Wedbush Predicts MercadoLibre’s Q1 Earnings (NASDAQ:MELI)

MercadoLibre, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELI) – Analysts at Wedbush raised their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for MercadoLibre in a report issued on Tuesday, April 15th. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now expects that the company will post earnings of $7.51 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $7.06. 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 Q4 2025 earnings at $13.42 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Raymond James raised MercadoLibre from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $2,250.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on MercadoLibre from $2,650.00 to $2,560.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. Susquehanna raised their target price on MercadoLibre from $2,350.00 to $2,760.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Friday, February 21st. Benchmark assumed coverage on shares of MercadoLibre in a research report on Tuesday. They set a “buy” rating and a $2,500.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of MercadoLibre in a report on Tuesday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fifteen have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, MercadoLibre has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $2,415.00.

MercadoLibre Trading Up 4.0 %

NASDAQ:MELI opened at $2,118.32 on Wednesday. MercadoLibre has a 12 month low of $1,324.99 and a 12 month high of $2,374.54. The company’s 50 day moving average is $2,039.51 and its 200-day moving average is $1,958.84. The company has a quick ratio of 1.22, a current ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. The firm has a market cap of $107.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 56.19, a P/E/G ratio of 1.12 and a beta of 1.62.

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in MercadoLibre by 2.5% in the 4th quarter. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 203 shares of the company’s stock valued at $346,000 after purchasing an additional 5 shares during the last quarter. Texas Yale Capital Corp. raised its position in shares of MercadoLibre by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Texas Yale Capital Corp. now owns 1,634 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,779,000 after purchasing an additional 5 shares during the period. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co grew its stake in MercadoLibre by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co now owns 999 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,699,000 after buying an additional 5 shares during the last quarter. Formidable Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of MercadoLibre by 3.2% in the fourth quarter. Formidable Asset Management LLC now owns 160 shares of the company’s stock valued at $272,000 after purchasing an additional 5 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Revolve Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in MercadoLibre by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 118 shares of the company’s stock valued at $201,000 after purchasing an additional 5 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.62% of the company’s stock.

About MercadoLibre

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.