MercadoLibre (MELI) Reports Earnings Tomorrow: What To Expect

Latin American e-commerce and fintech company MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) will be reporting results this Tuesday after market close. Here’s what you need to know.

MercadoLibre beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $7.41 billion, up 39.5% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

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This quarter, the market is expecting MercadoLibre’s revenue to grow 40.1% year on year, improving from the 37.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. MercadoLibre has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations.

Looking at MercadoLibre’s peers in the online marketplace segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Shutterstock’s revenues decreased 12% year on year, missing analysts’ expectations by 12.7%, and Instacart reported revenues up 12.3%, topping estimates by 2%. Shutterstock traded down 12.7% following the results while Instacart was up 9.2%.

Read our full analysis of Shutterstock’s results here and Instacart’s results here.

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