MercadoLibre (NAS:MELI) Operating Income

: $1,034 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2022)

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MercadoLibre's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2022 was $349 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2022 was $1,034 Mil.

Warning Sign:

MercadoLibre Inc has recorded a loss in operating income at least once over the past 3 years.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. MercadoLibre's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2022 was $349 Mil. MercadoLibre's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2022 was $3,002 Mil. Therefore, MercadoLibre's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was 11.63%.

MercadoLibre's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 0.00% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. MercadoLibre's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was 14.87%. MercadoLibre's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was 102.61%.

MercadoLibre Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for MercadoLibre's Operating Income can be seen below:

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MercadoLibre Annual Data

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Dec22

Operating Income

-69.48

-153.16

128.00

441.00

1,034.00

MercadoLibre Quarterly Data
	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22
Operating Income																24.00	139.00	250.00	296.00	349.00

MercadoLibre Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,034 Mil.

MercadoLibre (NAS:MELI) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

MercadoLibre's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Dec. 2022 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2022 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2022 ))	/ count )
=	1396 * ( 1 - 46.75% )	/	( (4799	+	5200)	/ 2 )
=	743.37	/	4999.5
=	14.87 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Sep. 2022 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	11962	-	4814	-	( 2385	-	max(0, 7002	-	9351	+	2385	))
=	4799

	Invested Capital		(Q: Dec. 2022 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	13736	-	6145	-	( 3030	-	max(0, 8562	-	10953	+	3030	))
=	5200

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2022) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

MercadoLibre's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Dec. 2022 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Sep. 2022		Q: Dec. 2022
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	1632	/	( ( (1532 + max(-3155, 0))	+	(1649 + max(-3211, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	1632	/	( ( 1532	+	1649 )	/	2 )
=	1632	/	1590.5
=	102.61 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Sep. 2022 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(108	+	160	+	2424)	-	(4814	+	0	+	1033)
=	-3155

	Working Capital		(Q: Dec. 2022 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(130	+	152	+	2796)	-	(6145	+	82	+	62)
=	-3211

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2022) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

MercadoLibre's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %	=	Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2022 )	/	Revenue (Q: Dec. 2022 )
	=	349	/	3002
	=	11.63 %

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.

Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.

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MercadoLibre (NAS:MELI) 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 140 million active users and 1 million active sellers as of the end of 2021 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), 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

Petroni Merhy Andrea Mayumi	director	HOUSE B, 32 STANLEY VILLAGE ROAD, STANLEY K3 000000
De La Serna Juan Martin	officer: Executive VP Corporate Affairs	AV. PTE. PERON 2375, LOTE MN04, PILAR, BUENOS AIRES C1 1629
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
Meyer Malka	director	C/O MERCADOLIBRE, INC., ARIAS 3751, 7TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1 C1C1430CRG
Roberto Balls Sallouti	director	ARIAS 3751, 7TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1 C1 C1430CRG
Emiliano Calemzuk	director	C/O MERCADOLIBRE, INC., TRONADOR 4890, 8TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1 C1430DNN
Alejandro Nicolas Aguzin	director	ARIAS 3751, 7TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1 C1430DNN
Ebay Inc	10 percent owner	2025 HAMILTON AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95125
Javier Olivan	director	62 RIDGE VIEW DRIVE, ATHERTON X1 94027
Susan Segal	director
Pedro Arnt	officer: Executive VP and CFO	ARIAS 3751, 7TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1 C1430CRG
Daniel Rabinovich	officer: VP-Chief Technology Officer	ARIAS 3751, 7TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1 C1430CRG
Marcelo Melamud	officer: V. P. Chief Accounting Officer	TRONADOR 4890, 8TH FLOOR, BUENOS AIRES C1 C1430DNN