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$2,387.45 -14.65 (-0.61%)
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MELI vs. ABNB, AMZN, EBAY, ETSY, GOOG, PYPL, PINS, SHOP, BABA, and UBER

Should you be buying MercadoLibre stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MercadoLibre include Airbnb (ABNB), Amazon.com (AMZN), eBay (EBAY), Etsy (ETSY), Alphabet (GOOG), PayPal (PYPL), Pinterest (PINS), Shopify (SHOP), Alibaba Group (BABA), and Uber Technologies (UBER).

MercadoLibre vs. Its Competitors

Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Airbnb has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MercadoLibre. Airbnb is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MercadoLibre, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Airbnb$11.10B7.64$2.65B$3.9634.18
MercadoLibre$20.78B5.83$1.91B$40.6658.72

80.8% of Airbnb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of MercadoLibre shares are held by institutional investors. 27.9% of Airbnb shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MercadoLibre shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Airbnb has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MercadoLibre has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, MercadoLibre had 15 more articles in the media than Airbnb. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for MercadoLibre and 36 mentions for Airbnb. MercadoLibre's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Airbnb's score of 1.02 indicating that MercadoLibre is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Airbnb
23 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MercadoLibre
31 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Airbnb has a net margin of 22.60% compared to MercadoLibre's net margin of 9.21%. MercadoLibre's return on equity of 48.46% beat Airbnb's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Airbnb22.60% 30.91% 10.74%
MercadoLibre 9.21%48.46%8.63%

Airbnb presently has a consensus target price of $141.47, suggesting a potential upside of 4.52%. MercadoLibre has a consensus target price of $2,645.94, suggesting a potential upside of 10.83%. Given MercadoLibre's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MercadoLibre is more favorable than Airbnb.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Airbnb
5 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
MercadoLibre
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Summary

MercadoLibre beats Airbnb on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MELI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MELI vs. The Competition

MetricMercadoLibreINTERNET COMMERCE IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$121.78B$68.66B$26.21B$9.10B
Dividend YieldN/A2.24%175.53%4.00%
P/E Ratio58.7233.4229.0420.27
Price / Sales5.8333.688.3398.73
Price / Cash48.17262.9149.4658.16
Price / Book27.827.975.725.49
Net Income$1.91B$2.21B$869.96M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-4.77%7.81%0.70%4.78%
1 Month Performance0.79%15.43%5.91%7.67%
1 Year Performance35.56%85.76%21.04%16.43%

MercadoLibre Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MELI
MercadoLibre
4.5775 of 5 stars
$2,387.45
-0.6%
$2,645.94
+10.8%
+39.7%$121.78B$20.78B58.7218,282Trending News
ABNB
Airbnb
3.2762 of 5 stars
$136.60
+0.1%
$141.47
+3.6%
-7.3%$85.57B$11.10B34.497,300Positive News
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AMZN
Amazon.com
4.5028 of 5 stars
$223.16
-0.1%
$245.60
+10.1%
+15.4%$2.37T$650.31B36.341,556,000Trending News
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Analyst Revision
EBAY
eBay
4.6344 of 5 stars
$75.61
-1.0%
$67.85
-10.3%
+42.7%$34.86B$10.28B18.0011,500Trending News
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ETSY
Etsy
3.7143 of 5 stars
$53.31
-2.0%
$49.91
-6.4%
-0.8%$5.56B$2.81B38.092,400Analyst Upgrade
GOOG
Alphabet
4.8886 of 5 stars
$177.16
-1.9%
$206.38
+16.5%
-3.2%$2.15T$350.02B19.74190,200Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PYPL
PayPal
4.8183 of 5 stars
$75.98
-0.8%
$83.42
+9.8%
+19.0%$73.83B$31.80B16.9824,400Trending News
PINS
Pinterest
4.5214 of 5 stars
$35.70
+0.1%
$40.52
+13.5%
-15.8%$24.22B$3.65B13.034,666Positive News
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Analyst Revision
SHOP
Shopify
4.265 of 5 stars
$115.59
-0.8%
$115.66
+0.1%
+71.6%$150.16B$9.38B74.6711,600Positive News
BABA
Alibaba Group
4.8452 of 5 stars
$106.21
-2.3%
$154.13
+45.1%
+35.9%$253.68B$137.30B14.27204,891Trending News
Analyst Forecast
UBER
Uber Technologies
4.4078 of 5 stars
$96.19
+2.7%
$95.44
-0.8%
+29.8%$201.41B$45.38B16.8731,100Trending News
Analyst Forecast
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This page (NASDAQ:MELI) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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