Wedbush Issues Negative Estimate for MercadoLibre Earnings

MercadoLibre, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELI) – Equities research analysts at Wedbush reduced their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of MercadoLibre in a research report issued on Tuesday, August 5th. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now forecasts that the company will earn $10.48 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $11.30. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $2,700.00 price objective 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 $13.79 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $44.33 EPS.

MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) last announced its earnings results on Monday, August 4th. The company reported $10.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $12.01 by ($1.70). MercadoLibre had a return on equity of 43.06% and a net margin of 8.52%. The business had revenue of $6.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.57 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $10.48 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 33.8% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating on shares of MercadoLibre in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of MercadoLibre from $2,600.00 to $2,700.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday. Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and set a $2,875.00 target price on shares of MercadoLibre in a research report on Tuesday. Raymond James Financial restated a “strong-buy” rating and set a $2,750.00 target price on shares of MercadoLibre in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, UBS Group set a $3,000.00 price target on shares of MercadoLibre in a research report on Monday, June 2nd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $2,795.00.

MercadoLibre Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:MELI opened at $2,334.82 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $2,441.77 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $2,238.33. MercadoLibre has a 12-month low of $1,646.00 and a 12-month high of $2,645.22. The firm has a market cap of $118.38 billion, a PE ratio of 57.66, a PEG ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.46. The company has a quick ratio of 1.18, a current ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61.

Institutional Trading of MercadoLibre

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Optimize Financial Inc boosted its position in MercadoLibre by 1.7% in the first quarter. Optimize Financial Inc now owns 238 shares of the company’s stock valued at $464,000 after buying an additional 4 shares in the last quarter. Texas Yale Capital Corp. boosted its position in 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 buying an additional 5 shares in the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co boosted its position in MercadoLibre by 0.5% in the fourth 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 in the last quarter. Formidable Asset Management LLC boosted its position in 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 buying an additional 5 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Revolve Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in MercadoLibre by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 118 shares of the company’s stock valued at $201,000 after buying an additional 5 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.62% of the company’s stock.

MercadoLibre Company Profile

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.