MercadoLibre - MELI Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MercadoLibre in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" MELI shares.
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11 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for MercadoLibre's stock. Their MELI share price forecasts range from $970.00 to $1,750.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $1,291.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.3% from the stock's current price.
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MercadoLibre's stock was trading at $846.24 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MELI stock has increased by 39.6% and is now trading at $1,181.69.
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MercadoLibre saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 821,700 shares, a drop of 23.9% from the December 31st total of 1,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 600,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 28th 2023.
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MercadoLibre, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELI) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 3rd. The company reported $2.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.31 by $0.25. The firm had revenue of $2.63 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.69 billion. MercadoLibre had a net margin of 2.80% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.11%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 41.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.92 EPS.

362 employees have rated MercadoLibre Chief Executive Officer Marcos Galperín on Glassdoor.com. Marcos Galperín has an approval rating of 96% among the company's employees. This puts Marcos Galperín in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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MercadoLibre trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MELI."

MercadoLibre's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Baillie Gifford & Co. (12.18%), International Assets Investment Management LLC (0.80%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.73%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.46%), Sustainable Growth Advisers LP (0.42%) and Northcape Capital Pty Ltd (0.30%). Insiders that own company stock include Alejandro Nicolas Aguzin, Emiliano Calemzuk, Henrique Vasoncelos Dubugras, La Serna Juan Martin De, Marcelo Melamud and Meyer Malka.
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One share of MELI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1,181.69.

MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) has a market capitalization of $59.43 billion and generates $7.07 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $83.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.37 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,471 workers across the globe.

MercadoLibre's mailing address is ARIAS 3751 7TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1, C1430CRG. The official website for the company is www.mercadolibre.com. The company can be reached via phone at (982) 927-2770, via email at investor@mercadolibre.com, or via fax at 54-11-4545-4744.