MercadoLibre (MELI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

MercadoLibre, Inc. operates an integrated e-commerce and fintech ecosystem serving consumers and businesses across Latin America. The company provides an online marketplace that connects buyers and sellers for a wide range of goods and services, supported by tools for merchants, advertising, and classifieds. Over time MercadoLibre has expanded beyond its marketplace roots into complementary areas that support digital commerce end to end.

Key offerings include its marketplace platform and a suite of logistics and payment services. Mercado Pago is the company’s fintech arm, providing payment processing, a digital wallet, point-of-sale solutions and consumer and merchant credit products. Mercado Envíos handles fulfillment and logistics integration to streamline shipping for marketplace transactions. The company also offers merchant-focused products such as Mercado Shops for online store creation, advertising solutions to help sellers reach customers, and Mercado Crédito for lending to consumers and small businesses.

Founded in 1999 by Marcos Galperin, MercadoLibre built one of the largest e-commerce networks in Latin America and raised public capital with a Nasdaq listing (ticker: MELI). The business has a broad geographic footprint across the region, with particularly large operations in markets including Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Chile, among others. MercadoLibre’s combination of marketplace, payments, logistics and credit services positions it as a vertically integrated platform aimed at facilitating digital commerce in fast-growing Latin American economies.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $1,615.50 to $1,680.00
• 50-Day Range: $1,546.81 to $1,872.12
• 52-Week Range: $1,495.00 to $2,645.22
• Volume: 493,142 shs
• Average Volume: 583,523 shs
• Market Capitalization: $85.07 billion
• P/E Ratio: 44.28
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $2,255.33
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

MercadoLibre Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

MercadoLibre scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 8th out of 202 stocks in the retail/wholesale sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

MercadoLibre has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 11 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

MercadoLibre has a consensus price target of $2,255.33, representing about 34.4% upside from its current price of $1,677.90.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

MercadoLibre has been the subject of 14 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 46.99%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for MercadoLibre are expected to grow by 46.99% in the coming year, from $40.97 to $60.22 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of MercadoLibre is 44.28, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.59.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of MercadoLibre is 44.28, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Retail/Wholesale sector average P/E ratio of about 17.09.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

MercadoLibre has a PEG Ratio of 0.98. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

MercadoLibre has a P/B Ratio of 11.68. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.77% of the float of MercadoLibre has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

MercadoLibre has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.65, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in MercadoLibre has recently decreased by 12.48%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

MercadoLibre does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

MercadoLibre does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, MercadoLibre will have a dividend payout ratio of 1.00% next year. This indicates that MercadoLibre will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.64

News Sentiment

MercadoLibre has a news sentiment score of 0.64. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.47 average news sentiment score of Retail/Wholesale companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 14 news articles for MercadoLibre this week, compared to 12 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

153 people have searched for MELI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 110% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

48 people have added MercadoLibre to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 182% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, MercadoLibre insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.25% of the stock of MercadoLibre is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

87.62% of the stock of MercadoLibre is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/07/2026
• Today: 5/21/2026
• AGM 2026: 6/09/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Retail/Wholesale
• Industry: INTERNET COMMERCE
• Sub-Industry: Business Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:MELI
• CIK: 1099590
• Web: www.mercadolibre.com
• Phone: (982) 927-2770
• Fax: 54-11-4545-4744
• Employees: 20,347
• Year Founded: 1999

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for MercadoLibre: $2,255.33
• High Price Target: $2,900.00
• Low Price Target: $1,750.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +34.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.67
• Research Coverage: 18 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $37.89
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 44.28
• Forward P/E Ratio: 40.95
• P/E Growth: 0.98
• Net Income: $2.00 billion
• Net Margins: 6.04%
• Pretax Margin: 8.54%
• Return on Equity: 29.58%
• Return on Assets: 4.82%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.63
• Current Ratio: 1.16
• Quick Ratio: 1.14

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $28.89 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.94
• Cash Flow: $58.42 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 28.72
• Book Value: $143.62 per share
• Price / Book: 11.68

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 50,700,000
• Free Float: 50,570,000
• Market Cap: $85.07 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.41