Wedbush Has Negative Estimate for MercadoLibre Q2 Earnings

MercadoLibre, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELI) – Stock analysts at Wedbush dropped their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for MercadoLibre in a research note issued on Tuesday, April 15th. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now anticipates that the company will earn $7.96 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $9.09. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $2,100.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for MercadoLibre’s current full-year earnings is $43.96 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for MercadoLibre’s Q3 2025 earnings at $10.15 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $39.05 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $58.40 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Susquehanna increased their target price on MercadoLibre from $2,350.00 to $2,760.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Friday, February 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of MercadoLibre from $1,950.00 to $2,300.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 25th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on MercadoLibre from $2,400.00 to $2,750.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 3rd. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of MercadoLibre in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of MercadoLibre from $2,200.00 to $2,500.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 21st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, MercadoLibre currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $2,415.94.

MercadoLibre Trading Up 1.7 %

NASDAQ:MELI opened at $2,099.37 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a current ratio of 1.25. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $2,042.00 and a 200-day simple moving average of $1,959.90. MercadoLibre has a one year low of $1,324.99 and a one year high of $2,374.54. The firm has a market cap of $106.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 55.69, a P/E/G ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.62.

MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $12.61 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $10.21 by $2.40. The firm had revenue of $6.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.94 billion. MercadoLibre had a return on equity of 51.89% and a net margin of 9.20%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On MercadoLibre

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of MELI. Capital International Investors boosted its position in shares of MercadoLibre by 38.7% in the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 1,687,114 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,868,869,000 after purchasing an additional 470,829 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its holdings in shares of MercadoLibre by 41.0% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 1,394,255 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,370,848,000 after acquiring an additional 405,425 shares during the period. Wealthfront Advisers LLC acquired a new stake in MercadoLibre during the 4th quarter worth $565,306,000. Capital World Investors increased its stake in MercadoLibre by 24.5% in the fourth quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 1,568,602 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,667,386,000 after purchasing an additional 308,973 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of MercadoLibre in the fourth quarter valued at about $383,051,000. 87.62% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

MercadoLibre Company Profile

MercadoLibre, Inc operates online commerce platforms in the United States. It operates Mercado Libre Marketplace, an automated online commerce platform that enables businesses, merchants, and individuals to list merchandise and conduct sales and purchases digitally; and Mercado Pago FinTech platform, a financial technology solution platform, which facilitates transactions on and off its marketplaces by providing a mechanism that allows its users to send and receive payments online, as well as allows users to transfer money through their websites or on the apps.