MercadoLibre Financial Ratios
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MercadoLibre ratio analysis
MercadoLibre earned a net margin of 6.9% in FY 2025, down from 9.2% a year earlier. Gross margin was 44.5% compared with a median of 48.2% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 29.6%, meaning MercadoLibre generated 0.30 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 1.36 versus 1.31 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.17. At the end of FY 2025, MELI traded at 50.1 times earnings; across the 7 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 48.7 to 1015.0, with a median of 80.8. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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MercadoLibre financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 50.09 | 48.66 | 80.76 | 88.80 | 807.43 | — | — | — | 1,015.03 | 50.53 |
| Price / sales | 3.46 | 4.48 | 5.23 | 3.95 | 9.50 | 20.97 | 12.89 | 9.75 | 11.42 | 8.17 |
| Price / book | 14.83 | 21.37 | 25.72 | 23.32 | 43.86 | 50.47 | 14.92 | 41.70 | 42.65 | 16.08 |
| Gross margin | 44.5% | 46.1% | 50.2% | 48.2% | 42.5% | 43.0% | 48.0% | 48.4% | 59.2% | 63.6% |
| Operating margin | 11.1% | 12.7% | 14.6% | 9.9% | 6.2% | 3.2% | -6.7% | -4.8% | 4.6% | 21.4% |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 9.2% | 6.5% | 4.5% | 1.2% | -0.0% | -7.5% | -2.5% | 1.1% | 16.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 37.3% | 34.0% | 30.7% | 23.1% | 5.5% | 23.5% | 13.7% | 9.6% | 17.6% | 14.4% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 29.6% | 43.9% | 32.1% | 26.4% | 5.4% | -0.1% | -8.7% | -10.9% | 4.2% | 31.8% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 4.7% | 7.6% | 5.6% | 3.5% | 0.8% | -0.0% | -3.6% | -1.6% | 0.8% | 10.0% |
| Debt / equity | 1.36 | 1.31 | 1.46 | 2.60 | 2.30 | 0.85 | 0.41 | 2.18 | — | — |
| Current ratio | 1.17 | 1.21 | 1.27 | 1.28 | 1.40 | 1.47 | 2.16 | 1.30 | 1.33 | 1.51 |
| Revenue growth | 39.1% | 37.5% | 40.1% | 52.5% | 77.9% | 73.1% | 59.5% | 18.3% | 44.1% | 29.6% |
| EPS growth | 4.5% | 93.7% | 104.2% | 470.7% | — | — | — | -364.5% | -90.0% | 28.7% |