Mercado LibreMELI
About: MercadoLibre runs the largest e-commerce marketplace in Latin America, with more than 218 million active users and 1 million active sellers across 18 countries stitching into its commerce network or fintech solutions when last reported. The company operates a host of complementary businesses to its core online shop, with shipping solutions (Mercado Envios), a payment and financing operation (Mercado Pago and Mercado Credito), advertisements (Mercado Clics), classifieds, and a turnkey e-commerce solution (Mercado Shops) rounding out its arsenal. MercadoLibre generates revenue from final value fees, advertising royalties, payment processing, insertion fees, subscription fees, and interest income from consumer and small-business lending.
Employees: 84,207
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
128% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 196 | Existing positions closed: 86
38% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 559 | Existing positions reduced: 405
29% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 63 [Q4 2024] → 81 (+18) [Q1 2025]
14% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $68.4B [Q4 2024] → $78.3B (+$9.9B) [Q1 2025]
6% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,290 [Q4 2024] → 1,364 (+74) [Q1 2025]
0% more ownership
Funds ownership: 78.49% [Q4 2024] → 78.49% (+0%) [Q1 2025]
19% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.95B | Put options by funds: $2.41B
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
7 analyst ratings
Cantor Fitzgerald Deepak Mathivanan | 14%upside $2,700 | Overweight Maintained | 11 Jun 2025 |
Jefferies Alex Wright | 18%upside $2,800 | Hold Downgraded | 5 Jun 2025 |
JP Morgan Marcelo Santos | 10%upside $2,600 | Neutral Maintained | 22 May 2025 |
Goldman Sachs Irma Sgarz | 26%upside $3,000 | Buy Maintained | 14 May 2025 |
Barclays Trevor Young | 31%upside $3,100 | Overweight Maintained | 8 May 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 32 articles about MELI published over the past 30 days









