As of today (2024-04-23), MercadoLibre's share price is $1401.9501.
MercadoLibre's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $89.61. Hence, MercadoLibre's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 15.65.
The historical rank and industry rank for MercadoLibre's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
MELI'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.84 Med: 63.98 Max: 622.23
Current: 15.52
During the past 13 years, MercadoLibre's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 622.23. The lowest was 13.84. And the median was 63.98.
MELI's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 59.43% of 742
companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 12.025
vs MELI: 15.52
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of MercadoLibre was 87.60% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 69.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 88.30% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 45.90% per year.
During the past 13 years, MercadoLibre's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 121.80% per year. The lowest was -19.50% per year. And the median was 37.75% per year.
MercadoLibre Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for MercadoLibre's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Internet Retail subindustry, MercadoLibre's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, MercadoLibre's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where MercadoLibre's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
MercadoLibre Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
MercadoLibre's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
MercadoLibre's Share Price of today is $1401.9501.
MercadoLibre's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $89.61.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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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.
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