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Finance Lease Principal Payments
Mercado Libre Finance Lease Principal Payments decreased by 5.9% to $16.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 23.1%, from $13.00M to $16.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Finance Lease Principal Payments shows an upward trend with a 36.3% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
Analysis
StatementIncome Statement
SectionOther
CategoryLeverage
SignalHigher is better
VolatilityStable
First reportedQ4 2018
Last reportedQ1 2026May 8, 2026
How to read this metric
Higher payments indicate a faster reduction of lease-related debt, which improves the balance sheet over time.
Detailed definition
The portion of finance lease payments applied to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the lease liability. This m...
Peer comparison
Standard disclosure for companies utilizing finance leases for capital assets.
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other_finance_lease_principal_paymentsHistorical Data
20 periods
| 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 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $5.00M | $4.00M | $3.52M | $4.00M | $5.00M | $5.00M | $6.00M | $6.00M | $7.00M | $8.00M | $12.00M | $13.00M | $13.00M | $12.00M | $13.00M | $13.00M | $13.00M | $14.00M | $17.00M | $16.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -20.0% | -11.9% | +13.5% | +25.0% | +0.0% | +20.0% | +0.0% | +16.7% | +14.3% | +50.0% | +8.3% | +0.0% | -7.7% | +8.3% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +7.7% | +21.4% | -5.9% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +0.0% | +25.0% | +70.3% | +50.0% | +40.0% | +60.0% | +100.0% | +116.7% | +85.7% | +50.0% | +8.3% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +16.7% | +30.8% | +23.1% |
Range$3.52M – $17.00M
CAGR+27.7%
Avg YoY Growth+42.3%
Median YoY Growth+35.4%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Mercado Libre's finance lease principal payments?
- Mercado Libre (MELI) reported finance lease principal payments of $16.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Mercado Libre's finance lease principal payments changed year-over-year?
- Mercado Libre's finance lease principal payments increased by 23.1% year-over-year, from $13.00M to $16.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Mercado Libre's finance lease principal payments?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Mercado Libre's finance lease principal payments has grown at a 36.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $16.52M to $57.00M.
- What does finance lease principal payments mean?
- The amount of cash paid to reduce the principal balance of debt-like lease agreements.