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MercadoLibre
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MercadoLibre cash flow statement 2002–2026

MercadoLibre's free cash flow over the last twelve months was 11.73B USD: operating cash flow of 13.37B USD less 1.64B USD of capital spending. That is 30.5% of its revenue and 231.39 a share.

Operating cash flow Free cash flow

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Fiscal year
TTM
30 Sept 2026
FY2025
31 Dec 2025
FY2024
31 Dec 2024
FY2023
31 Dec 2023
FY2022
31 Dec 2022
FY2021
31 Dec 2021
FY2020
31 Dec 2020
FY2019
31 Dec 2019
FY2018
31 Dec 2018
FY2017
31 Dec 2017
FY2016
31 Dec 2016
Net income
1.89B2.00B1.91B987.00M482.00M83.30M-707.00K-172.00M-36.59M13.78M136.37M
Depreciation and amortization
1.08B818.00M617.00M524.00M403.00M204.00M105.00M73.32M45.79M40.92M29.02M
Stock-based compensation
—303.00M261.00M167.00M84.00M89.00M131.00M52.06M27.53M35.72M22.98M
Change in working capital
6.44B5.92B3.19B1.80B411.00M-312.00K772.83M354.92M265.30M72.89M-18.37M
Change in receivables
-2.58B-1.51B-157.00M-1.41B-1.16B-1.09B-509.91M-507.00K-27.11M-21.82M-15.43M
Change in inventory
-492.00M-235.00M-113.00M-69.00M114.00M-142.38M-106.98M-4.15M-3.02M-1.55M-787.00K
Change in payables
2.38B1.49B1.60B1.23B449.00M379.77M584.28M143.50M90.12M150.22M47.98M
Change in other working capital
7.13B6.18B1.87B2.05B1.00B851.43M805.44M216.08M205.30M-53.96M-50.14M
Other non-cash items
4.77B3.54B2.18B1.63B1.66B618.53M244.75M126.34M21.46M130.27M26.45M
Operating cash flow
13.37B12.12B7.92B5.14B2.94B965.04M1.18B451.09M230.91M269.01M190.26M
Operating cash flow growth
+47.71%+53.02%+54.05%+74.83%+204.65%-18.39%+162.15%+95.36%-14.16%+41.39%-14.05%
Capital expenditure
-1.64B-1.34B-860.00M-509.00M-455.00M-609.50M-247.14M-136.87M-97.75M-74.88M-77.37M
Acquisitions
—0.00-6.00M0.000.00-55.73M-6.94M-72.00K-4.20M-35.80M-7.28M
Purchases of investments
-15.48B-14.85B-16.71B-18.94B-12.74B-7.39B-5.20B-4.49B-3.18B-4.55B-3.50B
Sales and maturities of investments
15.71B16.59B13.96B18.10B11.02B7.81B5.55B3.35B2.66B4.71B3.51B
Other investing
-8.29B-6.58B-4.67B-2.11B-1.70B-1.35B-344.33M-173.78M-57.23M-72.24M-6.60M
Investing cash flow
-9.71B-6.18B-8.29B-3.45B-3.87B-1.60B-252.18M-1.45B-672.46M-22.64M-84.24M
Debt issued (repaid)
5.73B2.91B1.96B89.00M1.06B598.00M606.00M155.04M644.61M42.90M4.75M
Shares issued
—0.000.000.000.001.52B0.000.00136.11M0.000.00
Share buybacks
—-1.00M-1.00M-356.00M-148.00M-486.00M-54.09M-720.00K-148.94M-67.31M0.00
Dividends paid
—0.000.000.000.000.00-356.00K-2.84M-6.62M-26.50M-24.42M
Other financing
—0.000.000.000.00293.00M-306.38M1.87B-16.26M0.000.00
Financing cash flow
5.72B2.90B1.96B-267.00M916.00M1.93B242.27M2.02B608.88M-50.90M-19.67M
Net change in cash
9.07B8.84B851.00M485.00M-285.00M1.14B1.06B986.73M76.44M154.12M67.26M
Free cash flow
11.73B10.77B7.06B4.63B2.49B355.55M935.41M314.22M133.15M194.13M112.89M
Free cash flow growth
+47.82%+52.64%+52.41%+86.36%+598.92%-61.99%+197.69%+135.98%-31.41%+71.96%-28.14%
Free cash flow margin
30.45%37.29%33.97%30.65%23.05%5.03%23.54%13.68%9.25%15.96%13.37%
Free cash flow per share
231.39212.50139.2290.7948.417.1418.816.452.994.402.56
Free cash flow per share growth
+47.82%+52.64%+53.34%+87.56%+578.06%-62.04%+191.42%+115.81%-31.98%+71.96%-28.14%
Interest paid
———608.00M247.00M58.00M54.00M40.52M19.51M7.73M8.06M
Income taxes paid
—0.000.00651.00M437.00M282.00M140.00M94.95M99.49M110.91M74.01M

Figures in USD. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure. Quarterly growth is on the same quarter a year before; TTM is the last four quarters.

Common questions about MercadoLibre's cash flow

Source: Financial Modeling Prep

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