Mercado Libre MELI Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 43.9%-2.3pp | 44.5%-1.6pp | 45.1%-1.3pp | 45.9%-2.2pp | 46.1%-3.1pp | |
| Operating margin | 9.6%-3.2pp | 11.1%-1.6pp | 12%+0.7pp | 12.3%-1.1pp | 12.8%-1.4pp | |
| Net margin | 6%-3.2pp | 6.9%-2.3pp | 7.9%+0.4pp | 8.5%+0.6pp | 9.2%+2.3pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 31.3%-17.8pp | 36%-15.5pp | 40.6%-2.0pp | 43.8%-3.5pp | 49.1%+7.5pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 33.3%-0.1pp | 39.6%+3.1pp | 33%+5.4pp | 33.9%-3.2pp | 33.3%-0.3pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.9×-0.1× | 0.9×-0.1× | 0.9×-0.1× | 0.9×-0.1× | 1×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.2×0.0× | 1.2×0.0× | 1.2×-0.1× | 1.2×-0.1× | 1.2×-0.1× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1.7×+0.1× | 1.7×+0.1× | 1.6×0.0× | 1.6×+0.1× | 1.6×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.7×-1.6× | -0.5×-1.2× | 0.2×-0.9× | 0.6×0.0× | 1×+0.4× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $143.62+45.5% | $133.10+55.1% | $122.65+55.4% | $112.69+56.3% | $98.70+47.6% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $87.66B-11.4% | $102.12B+18.5% | $118.48B+13.9% | $128.21B+53.9% | $98.9B+29.0% | |
| Price / earnings | 45.7×-2.3× | 51.1×+6.0× | 57×-15.4× | 62.5×+2.9× | 48×-19.8× | |
| Price / sales | 2.8×-1.7× | 3.5×-0.6× | 4.5×-0.9× | 5.3×+0.6× | 4.4×-0.3× | |
| Price / book | 12×-7.7× | 15.1×-4.7× | 19.1×-6.9× | 22.4×-0.3× | 19.8×-2.8× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.6×-7.6× | 24.9×-2.3× | 30.9×-8.1× | 35.8×+7.0× | 29.2×+1.9× |
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- What are Mercado Libre's profit margins?
- Mercado Libre (MELI) runs a 43.9% gross margin and a 9.6% operating margin, with a 6.0% net margin.
- Where do Mercado Libre's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Mercado Libre's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
