Mercado Libre Short-term investment securities (includes restricted investments of consolidated variable interest entities: 2026, $85; 2025, $84) decreased by 29.2% to $2.63B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 41.4%, from $4.49B to $2.63B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Short-term investment securities (includes restricted investments of consolidated variable interest entities: 2026, $85; 2025, $84) shows an upward trend with a 16.2% CAGR.
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Common in capital-intensive industries; peers often hold similar balances to meet regulatory requirements or long-term funding obligations.
non_current_assets_short_term_investments| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
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| Value | $898.37M | $1.04B | $809.52M | $1.41B | $1.65B | $1.94B | $2.34B | $2.48B | $2.84B | $3.32B | $3.48B | $3.67B | $4.07B | $4.51B | $4.49B | $5.08B | $4.63B | $3.72B | $2.63B |
| QoQ Change | — | +16.0% | -22.3% | +74.4% | +16.5% | +18.1% | +20.4% | +6.0% | +14.5% | +16.9% | +4.8% | +5.5% | +11.0% | +10.8% | -0.6% | +13.3% | -8.8% | -19.8% | -29.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +83.1% | +86.5% | +188.9% | +75.6% | +72.6% | +70.9% | +48.8% | +48.1% | +43.5% | +35.9% | +28.9% | +38.4% | +13.8% | -17.6% | -41.4% |