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NASDAQ:MELI

MercadoLibre - MELI Competitors

$1,219.50
+22.76 (+1.90%)
(As of 03/29/2023 11:50 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$1,208.14
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$1,222.00
50-Day Range
$1,068.92
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$1,264.91
52-Week Range
$600.68
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$1,275.82
Volume
147,804 shs
Average Volume
540,483 shs
Market Capitalization
$61.29 billion
P/E Ratio
127.83
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$1,305.00

MELI vs. EBAY, BABA, JD, ORLY, TGT, DG, CMG, AZO, YUM, and ROST

Should you be buying MercadoLibre stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MercadoLibre include eBay (EBAY), Alibaba Group (BABA), JD.com (JD), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), Target (TGT), Dollar General (DG), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), AutoZone (AZO), Yum! Brands (YUM), and Ross Stores (ROST). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

MercadoLibre vs.

eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.

MercadoLibre has higher revenue and earnings than eBay. eBay 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
eBay$9.80 billion2.35-$1.27 billion-$2.13-20.13
MercadoLibre$10.54 billion5.71$482 million$9.54125.44

In the previous week, MercadoLibre had 1 more articles in the media than eBay. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for MercadoLibre and 11 mentions for eBay. MercadoLibre's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat eBay's score of 0.02 indicating that MercadoLibre is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
eBay
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
MercadoLibre
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

85.5% of eBay shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of MercadoLibre shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of eBay shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MercadoLibre shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

eBay has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MercadoLibre has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

eBay received 1129 more outperform votes than MercadoLibre when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.69% of users gave eBay an outperform vote while only 66.07% of users gave MercadoLibre an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
eBayOutperform Votes
1752
66.69%
Underperform Votes
875
33.31%
MercadoLibreOutperform Votes
623
66.07%
Underperform Votes
320
33.93%

eBay presently has a consensus price target of $49.13, indicating a potential upside of 14.59%. MercadoLibre has a consensus price target of $1,305.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.05%. Given eBay's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe eBay is more favorable than MercadoLibre.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
eBay
2 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
MercadoLibre
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

MercadoLibre has a net margin of 4.57% compared to eBay's net margin of -12.96%. eBay's return on equity of 34.14% beat MercadoLibre's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
eBay -12.96% 34.14% 9.22%
MercadoLibre 4.57% 29.09% 4.00%

Summary

MercadoLibre beats eBay on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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

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MetricMercadoLibreBusiness services IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$59.67B$12.56B$15.71B$5.82B
Dividend YieldN/A2.55%169.70%4.53%
P/E Ratio125.4417.7035.7614.23
Price / Sales5.713.3211.6065.83
Price / Cash67.4716.9135.8722.47
Price / Book32.944.044.745.04
Net Income$482M$116.18M$535.99M$191.52M
7 Day Performance0.85%1.24%0.57%0.27%
1 Month Performance-1.91%-4.25%-4.77%-6.46%
1 Year Performance-4.76%-20.03%-14.68%-19.00%

MercadoLibre Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EBAY
eBay
2.5035 of 5 stars		$42.86
-2.0%		$49.92
+16.5%		-27.1%$23.01B$9.80B-20.1211,600Short Interest ↑
BABA
Alibaba Group
2.5549 of 5 stars		$83.65
-0.1%		$148.13
+77.1%		-14.5%$221.52B$134.57B45.96254,941Options Volume
News Coverage
JD
JD.com
2.6223 of 5 stars		$38.50
-2.6%		$73.00
+89.6%		-30.5%$52.14B$151.69B43.26298,717Short Interest ↑
ORLY
O'Reilly Automotive
2.1146 of 5 stars		$808.97
-1.3%		$859.60
+6.3%		+20.7%$50.02B$14.41B24.1687,745
TGT
Target
3.0372 of 5 stars		$157.47
-3.2%		$181.69
+15.4%		-27.2%$72.49B$109.12B26.33440,000
DG
Dollar General
2.8665 of 5 stars		$206.44
-1.7%		$248.75
+20.5%		-8.0%$46.15B$37.84B19.33163,000Insider Buying
CMG
Chipotle Mexican Grill
2.5266 of 5 stars		$1,622.47
-0.3%		$1,844.79
+13.7%		+4.9%$44.81B$8.63B50.61104,958Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
AZO
AutoZone
2.7098 of 5 stars		$2,349.30
-1.9%		$2,652.76
+12.9%		+19.1%$44.10B$16.25B19.32112,000
YUM
Yum! Brands
2.7472 of 5 stars		$127.64
-0.7%		$145.81
+14.2%		+6.0%$35.75B$6.84B27.9936,000Insider Selling
ROST
Ross Stores
2.9747 of 5 stars		$102.61
-1.5%		$118.59
+15.6%		+12.6%$35.34B$18.70B23.37100,000Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
This page (NASDAQ:MELI) was last updated on 3/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff