MercadoLibre vs Visa
MELI and V 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 V compare
Visa is the larger company, worth 9.0 times as much as MercadoLibre ($738B against $82.4B).
MercadoLibre grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (46.0% versus 14.4% for Visa).
Visa keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 50.8% compared with 5.3% at MercadoLibre.
Visa pays a dividend yielding 0.65%; MercadoLibre does not pay one.
MercadoLibre scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 11 for Visa), 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 | V |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $82.4B | $738B |
| Share price | $1624.53 | $413.59 |
| Change, 1 year | −29.2% | 21.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −0.32% | 90.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.56 | 0.84 |
| Employees | 20K | 11K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 3 | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 44.2× | – |
| P/S | 2.3× (better) | 16.6× |
| P/B | 10.5× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.4× (better) | 26.4× |
| P/FCF | 6.6× (better) | 35.1× |
| PEG | 0.73 | – |
| FCF yield | 15.1% (better) | 2.8% |
| Fair value | $1648.59 | $204.07 |
| Margin of safety | 1.5% (better) | −103% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 46.0% (better) | 14.4% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 48.7% (better) | 12.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −9.3% | 11.4% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −9.2% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 42.7% | – |
| Operating margin | 8.3% | 60.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 50.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 35.3% | 47.2% (better) |
| Return on equity | 27.5% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 41.3% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.83 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.19 (better) | 0.41 |
| Interest coverage | – | 34.8× |
| Current ratio | 1.12 (better) | 0.99 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.29 | 9.05 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.65% |
| Payout ratio | – | 22.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 6 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 14.5% |
| Buyback yield | – | 2.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 3.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 78.1% | 83.6% |
| Held by insiders | 6.9% | 0.04% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.0M (better) | −$84.2M |
| Superinvestors holding | 7 | 23 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.9% | 1.2% |
Go deeper
- MELI stock overview
- MELI income statement
- MELI valuation and score
- V stock overview
- V income statement
- V valuation and score
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