MercadoLibre Cash Flow Statement
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MercadoLibre free cash flow
In fiscal 2025, MercadoLibre generated $12.12 billion of operating cash flow and spent $1.34 billion on capital expenditures. That left free cash flow of $10.77 billion, a free-cash-flow margin of 37.3% of revenue. Free cash flow was up 52.6% from the prior year's $7.06 billion.
MercadoLibre returned $1.0 million to shareholders through share repurchases, equal to 0% of free cash flow.
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MercadoLibre cash flow statement (annual)
| Fiscal year (USD) | FY 20252025-12-31 | FY 20242024-12-31 | FY 20232023-12-31 | FY 20222022-12-31 | FY 20212021-12-31 | FY 20202020-12-31 | FY 20192019-12-31 | FY 20182018-12-31 | FY 20172017-12-31 | FY 20162016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income | 2.00B | 1.91B | 987.00M | 482.00M | 83.00M | -1.00M | -172.00M | -36.59M | 13.78M | 136.37M |
| Net Income growth (YoY) | +4.50% | +93.62% | +104.77% | +480.72% | — | — | — | -365.49% | -89.89% | +28.90% |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 818.00M | 617.00M | 524.00M | 403.00M | 204.00M | 105.00M | 73.32M | 45.79M | 40.92M | 29.02M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27.52M | 35.72M | 22.98M |
| Change in Working Capital | -602.00M | -1.44B | -232.00M | 323.00M | -55.00M | 340.00M | 134.90M | 70.59M | 79.75M | 7.29M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 12.12B | 7.92B | 5.14B | 2.94B | 965.00M | 1.18B | 451.09M | 230.91M | 269.01M | 190.26M |
| Capital Expenditures | -1.34B | -860.00M | -509.00M | -454.00M | -573.00M | -247.00M | -136.80M | -93.14M | -55.16M | -68.53M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -6.18B | -8.29B | -3.45B | -3.87B | -1.60B | -252.00M | -1.45B | -672.46M | -22.64M | -84.24M |
| Dividends Paid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -6.62M | -26.50M | -24.42M |
| Share Repurchases | -1.00M | -1.00M | -356.00M | -148.00M | -486.00M | -54.00M | -720.00K | — | — | — |
| Debt Issued | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 236.87M | 47.91M | 11.44M |
| Debt Repaid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -123.82M | -5.00M | -6.68M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 2.90B | 1.96B | -267.00M | 916.00M | 1.93B | 242.00M | 2.02B | 608.88M | -50.90M | -19.67M |
| Net Change in Cash | 8.84B | 851.00M | 485.00M | -285.00M | 1.14B | 1.06B | 986.73M | 76.44M | 154.12M | 67.26M |
| Free Cash Flow | 10.77B | 7.06B | 4.63B | 2.49B | 392.00M | 935.00M | 314.29M | 137.77M | 213.85M | 121.73M |
This table shows 10 annual periods of MercadoLibre's cash flow statement, from FY 2025 back to FY 2016, across 14 line items including net income, depreciation & amortization, stock-based compensation. Values in USD; B = billions, M = millions. Fiscal periods follow MELI's reporting calendar. What is a cash flow statement?