MercadoLibre Valuation

Is MELI undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of MELI when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: MELI (€2009.5) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€923.2)

Significantly Below Fair Value: MELI is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MELI?

Key metric: As MELI is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for MELI. This is calculated by dividing MELI's market cap by their current earnings.
What is MELI's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio74.1x
EarningsUS$1.44b
Market CapUS$106.46b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does MELI's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for MELI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.7x
PDD PDD Holdings
9.2x14.1%US$139.8b
PRX Prosus
13.8x4.8%€90.5b
WES Wesfarmers
32x8.2%AU$81.3b
CPNG Coupang
44x30.1%US$45.0b
MELI MercadoLibre
74.1x28.0%€106.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MELI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (74.1x) compared to the peer average (24.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MELI's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Multiline Retail Industry?

6 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
MELI 74.1xIndustry Avg. 20.3xNo. of Companies20PE01632486480+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MELI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (74.1x) compared to the Global Multiline Retail industry average (20.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MELI's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MELI PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio74.1x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate MELI's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst MELI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€2,009.50
€2,171.35
+8.1%
10.5%€2,671.20€1,669.50n/a25
Nov ’25€1,894.80
€2,123.84
+12.1%
12.0%€2,574.32€1,517.01n/a25
Oct ’25€1,851.60
€1,992.48
+7.6%
11.0%€2,388.85€1,476.26n/a24
Sep ’25€1,838.00
€1,926.61
+4.8%
9.6%€2,231.26€1,484.51n/a22
Aug ’25€1,499.40
€1,832.05
+22.2%
7.5%€2,020.92€1,377.90n/a22
Jul ’25€1,476.40
€1,843.09
+24.8%
7.6%€2,119.05€1,400.25n/a22
Jun ’25€1,563.40
€1,816.45
+16.2%
7.8%€2,089.99€1,381.05n/a23
May ’25€1,372.20
€1,792.93
+30.7%
10.1%€2,018.30€1,308.16n/a24
Apr ’25€1,401.60
€1,822.48
+30.0%
8.6%€2,001.65€1,303.40n/a24
Mar ’25€1,477.60
€1,804.43
+22.1%
9.5%€2,030.16€1,291.92n/a24
Feb ’25€1,600.20
€1,704.44
+6.5%
10.6%€2,024.00€1,223.60n/a23
Jan ’25€1,438.00
€1,580.30
+9.9%
11.7%€1,909.06€1,197.67n/a23
Dec ’24€1,500.00
€1,561.08
+4.1%
12.1%€1,929.84€1,210.70n/a24
Nov ’24€1,179.00
€1,527.83
+29.6%
13.7%€2,034.55€1,192.34€1,894.8024
Oct ’24€1,207.20
€1,510.98
+25.2%
13.1%€2,040.26€1,179.23€1,851.6023
Sep ’24€1,310.00
€1,500.28
+14.5%
13.0%€2,023.69€1,169.66€1,838.0024
Aug ’24€1,104.20
€1,396.21
+26.4%
11.1%€1,736.95€1,136.75€1,499.4022
Jul ’24€1,102.40
€1,437.34
+30.4%
9.4%€1,661.76€1,147.63€1,476.4021
Jun ’24€1,169.40
€1,450.02
+24.0%
9.9%€1,680.40€1,160.50€1,563.4021
May ’24€1,151.80
€1,329.24
+15.4%
14.7%€1,606.28€726.00€1,372.2022
Apr ’24€1,211.00
€1,292.20
+6.7%
14.4%€1,622.91€733.52€1,401.6022
Mar ’24€1,122.20
€1,295.79
+15.5%
14.8%€1,641.33€750.32€1,477.6022
Feb ’24€1,060.80
€1,163.16
+9.6%
13.7%€1,424.45€735.20€1,600.2022
Jan ’24€802.90
€1,190.65
+48.3%
12.7%€1,459.95€753.52€1,438.0022
Dec ’23€890.90
€1,240.21
+39.2%
14.7%€1,586.31€769.12€1,500.0022
Nov ’23€929.70
€1,310.80
+41.0%
15.1%€1,670.13€809.76€1,179.0023

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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