What MercadoLibre (MELI) Investors Need to Know

By Kim Brooks • Friday, November 03 10:56 • Permanent Link

MercadoLibre marked a 3.1% change today, compared to 1.0% for the S&P 500. Is it a good value at today's price of $1360.09? Only an in-depth analysis can answer that question, but here are some facts that can give you an idea:

MercadoLibre, Inc. operates online commerce platforms in Latin America.
MercadoLibre belongs to the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.33 and an average price to book (P/B) of 3.12
The company's P/B ratio is 25.06
MercadoLibre has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 91.2 based on its trailing 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $14.91 per share
Its forward P/E ratio is 48.0, based on its forward earnings per share (EPS) of $28.31
MELI has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 1.11, which shows the company has a fair value when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
Over the last four years, MercadoLibre has averaged free cash flows of $1.4 Billion, which on average grew 76.2%
MELI's gross profit margins have averaged 46.8 % over the last four years and during this time they had a growth rate of 0.7 % and a coefficient of variability of 18.5 %.
MercadoLibre has moved 45.0% over the last year compared to 16.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 29.0%
MELI has an average analyst rating of buy and is -16.82% away from its mean target price of $1635.16 per share

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