Why MercadoLibre's Long-Term Prospects Look Great
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Latin American online auction operator has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at MercadoLibre and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
MercadoLibre facts
Headquarters (founded) | Buenos Aires, Argentina (1999) |
Market Cap | $5.1 billion |
Industry | Internet software |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $392.6 million |
Management | Co-Founder/Chairman/CEO Marcos Galperin CFO Pedro Arnt |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 38.2% |
Cash/Debt | $197.7 million / $161.5 thousand |
Dividend Yield | 0.5% |
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Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 94% of the 1,146 members who have rated MercadoLibre believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, totalFoolishness, succinctly summed up the MercadoLibre bull case for our community:
This South American Amazon like company is partially owned by eBay because eBay realized that they understood their market a lot better than eBay ever could. I have owned this company for over year and I believe that they are proceeding along a course that is moving along with the adoption of the Internet and e-commerce in most of the large South American nations. I think in 10 years this company's market cap will be 4 to 5 times what it is now.
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