MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MercadoLibre, Inc. (Nasdaq: MELI) (http://www.mercadolibre.com) announces that it intends to release financial results for its first fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2025, on May 7, 2025. The Company will host its earnings results video conference, as well as a conference call and audio webcast, on May 7, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. In order to access our video webcast and the live audio, investors, analysts and the market in general may access the followi ...

MercadoLibre (MELI -1.60%) is off to a great start in 2025, and investors are pleased with its performance.*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of April 29, 2025. The video was published on May 1, 2025. ...

Montevideo, Uruguay,, April 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mercado Libre (NASDAQ: MELI), the leading e-commerce and fintech platform in Latin America, released the sixth episode of its podcast series, Inside Mercado Libre, "Acquiring with Paula Arregui, Fintech Acquiring Senior Vice President.” The Inside Mercado Libre podcast, hosted by Investor Relations Officer, Richard Cathcart, provides investors with unique access to the company executives’ strategic perspectives.  In the latest episode, Paula Arregui r ...

The S&P 500 is making a slow rebound from its tariff-induced plunge a few weeks ago, and it's now down 6% year to date.Although investors use the index as a proxy for how the overall market is doing, it's important to keep in mind that the S&P 500 is a weighted-average index whose largest components account for a large portion of its performance. That means the market's largest U.S. companies, like Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia, will have an outsized impact on the whole.Any company that could be negatively a ...

In recent weeks, worries about tariffs imposed by the U.S. government have weighed on the technology sector. In a world that relies heavily on chips made in places like Taiwan and hardware manufactured in countries such as China, the state of the industry has become uncertain, and many tech stocks have fallen as a result.Nonetheless, the parts of the industry less reliant on hardware are typically less affected by such levies, and this should create an opportunity for investors once the negative sentiment a ...

The CEO of Argentina's MercadoLibre — often called the Amazon of Latin America — sees big opportunity for Latin America in the U.S.-China trade war."If Latin America plays its cards well, I think could benefit from this volatility," MercadoLibre CEO and founder Marcos Galperin told CNBC's Robert Frank on the sidelines of Riverwood Capital Management's LatAm Tech Forum in Miami.Galperin is Argentina's richest person with an $8.7 billion fortune by Forbes' estimate.Shares of MercadoLibre, an e-commerce and pa ...

The market expects MercadoLibre (MELI) to deliver a year-over-year increase in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended March 2025. This widely-known consensus outlook is important in assessing the company's earnings picture, but a powerful factor that might influence its near-term stock price is how the actual results compare to these estimates.The stock might move higher if these key numbers top expectations in the upcoming earnings report. On the other hand, if they miss, ...

While U.S. equities and global markets have struggled under the weight of economic uncertainty and intensifying trade tensions, some standout stocks have managed to defy the downtrend. With recession warnings for 2025 mounting from major institutions and analysts, fear has driven broad-based selling across global equities. Yet, even in this risk-off environment, a few bright spots remain, and one name that continues to shine is MercadoLibre, Inc. NASDAQ: MELI. Get MercadoLibre alerts:Latin America’s E-Comme ...

文章核心观点 - 公司当前估值较高 投资者可暂时持有股票 虽在拉丁美洲市场占据主导地位 但面临竞争加剧和宏观经济不确定性风险 不过其不断增长的用户生态系统为持续增长奠定了基础 [1][20] 公司估值 - 公司股票交易溢价 远期12个月市销率约为3.9 高于行业的2.08 反映出投资者对其高增长的预期 [1] 面临挑战 竞争压力 - 电商领域竞争激烈 面临亚马逊、阿里巴巴和沃尔玛等巨头竞争 这些公司资源丰富、技术先进、供应链成熟 可能威胁公司市场份额和增长轨迹 [5][6] 宏观经济因素 - 公司业务覆盖18个拉丁美洲国家 面临重大外汇风险 美元升值或地区货币不稳定会影响财务业绩 [7] - 巴西和阿根廷等关键市场的宏观经济逆风 使公司在金融科技领域需谨慎行事 如巴西加息使公司缩减高风险信贷产品 阿根廷政策变化和通胀压力使公司缩短贷款期限 [8] 盈利情况 - 2025年第一季度盈利预期为每股7.67美元 过去七天向上修正1.9% 同比增长13.13% [9] - 2025年第一季度收入预期为55.3亿美元 同比增长27.54% [10] - 过去四个季度中 公司盈利三次超过Zacks共识预期 一次未达预期 平均惊喜率为16.37% [10] 股价表现 - 年初至今 公司股价上涨25.2% 跑赢Zacks零售批发板块和标准普尔500指数的下跌 也跑赢Zacks互联网 - 商业行业的下跌 [13] - 竞争对手阿里巴巴和沃尔玛股价分别上涨36.9%和5% 亚马逊股价下跌21.1% [13] 业务发展 电商业务 - 2024年电商平台发展强劲 拥有超1亿独特买家 公司通过虚拟试穿和轮胎安装调度等功能改善用户体验 并推出新的杂货板块 [16] - 物流升级支持增长 新的配送中心和更好的配送路线提高了生产力 同时广告业务改善 广告收入占总市值的比例上升50个基点 [17] 金融科技业务 - 2024年金融科技部门Mercado Pago月活跃用户超6000万 推出590万张新信用卡 即时预批准信贷和灵活的18个月分期付款计划推动了用户采用 [18] - 公司扩展产品 推出MELI Dollar稳定币和本地化投资选项 巴西、墨西哥、阿根廷和智利的有吸引力的存款回报增加了用户参与度 还通过开放金融工具扩大了商户贷款业务 [19] 财务状况 - 截至2024年12月31日 现金及现金等价物为26.3亿美元 短期投资为10.5亿美元 强大的流动性有助于公司扩张和实施战略举措 [14] 投资建议 - 鉴于当前估值 建议投资者暂时持有公司股票 公司目前Zacks排名为3（持有） [20][21]

文章核心观点 - 投资美国股票存在短期不确定性，非美国国际股票更具吸引力，MercadoLibre因专注拉丁美洲业务可让投资者免受美国关税影响并受益于行业增长 [1][2] 公司优势 - 公司提供电子商务、金融科技和物流服务，美国情况对其业绩无影响，虽在德州有配送中心，但历史上无美国业务也发展良好 [3][4] - 公司1999年开展在线销售，是拉丁美洲领先电商公司，相比亚马逊等新进入者有竞争优势 [5] - 金融科技部门Mercado Pago通过帮助现金客户购物及向非平台客户开放服务而成功 [6] - 公司设立Mercado Envios解决区域物流挑战，提供当日或次日达服务 [7] 业务增长情况 - 2024年公司营收近210亿美元，同比增长38%，商品交易总额增长15%，金融科技业务支付总额从1470亿美元增至1970亿美元 [8] - 2024年营收成本增长49%超营收增速，但费用增长29%，且减少了外汇损失和所得税，净利润达19亿美元，同比增长94% [9] 市场表现 - 公司股票去年上涨约45%，市盈率55，反映了亚马逊在2000 - 2010年代增长阶段的市盈率，市值1050亿美元远小于亚马逊近1.9万亿美元 [10] 关税影响 - 公司受美国关税影响小，但墨西哥与美国的关系可能使美国商品销售减少，短期营收增长放缓或影响投资者 [12] - 公司满足拉丁美洲需求持续发展，市盈率使其比亚马逊增长阶段便宜，无论关税对美国股票的影响如何都可能表现良好 [13]