MercadoLibre (BUE:MELI) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.99 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is MercadoLibre Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

MercadoLibre's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ARS887,338 Mil. MercadoLibre's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ARS1,037,875 Mil. MercadoLibre's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ARS644,024 Mil. MercadoLibre's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.99.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for MercadoLibre's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BUE:MELI' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.31 Med: 3.32 Max: 31.84
Current: 2.17

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of MercadoLibre was 31.84. The lowest was 1.31. And the median was 3.32.

BUE:MELI's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
58.21% of 840 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.67 vs BUE:MELI: 2.17

MercadoLibre Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for MercadoLibre's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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MercadoLibre Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

MercadoLibre Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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31.84

5.83

5.91

3.60

2.17

MercadoLibre Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.55	2.56	2.00	1.69	2.99

Competitive Comparison of MercadoLibre's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Internet Retail subindustry, MercadoLibre's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

MercadoLibre's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, MercadoLibre's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where MercadoLibre's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

MercadoLibre Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

MercadoLibre's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(887338.001	+	1037875.001)	/	886255.001
	=	2.17

MercadoLibre's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(887338.001	+	1037875.001)	/	644024
	=	2.99

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.

MercadoLibre (BUE:MELI) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

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MercadoLibre (BUE:MELI) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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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.