a return on equity of 36.0% and a return on invested capital of 23.3% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $11.4 billion of debt and $6.3 billion in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $5.1 billion. It returned $1.0 million to shareholders: $0 in dividends and $1.0 million in share buybacks, 0% of free cash flow. The share count rose 14.8% from 44.2M to 50.7M over 9 years.
See the MELI income statement, the MELI chart for price history, or the MELI stock overview for the latest quote and news.
MELI key metrics FAQ
What is MercadoLibre's P/E ratio?
MercadoLibre's trailing P/E ratio is 50.5 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 32.8. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 51.1, compared with a 10-year median of 66.2.
What is MercadoLibre's EV/EBITDA?
MercadoLibre's enterprise value was 30.1 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $107.2 billion, EBITDA $3.6 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 26.4.
What is MercadoLibre's return on equity?
MercadoLibre's return on equity (ROE) was 36.0% in fiscal 2025: net income of $2.0 billion on average shareholders' equity of $5.5 billion.
What is MercadoLibre's ROIC?
MercadoLibre's return on invested capital was 23.3% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does MercadoLibre have?
MercadoLibre had total debt of $11.4 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.69 and $5.1 billion of net debt (1.43 times EBITDA).
Does MercadoLibre buy back its shares?
Yes. MercadoLibre spent $1.0 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed 0.0% over the year, to 50.7M..
What is MercadoLibre's free cash flow yield?
MercadoLibre generated $10.8 billion of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 10.5% on its market value at year-end ($102.1 billion).
What is MercadoLibre's current ratio?
MercadoLibre's current ratio was 1.17 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.17 times current liabilities.