What is Wedbush’s Estimate for MercadoLibre FY2025 Earnings?

MercadoLibre, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELI) – Investment analysts at Wedbush lowered their FY2025 earnings estimates for MercadoLibre in a research note issued on Thursday, October 30th. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $40.15 for the year, down from their prior estimate of $42.81. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $2,800.00 price target 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 $11.79 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $58.53 EPS.

MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 29th. The company reported $8.32 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $9.88 by ($1.56). The business had revenue of $7.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.19 billion. MercadoLibre had a return on equity of 41.35% and a net margin of 7.93%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 39.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $7.83 earnings per share.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on MercadoLibre from $2,600.00 to $2,650.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a $2,800.00 price target on shares of MercadoLibre in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. Daiwa Capital Markets started coverage on MercadoLibre in a research report on Friday, August 1st. They set a “buy” rating and a $3,000.00 price target on the stock. Citigroup lowered their price target on MercadoLibre from $2,850.00 to $2,700.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating and set a $2,750.00 price target on shares of MercadoLibre in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $2,822.35.

MercadoLibre Price Performance

NASDAQ:MELI opened at $2,305.69 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61, a quick ratio of 1.18 and a current ratio of 1.20. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $2,306.76 and its 200 day simple moving average is $2,377.66. The company has a market cap of $116.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 56.26, a P/E/G ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.46. MercadoLibre has a 52-week low of $1,646.00 and a 52-week high of $2,645.22.

Institutional Trading of MercadoLibre

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Bison Wealth LLC bought a new stake in MercadoLibre in the 4th quarter valued at $206,000. Mather Group LLC. boosted its stake in MercadoLibre by 115.8% in the 1st quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 41 shares of the company’s stock valued at $79,000 after purchasing an additional 22 shares during the period. Calamos Advisors LLC boosted its stake in MercadoLibre by 44.5% in the 1st quarter. Calamos Advisors LLC now owns 3,981 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,766,000 after purchasing an additional 1,226 shares during the period. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in MercadoLibre by 13.2% in the 1st quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 874 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,705,000 after purchasing an additional 102 shares during the period. Finally, World Investment Advisors boosted its stake in MercadoLibre by 11.7% in the 1st quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 582 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,135,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 87.62% of the company’s stock.

About MercadoLibre

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.