eBay vs MercadoLibre
EBAY and MELI side by side, both in miscellaneous business services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How EBAY and MELI compare
MercadoLibre is the larger company, worth 1.5 times as much as eBay ($82.4B against $54.1B).
On earnings, eBay is cheaper: it trades at 26.4× trailing earnings, against 44.2× for MercadoLibre.
MercadoLibre grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (46.0% versus 15.7% for eBay).
eBay keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.9% compared with 5.3% at MercadoLibre.
eBay pays a dividend yielding 1.0%; MercadoLibre does not pay one.
MercadoLibre scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 12 for eBay), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | EBAY | MELI |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $54.1B | $82.4B |
| Share price | $121.64 | $1624.53 |
| Change, 1 year | 22.2% | −29.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 61.0% | −0.32% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.98 | 1.56 |
| Employees | 12K | 20K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 4 | 4 |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 26.4× (better) | 44.2× |
| P/S | 4.4× | 2.3× (better) |
| P/B | 12.3× | 10.5× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 19.6× (better) | 21.4× |
| P/FCF | 22.4× | 6.6× (better) |
| PEG | – | 0.73 |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 15.1% (better) |
| Fair value | $84.93 | $1648.59 |
| Margin of safety | −43.2% | 1.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 15.7% | 46.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.5% | 48.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −3.3% (better) | −9.3% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 0.66% (better) | −9.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −11.3% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 72.2% (better) | 42.7% |
| Operating margin | 20.3% (better) | 8.3% |
| Net margin | 16.9% (better) | 5.3% |
| FCF margin | 19.5% | 35.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | 46.6% (better) | 27.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 22.2% | 41.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.53 | 0.83 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.83 | 0.19 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 10.0× | – |
| Current ratio | 0.78 | 1.12 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 6.59 (better) | 2.29 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | – |
| Payout ratio | 26.0% | – |
| Buyback yield | 3.7% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.7% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 92.4% | 78.1% |
| Held by insiders | 10.1% | 6.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$54.7M | −$1.0M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | 7 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.4% | 1.9% |
Go deeper
- EBAY stock overview
- EBAY income statement
- EBAY valuation and score
- MELI stock overview
- MELI income statement
- MELI valuation and score
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