Mercadolibre (MELI)

Mercadolibre (MELI)

Postby iam802 » Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:52 pm

MELI is essentially eBay for the Latin America. In fact, eBay has an 18% stake in MELI.

Through acquisitions, it is said that MELI has cornered the Latin market.

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Let's take a look at the chart.

1. MELI has a price surge yesterday that sees the price level break through the resistant level at 17.2

2. The price surge comes from a higher volume transacted, and sees the price tipped over the next resistant level at 18.78

3. We may see a pullback if the volume is not sustained.

4. In the event that it continues to rise, a possible resistant level can be found at 21.50

5. The key risk is its low trading volume. With less than 2million, it does not take a lot to push and dump.



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Re: Mercadolibre (MELI)

Postby iam802 » Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:54 pm

Just to add on, I like this counter for its 'near monopoly' position in Latin America, possible M&A play and at this moment, pretty nice Financial Ratios which I get from Google Finance.

http://www.google.com/finance?q=meli
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Re: Mercadolibre (MELI)

Postby winston » Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:54 am

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Mercadolibre, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, hosts online commerce and payments platforms in Latin America.

Its services are designed to provide its users with mechanisms to buy, sell, pay for, and collect on e-commerce transactions.

The company principally offers MercadoLibre marketplace, an automated online commerce service.

Its MercadoLibre marketplace enables registered users to list and purchase motor vehicles, vessels, aircraft, real estate, and other services through online classified listings.

The company also provides MercadoPago, an integrated online payments solution to facilitate transactions on and off the MercadoLibre marketplace by providing a mechanism that allows its users to send and receive payments online.

In addition, it offers MercadoClics advertising program that allows businesses to promote their products and services on the Internet.

This program enables users and advertisers to place, display, and/or text advertisements on its Web pages to promote their brands and offerings.

Further, the company provides MercadoShops on-line stores solution, a software-as-a-service, which allows users to set-up, manage, and promote their own on-line Webstores.
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Re: Mercadolibre (MELI)

Postby winston » Thu Dec 22, 2016 1:10 pm

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MercadoLibre, Inc (NYSE: MELI)

MercadoLibre, Inc. hosts online commerce platforms in Latin America.

It offers MercadoLibre Marketplace, an automated online e-commerce service for businesses and individuals to list items and conduct their sales and purchases online in a fixed-price or auction-based format.

The company’s MercadoLibre marketplace enables commerce through online classifieds for motor vehicles, vessels, aircraft, services, and real estate; and Internet users to browse through various products that are listed on its Website and to register with MercadoLibre to list, bid for, and purchase items and services.

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Re: Mercadolibre (MELI)

Postby winston » Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:47 pm

MercadoLibre Disappoints Despite Impressive Growth

The Latin American e-commerce leader took a hit from write-offs in Venezuela and long-term investments in its future.

by Dan Caplinger

Sales soared by almost 60%, to $316.5 million, topping the consensus forecast for about $311 million in revenue.

Yet adjusted net income was actually down from the year-ago quarter, falling 18%, to $26.9 million, and producing adjusted earnings per share of $0.61.

That was far below the $1.03 per share that most of those following the stock had wanted to see from MercadoLibre.


Items sold hit a new high of 61.5 million units, jumping by more than two-fifths from the year-ago quarter as Mexican volume almost doubled.

Gross merchandise volume climbed 36% in dollar terms, to $2.72 billion.

Unique buyers were up by almost a quarter, and the number of registered users was up more than a fifth, to 191.2 million, with 9 million new users in just the past three months.


Venezuela went through another major devaluation during the period, hitting the currency by about 75% and leading to the company taking a $25 million loss on foreign-exchange and impairment charges.

More importantly, internal expenses jumped, with sales and market spending more than doubling, causing margin figures to fall by about a full 6 percentage points.

Product-development expenses were also up significantly.


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Re: Mercadolibre (MELI)

Postby winston » Wed Nov 29, 2017 1:20 pm

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Stocks to Double Your Money: Mercadolibre (MELI)

by Sebastian Bassi

I first recommended Mercadolibre Inc (NASDAQ:MELI), the Latin American equivalent of Alibaba, back in 2013.

At the time I was comparing MELI to Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) although AMZN is different in that it owns a majority of its inventory whereas Mercadolibre acts like a middleman much like Alibaba’s e-commerce business — although that too is changing with all of Alibaba’s brick-and-mortar retail acquisitions and investments.

Although MELI has soared since May 2008, I believe that its best days are ahead of it for two reasons.

First, Latin America is recovering from its latest political crisis and is moving into growth mode with 2.4% and 2.7% GDP growth expected in 2018 and 2019 respectively.

Secondly, I see Alibaba or some other large e-commerce player acquiring Mercadolibre in the next 2-3 years, which should keep its stock moving higher — it’s up 73% year to date, better than Amazon, but trailing Alibaba.

Investors have been leery of Amazon’s bigger push into Brazil hurting Mercadolibre, but the reality is AMZN doesn’t do nearly as well outside the U.S. and given MELI is the established e-commerce heavyweight in Latin America, they might be more inclined to buy it than fight it.

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Re: Mercadolibre (MELI)

Postby winston » Sun Feb 04, 2018 9:24 pm

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This is a Must-Own Stock for Every Growth Investor

by Richard Robinson

In 20 years, MercadoLibre now boasts more than 200 million users in Latin America.

The company created its own payment system called MercadoPago (“Mercado Payment”).

Bloomberg expects the company to grow by 35% in 2018, and by another 28% in 2019. They also see the company’s profit margin expanding to 57.4% by 2019.


Risks To Consider:

The first is direct competition with Amazon. In fact, Amazon has recently become the largest online retailer in Mexico. However, MELI has developed an ecosystem that will keep the company in the lead, largely because they speak the language and fully understand the nuances of the different regulations impacting all of Latin America.

Additionally, the company is impacted by the sharp rise in the dollar against the currencies of its three largest customer bases — Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico (a combined 92.6% of its revenue). It will require better currency hedging to offset potential losses.


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Re: Mercadolibre (MELI)

Postby winston » Wed Feb 21, 2018 11:25 am

Global Stocks: Mercadolibre Inc (MELI)

In simplest terms, Mercadolibre is the eBay of South America, offering an online auction marketplace to market where eBay isn’t firmly present.

Make no mistake though. Mercadolibre is the real deal. It’s third-quarter revenue was up 61% year-over-year, and between last year’s growth streak and plenty of enthusiasm from the analyst community, MELI shares more than doubled in 2017.

Investors with their fingers on the pulse of the e-commerce market will likely know Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is eyeing a deeper penetration of the Latin American market, posing a threat to Mercadolibre’s market share there.

It’s not a massive concern though. Not only has Amazon not done well outside of North America — its foreign e-commerce efforts have not only struggled, but are losing more and more money — it’s not captured nearly enough market share to prove disruptive for any existing player.

Indeed, it’s been speculated that Mercadolibre could actually be an Amazon acquisition target.

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Re: Mercadolibre (MELI)

Postby winston » Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:48 pm

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This Is the Ultimate 'Melt Up Millionaire' Stock

By Dr. Steve Sjuggerud

MercadoLibre is the largest e-commerce company in Latin America. It's the online leader in all 18 countries it operates in.

Online shopping is a relatively new experience, especially in cultures that are used to paying for things after they receive them.

In Brazil (Latin America's largest market), e-commerce sales made up just 3% of total retail sales in 2015. That's nothing!

Acceptance of online shopping in Latin America has been slower than the rest of the world... But for MercadoLibre, it just means there's plenty of room for growth.

And what really gets me excited here is that the company's business model has shifted lately...

MercadoLibre is adding additional ecosystems. For example, the company created its own payment system called MercadoPago. This could be huge – like the PayPal (PYPL) of Latin America.

Brazil is the ninth-largest e-commerce market in the world. But only 9% of the population uses the Internet to make purchases or pay bills. MercadoLibre's payment system makes it easier for people to do everything from buying stuff to paying bills to paying each other.

In short, MercadoLibre already dominates on a continent that is in the early stages of adopting e-commerce. And it's building other ecosystem businesses to go along with it.

Sure, the company is relatively unknown in the U.S. today. But it already is THE dominant player in online commerce in Latin America – a segment that is certain to grow exponentially. And it's positioned perfectly to hold on to that dominant position.

If we can learn something from Yahoo's demise, it's that the company failed to build an ecosystem that users loved. MercadoLibre is doing exactly that.

Is the company expensive? Yes. Is it overpriced? Probably. Could it double from here if my Melt Up idea turns out to be right? Absolutely.

To me, MercadoLibre is exactly the kind of stock you want to own during the Melt Up.

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Re: Mercadolibre (MELI)

Postby winston » Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:56 am

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Stocks to Buy: Mercadolibre (MELI)
Five-Day Loss: 13.3%

I’m a big fan of South American businesses such as Mercadolibre (NASDAQ:MELI). They have to deal with issues North American companies rarely encounter, and that makes them far more resilient to challenging operating environments.

If you don’t know Mercadolibre, it’s considered the Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) of South America. I first recommended its stock in 2013, suggesting that its location made it a wonderful growth company but without the inventory concerns of Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN).

I’ve since become a fan of Amazon.

However, the recent problems Mercadolibre faces in Argentina, where interest rates have spiked to 60%, are temporary. Every South American company operating in Argentina is experiencing this same situation.

In its most recent quarter, it grew revenue and gross merchandise volume by 44% and 36% respectively excluding currency — well above analyst estimates.

“The outlook for our industry is as positive as ever, and our investment thesis remains intact,” said CEO Pedro Arnt. “The internet is rapidly becoming a driving force that is increasing the pace of modernization in Latin America.”

As South American companies go, Mercadolibre is one of my favorites.

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