MercadoLibre (MercadoLibre) Cash And Cash Equivalents

: $2,556 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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MercadoLibre's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Jun. 2023 ($1,860.00 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($2,171.00 Mil) and increased from Sep. 2023 ($2,171.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($2,556.00 Mil).

MercadoLibre's annual cash and cash equivalents declined from Dec. 2021 ($2,585.00 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($1,910.00 Mil) but then increased from Dec. 2022 ($1,910.00 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($2,556.00 Mil).

MercadoLibre Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for MercadoLibre's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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MercadoLibre Annual Data

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Dec23

Cash And Cash Equivalents

1,384.74

1,856.39

2,585.00

1,910.00

2,556.00

MercadoLibre Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash And Cash Equivalents																1,910.00	2,143.00	1,860.00	2,171.00	2,556.00

MercadoLibre Cash And Cash Equivalents Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.

MercadoLibre (NAS:MELI) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.

Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.

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MercadoLibre (MercadoLibre) Business Description

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Address

WTC Free Zone, Dr. Luis Bonavita 1294, Of. 1733, Tower II, Montevideo, URY, 11300

Website

https://www.mercadolibre.com

MercadoLibre runs the largest e-commerce marketplace in Latin America, connecting a network of more than 148 million active users and 1 million active sellers as of the end of 2022 across an 18-country footprint. The company also operates a host of complementary businesses, with shipping solutions (Mercado Envios), a payment and financing operation (Mercado Pago and Mercado Credito), advertisements (Mercado Clics), classifieds, and a turnkey e-commerce solution (Mercado Shops) rounding out its arsenal. MercadoLibre generates revenue from final value fees, advertising royalties, payment processing, insertion fees, subscription fees, and interest income from consumer and small-business lending.

Executives

De La Serna Juan Martin	officer: Executive VP Corporate Affairs	AV. PTE. PERON 2375, LOTE MN04, PILAR, BUENOS AIRES C1 1629
Emiliano Calemzuk	director	C/O MERCADOLIBRE, INC., TRONADOR 4890, 8TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1 C1430DNN
Petroni Merhy Andrea Mayumi	director	HOUSE B, 32 STANLEY VILLAGE ROAD, STANLEY K3 000000
Marcelo Melamud	officer: V. P. Chief Accounting Officer	TRONADOR 4890, 8TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1 C1430DNN
Richard A Sanders	director	80 PALL MALL, LONDON X0 SW1Y 5ES
Ariel Szarfsztejn	officer: Executive VP - Commerce	POSTA 4789, 6TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1 C1430CRG
Henrique Vasoncelos Dubugras	director	1000 LAUREL WAY, BEVERLY HILLS CA 90210
Alejandro Nicolas Aguzin	director	ARIAS 3751, 7TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1 C1430DNN
Meyer Malka	director	364 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Roberto Balls Sallouti	director	ARIAS 3751, 7TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1 C1 C1430CRG
Stelleo Tolda	officer: Country Manager Brazil	C/O MERCADOLIBRE, INC., TRONADOR 4890, 8TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1 C1430DNN
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Daniel Rabinovich	officer: VP-Chief Technology Officer	ARIAS 3751, 7TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1 C1430CRG
A Michael Spence	director	121 INNOVATION DR STE 200, IRVINE CA 92612
Pedro Arnt	officer: Executive VP and CFO	ARIAS 3751, 7TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1 C1430CRG