MercadoLibre vs Sea
MELI and SE side by side, both in miscellaneous business services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How MELI and SE compare
MercadoLibre grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (46.0% versus 36.4% for Sea).
Sea keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 6.9% compared with 5.3% at MercadoLibre.
MercadoLibre scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 12 for Sea), 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 | MELI | SE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $82.4B | – |
| Share price | $1624.53 | $74.24 |
| Change, 1 year | −29.2% | −52.4% |
| Change, 5 years | −0.32% | −79.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.56 | 1.75 |
| Employees | 20K | 103K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 (better) | 12 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 | 3 |
| Performance score | 4 | 4 |
| Health score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 44.2× | – |
| P/S | 2.3× | – |
| P/B | 10.5× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.4× | – |
| P/FCF | 6.6× | – |
| PEG | 0.73 | – |
| FCF yield | 15.1% | – |
| Fair value | $1648.59 | – |
| Margin of safety | 1.5% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 46.0% (better) | 36.4% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 48.7% (better) | 39.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −9.3% | 255% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −9.2% | 241% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 42.7% | 44.7% (better) |
| Operating margin | 8.3% | 8.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 6.9% (better) |
| FCF margin | 35.3% (better) | 19.7% |
| Return on equity | 27.5% (better) | 15.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 41.3% | 166% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.83 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.19 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | 59.1× |
| Current ratio | 1.12 | 1.58 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.29 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 78.1% | 62.1% |
| Held by insiders | 6.9% | 24.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.0M (better) | −$533M |
| Superinvestors holding | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.9% | – |
Go deeper
- MELI stock overview
- MELI income statement
- MELI valuation and score
- SE stock overview
- SE income statement
- SE valuation and score
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