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Mercado Libre MELI Free cash flow yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$8.8B+49.0%
Gross profit$3.9B+39.4%
Operating income$611.0M-19.9%
Net income$417.0M-15.6%
EPS (diluted)$8.23-15.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$15.1B+237%
Total debt$12.5B+59.0%
Total equity$7.3B+45.5%
Total assets$46.9B+69.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$2.1B+101%
CapEx$271.0M-0.4%
Free cash flow$1.8B+138%

Valuation

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Market cap$82.73B-11.4%
Enterprise value$80.05B-16.9%
P/E43.1×-2.2×
P/S2.6×-1.6×

Profitability

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Gross margin43.9%-2.3pp
Operating margin9.6%-3.2pp
Net margin6%-3.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity31.3%-17.8pp
Debt / equity1.7×+0.1×
Current ratio1.2×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Mercado Libre’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Mercado Libre’s 10-Q, filed May 8, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Mercado Libre's free cash flow yield?
Mercado Libre (MELI) reported free cash flow yield of 13.5% in Q1 2026.
How has Mercado Libre's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?
Mercado Libre's free cash flow yield increased by 106.7% year-over-year, from 6.5% to 13.5%.
What is the long-term trend for Mercado Libre's free cash flow yield?
Over 2 years (2023 to 2025), Mercado Libre's free cash flow yield has grown at a 9.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 25% to 30.1%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?
The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.