$MELI
MERCADOLIBRE INC Stock $meli

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2019 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000156276221000079 Filed on March 01, 2021

Income Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2018 Q4	2018 Q3
Revenue	$674.3M	$428.0M	$355.3M
YoY Change	57.53%	19.54%	16.52%
Cost Of Revenue	$365.9M	$223.2M	$185.6M
YoY Change	63.93%	44.28%	43.74%
Gross Profit	$308.3M	$204.8M	$169.7M
YoY Change	50.57%	0.7%	-3.47%
Gross Profit Margin	45.73%	47.84%	47.77%
Selling, General & Admin	$319.2M	$166.6M	$145.2M
YoY Change	91.6%	12.49%	25.31%
% of Gross Profit	103.52%	81.35%	85.58%
Research & Development	$58.00M	$39.00M	$35.48M
YoY Change	48.72%	14.37%	9.5%
% of Gross Profit	18.81%	19.04%	20.9%
Depreciation & Amortization	$20.80M	$11.90M	$11.30M
YoY Change	74.79%	9.17%	3.67%
% of Gross Profit	6.75%	5.81%	6.66%
Operating Expenses	$377.3M	$205.6M	$180.7M
YoY Change	83.51%	12.84%	21.87%
Operating Profit	-$68.95M	-$817.0K	-$11.00M
YoY Change	8339.78%	-103.86%	-139.95%
Interest Expense	$5.900M	-$6.000M	-$3.300M
YoY Change	-198.33%	5900.0%	-136.26%
% of Operating Profit
Other Income/Expense, Net
YoY Change
Pretax Income	-$63.00M	-$6.800M	-$14.31M
YoY Change	826.47%	-89.49%	-139.05%
Income Tax	-$9.000M	-$4.500M	-$4.234M
% Of Pretax Income
Net Earnings	-$54.00M	-$2.337M	-$10.08M
YoY Change	2210.57%	-96.55%	-136.43%
Net Earnings / Revenue	-8.01%	-0.55%	-2.84%
Basic Earnings Per Share	-$1.11	-$0.05	-$0.23
Diluted Earnings Per Share	-$1.11	-$0.05	-$0.23
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	49.71M	45.20M	44.59M
Diluted Shares Outstanding	49.71M	45.20M	44.59M

Balance Sheet

Concept	2019 Q4	2018 Q4	2018 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$2.982B	$901.9M	$1.096B
YoY Change	230.64%	50.9%	72.16%
Cash & Equivalents	$1.385B	$440.3M	$1.029B
Short-Term Investments	$1.597B	$461.5M	$67.00M
Other Short-Term Assets	$88.74M	$61.57M	$54.07M
YoY Change	44.12%	5.96%	-3.79%
Inventory	$8.626M	$4.612M	$7.395M
Prepaid Expenses	$45.31M	$27.48M	$11.01M
Receivables	$35.45M	$35.15M	$27.14M
Other Receivables	$182.1M	$95.70M	$90.80M
Total Short-Term Assets	$3.789B	$1.511B	$1.602B
YoY Change	150.73%	17.42%	35.48%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$244.3M	$165.6M	$138.4M
YoY Change	47.49%	44.22%	1.7%
Goodwill	$87.61M	$88.88M	$88.65M
YoY Change	-1.43%	-3.68%
Intangibles	$14.28M	$18.58M	$18.72M
YoY Change	-23.17%	-19.82%
Long-Term Investments	$264.0M	$276.1M	$2.800M
YoY Change	-4.38%	695.68%	-93.86%
Other Assets	$58.24M	$37.74M	$42.54M
YoY Change	54.31%	-40.96%	-68.39%
Total Long-Term Assets	$992.8M	$728.4M	$416.7M
YoY Change	36.3%	88.57%	-4.45%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$3.789B	$1.511B	$1.602B
Total Long-Term Assets	$992.8M	$728.4M	$416.7M
Total Assets	$4.782B	$2.240B	$2.018B
YoY Change	113.51%	33.85%	24.72%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$372.3M	$266.8M	$231.0M
YoY Change	39.54%	20.67%	27.2%
Accrued Expenses	$125.1M	$60.40M	$57.40M
YoY Change	107.12%	-7.22%	-6.21%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$186.1M	$132.9M	$141.5M
YoY Change	40.03%	136.06%	472.87%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.752B	$1.166B	$989.5M
YoY Change	50.26%	20.47%	20.26%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$631.4M	$602.2M	$554.8M
YoY Change	4.85%	92.95%	79.31%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$12.63M	$19.51M	$16.53M
YoY Change	-35.27%	5.64%	-58.16%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$947.4M	$736.6M	$687.1M
YoY Change	28.62%	94.16%	96.92%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.752B	$1.166B	$989.5M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$947.4M	$736.6M	$687.1M
Total Liabilities	$2.700B	$1.903B	$1.677B
YoY Change	41.88%	41.22%	38.32%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$322.6M	$503.4M	$505.8M
YoY Change	-35.92%	-6.41%
Common Stock	$50.00K	$45.00K	$45.00K
YoY Change	11.11%	2.27%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$720.0K	$0.00
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$1.983B	$336.7M	$341.8M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$4.782B	$2.240B	$2.018B
YoY Change	113.51%	33.85%	24.72%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2018 Q4	2018 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	-$54.00M	-$2.337M	-$10.08M
YoY Change	2210.57%	-96.55%	-136.43%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$20.80M	$11.90M	$11.30M
YoY Change	74.79%	9.17%	3.67%
Cash From Operating Activities	$78.30M	$34.80M	$88.90M
YoY Change	125.0%	30.83%	452.17%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$36.10M	-$28.00M	-$23.00M
YoY Change	28.93%	22.81%	31.43%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$138.3M	-$666.6M	$16.30M
YoY Change	-79.25%	626.14%	-89.17%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$174.4M	-$694.6M	-$6.800M
YoY Change	-74.89%	507.17%	-105.12%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	79.90M	38.30M	491.1M
YoY Change	108.62%	39.78%	-802.58%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	78.30M	34.80M	88.90M
Cash From Investing Activities	-174.4M	-694.6M	-6.800M
Cash From Financing Activities	79.90M	38.30M	491.1M
Net Change In Cash	-16.20M	-621.5M	573.2M
YoY Change	-97.39%	928.97%	624.65%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$78.30M	$34.80M	$88.90M
Capital Expenditures	-$36.10M	-$28.00M	-$23.00M
Free Cash Flow	$114.4M	$62.80M	$111.9M
YoY Change	82.17%	27.13%	233.04%

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CY2019	meli	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Reclassification Adjustment From Aoci Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAociNetOfTax	-2729000
CY2018	meli	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Reclassification Adjustment From Aoci Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAociNetOfTax	-2329000
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CY2019	us-gaap	Restricted Stock Expense RestrictedStockExpense	395000
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CY2019	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable	507000
CY2018	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable	27105000
CY2020	meli	Increase Decrease In Funds Receivable From Customers IncreaseDecreaseInFundsReceivableFromCustomers	521979000
CY2019	meli	Increase Decrease In Funds Receivable From Customers IncreaseDecreaseInFundsReceivableFromCustomers	29315000
CY2018	meli	Increase Decrease In Funds Receivable From Customers IncreaseDecreaseInFundsReceivableFromCustomers	-42655000
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Expense IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidExpense	-16204000
CY2019	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Expense IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidExpense	17956000
CY2018	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Expense IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidExpense	23342000
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CY2019	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Inventories IncreaseDecreaseInInventories	4148000
CY2018	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Inventories IncreaseDecreaseInInventories	3015000
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CY2018	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Other Operating Assets IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingAssets	17617000
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CY2020	meli	Increase Decrease In Funds Payable To Customers IncreaseDecreaseInFundsPayableToCustomers	937639000
CY2019	meli	Increase Decrease In Funds Payable To Customers IncreaseDecreaseInFundsPayableToCustomers	267293000
CY2018	meli	Increase Decrease In Funds Payable To Customers IncreaseDecreaseInFundsPayableToCustomers	175398000
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CY2019	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Other Operating Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingLiabilities	45452000
CY2018	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Other Operating Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingLiabilities	28202000
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CY2019	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	451091000
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CY2018	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Investments PaymentsToAcquireInvestments	3176078000
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CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired	6937000
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Investments PaymentsToAcquireInvestments	5199875000
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CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Derivative Instrument Investing Activities ProceedsFromDerivativeInstrumentInvestingActivities	17779000
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments For Derivative Instrument Investing Activities PaymentsForDerivativeInstrumentInvestingActivities	4136000
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Productive Assets ProceedsFromSaleOfProductiveAssets	274000
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Intangible Assets PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets	93000
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Intangible Assets PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets	72000
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Intangible Assets PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets	192000
CY2020	meli	Increase Decrease In Principal Loans Receivable Net IncreaseDecreaseInPrincipalLoansReceivableNet	344608000
CY2019	meli	Increase Decrease In Principal Loans Receivable Net IncreaseDecreaseInPrincipalLoansReceivableNet	173848000
CY2018	meli	Increase Decrease In Principal Loans Receivable Net IncreaseDecreaseInPrincipalLoansReceivableNet	57232000
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CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	247048000
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	136798000
CY2018	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	93136000
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-252181000
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-1447790000
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-672459000
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CY2018	us-gaap	Payments Of Financing Costs PaymentsOfFinancingCosts	16264000
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CY2019	us-gaap	Payments For Hedge Financing Activities PaymentsForHedgeFinancingActivities	96367000
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CY2019	us-gaap	Finance Lease Principal Payments FinanceLeasePrincipalPayments	1929000
CY2018	us-gaap	Finance Lease Principal Payments FinanceLeasePrincipalPayments	323000
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CY2019	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid IncomeTaxesPaid	94954000
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid IncomeTaxesPaid	99488000
CY2018	us-gaap	Debt Conversion Converted Instrument Amount1 DebtConversionConvertedInstrumentAmount1	343000000
CY2020	meli	Stock Based Compensation StockBasedCompensation	1000
CY2019	meli	Stock Based Compensation StockBasedCompensation	1000
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments For Repurchase Of Common Stock PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock	54085000
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments For Repurchase Of Common Stock PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock	720000
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Preferred Stock And Preference Stock PaymentsOfDividendsPreferredStockAndPreferenceStock	3356000
CY2019	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Preferred Stock And Preference Stock PaymentsOfDividendsPreferredStockAndPreferenceStock	2844000
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock ProceedsFromIssuanceOfRedeemableConvertiblePreferredStock	98688000
CY2019	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Common Stock ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock	1867215000
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	242266000
CY2019	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	2021012000
CY2018	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	608882000
CY2020	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	-115837000
CY2019	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	-37584000
CY2018	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	-90895000
CY2020	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Including Exchange Rate Effect CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect	1056800000
CY2019	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Including Exchange Rate Effect CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect	986729000
CY2018	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Including Exchange Rate Effect CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect	76435000
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	1451424000
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	464695000
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	388260000
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	2508224000
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	1451424000
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	464695000
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CY2019	us-gaap	Interest Paid Net InterestPaidNet	40523000
CY2019	meli	Non Cash Financing Activities Exercise Of Convertible Notes NonCashFinancingActivitiesExerciseOfConvertibleNotes	65957000
CY2018	meli	Non Cash Financing Activities Exercise Of Convertible Notes NonCashFinancingActivitiesExerciseOfConvertibleNotes	1000
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CY2019	us-gaap	Capital Lease Obligations Incurred CapitalLeaseObligationsIncurred	2567000
CY2018	us-gaap	Capital Lease Obligations Incurred CapitalLeaseObligationsIncurred	7125000
CY2020	meli	Business Combination Contingent Consideration And Escrow Deposits BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationAndEscrowDeposits	2399000
CY2018	meli	Business Combination Contingent Consideration And Escrow Deposits BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationAndEscrowDeposits	5206000
CY2020	meli	Noncash Property And Equipment Acquired Under Capital Leases NoncashPropertyAndEquipmentAcquiredUnderCapitalLeases	17177000
CY2019	meli	Noncash Property And Equipment Acquired Under Capital Leases NoncashPropertyAndEquipmentAcquiredUnderCapitalLeases	4496000
CY2018	meli	Noncash Property And Equipment Acquired Under Capital Leases NoncashPropertyAndEquipmentAcquiredUnderCapitalLeases	7448000
CY2020	us-gaap	Cash Acquired From Acquisition CashAcquiredFromAcquisition	939000
CY2018	us-gaap	Cash Acquired From Acquisition CashAcquiredFromAcquisition	507000
CY2020	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Accounts Receivable Acquired1 NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionAccountsReceivableAcquired1	3333000
CY2018	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Accounts Receivable Acquired1 NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionAccountsReceivableAcquired1	1145000
CY2020	meli	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Other Current Assets Acquired NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionOtherCurrentAssetsAcquired	1725000
CY2018	meli	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Other Current Assets Acquired NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionOtherCurrentAssetsAcquired	202000
CY2020	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Fixed Assets Acquired1 NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionFixedAssetsAcquired1	606000
CY2018	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Fixed Assets Acquired1 NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionFixedAssetsAcquired1	90000
CY2020	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Value Of Assets Acquired1 NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionValueOfAssetsAcquired1	6603000
CY2018	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Value Of Assets Acquired1 NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionValueOfAssetsAcquired1	1944000
CY2020	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Payables Assumed1 NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionPayablesAssumed1	1729000
CY2018	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Payables Assumed1 NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionPayablesAssumed1	149000
CY2020	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Other Liabilities Assumed1 NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionOtherLiabilitiesAssumed1	6402000
CY2018	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Other Liabilities Assumed1 NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionOtherLiabilitiesAssumed1	1341000
CY2020	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Value Of Liabilities Assumed1 NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionValueOfLiabilitiesAssumed1	8131000
CY2018	us-gaap	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Value Of Liabilities Assumed1 NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionValueOfLiabilitiesAssumed1	1490000
CY2020	meli	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Net Assets Acquired NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionNetAssetsAcquired	-1528000
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CY2020	meli	Noncash Or Part Noncash Acquisition Goodwill Identifiable Intangible Assets And Deferred Tax Liabilities NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionGoodwillIdentifiableIntangibleAssetsAndDeferredTaxLiabilities	6283000
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CY2018	us-gaap	Cash Acquired From Acquisition CashAcquiredFromAcquisition	507000
CY2020	meli	Payments To Acquire Business Net Of Cash Acquired PaymentsToAcquireBusinessNetOfCashAcquired	9336000
CY2018	meli	Payments To Acquire Business Net Of Cash Acquired PaymentsToAcquireBusinessNetOfCashAcquired	9401000
CY2020	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 1pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 110.0%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p><div style="text-align:left"><table dir="ltr" style="border: none;border-collapse: collapse;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: auto;"><tr style="height: 0.01in;"><td style="border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-right-style: none;border-top-style: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 23.95pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 1pt;line-height: 110.0%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 1pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-right-style: none;border-top-style: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 552.05pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 1pt;line-height: 110.0%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 1pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-right-style: none;border-top-style: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 23.95pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 110.0%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0.01in;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;margin: 0;padding: 0;">1</span><span id="Notes" style="text-decoration: none;"/><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;margin: 0;padding: 0;">.</span></p></td><td style="border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-right-style: none;border-top-style: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 552.05pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 110.0%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0.01in;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Nature of Business</span></p></td></tr></table></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0.32in;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 10pt;text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">MercadoLibre, Inc. (“MercadoLibre” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the state of Delaware, in the United States of America, in October 1999. MercadoLibre </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">is the largest online commerce ecosystem in Latin America</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">, serving as an integrated regional platform and as a provider of necessary digital and technology tools that allow businesses and individuals to trade products and services in the region.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0.32in;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 10pt;text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">The Company enables commerce through its marketplace platform, which allows users to buy and sell in most of Latin America. Through Mercado Pago, the fintech solution, MercadoLibre enables individuals and businesses to send and receive digital payments; through Mercado Envios, MercadoLibre facilitates the shipping of goods from the Company and sellers to buyers; through the advertising products, MercadoLibre facilitates advertising services for large retailers and brands to promote their product and services on the web; through Mercado Shops, MercadoLibre allows users to set-up, manage, and promote their own on-line web-stores under a subscription-based business model; through Mercado Credito, MercadoLibre extends loans to certain merchants and consumers; and </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">through Mercado Fondo, MercadoLibre allows users to invest funds deposited in their Mercado Pago accounts.</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0.32in;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 10pt;text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">As of December 31, 2020, MercadoLibre, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, operated online e-commerce platforms directed towards Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Panama, </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; color: #000000;font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">, Uruguay, Bolivia, Guatemala, Paraguay and Venezuela. Additionally, MercadoLibre operates its fintech solution in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Uruguay, and extends loans through Mercado Credito in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. It also offers a shipping solution directed towards Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Uruguay.</span></p><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span>
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CY2019Q4	meli	Other Countries Long Lived Tangible And Intangible Assets OtherCountriesLongLivedTangibleAndIntangibleAssets	345204000
CY2020	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Use of estimates</span><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0.32in;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 10pt;text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires Management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates are used for, but not limited to, accounting for allowance for doubtful accounts and chargeback provisions, allowance for loans receivable, inventories valuation reserves, recoverability of goodwill, intangible assets with indefinite useful lives and deferred tax assets, impairment of short-term and long-term investments, impairment of long-lived assets, compensation costs relating to the Company’s long term retention plan, fair value of convertible debt, fair value of investments, fair value of derivative instruments, income taxes and contingencies and determination of the incremental borrowing rate at commencement date of lease operating agreements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.</span></p>
CY2018	meli	Credit Loss Recognized On Cash Cash Equivalents And Restricted Cash And Cash Equivalents CreditLossRecognizedOnCashCashEquivalentsAndRestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents	0
CY2019	meli	Credit Loss Recognized On Cash Cash Equivalents And Restricted Cash And Cash Equivalents CreditLossRecognizedOnCashCashEquivalentsAndRestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents	0
CY2020	meli	Credit Loss Recognized On Cash Cash Equivalents And Restricted Cash And Cash Equivalents CreditLossRecognizedOnCashCashEquivalentsAndRestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents	0
CY2018	us-gaap	Impairment Of Investments ImpairmentOfInvestments	0
CY2019	us-gaap	Impairment Of Investments ImpairmentOfInvestments	0
CY2020	us-gaap	Impairment Of Investments ImpairmentOfInvestments	0
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CY2019	us-gaap	Fair Value Option Changes In Fair Value Gain Loss1 FairValueOptionChangesInFairValueGainLoss1	2295000
CY2020	us-gaap	Gains Losses On Sales Of Credit Card Portfolio GainsLossesOnSalesOfCreditCardPortfolio	452892000
CY2019	us-gaap	Gains Losses On Sales Of Credit Card Portfolio GainsLossesOnSalesOfCreditCardPortfolio	359037000
CY2018	us-gaap	Gains Losses On Sales Of Credit Card Portfolio GainsLossesOnSalesOfCreditCardPortfolio	258595000
CY2020	us-gaap	Allowance For Doubtful Accounts Receivable Write Offs AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableWriteOffs	27006000
CY2020	us-gaap	Concentration Risk Credit Risk ConcentrationRiskCreditRisk	<span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Concentration of credit risk</span><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0.32in;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 10pt;text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments, credit cards receivable, accounts receivable and loans receivable are potentially subject to concentration of credit risk. Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and investments are placed with financial institutions and financial instruments that Management believes are of high credit quality. Accounts receivable are derived from revenue earned from customers located internationally. Accounts receivable balances are settled through customer credit cards, debit cards and Mercado Pago accounts, with the majority of accounts receivable collected upon processing of credit card transactions. Due to the relatively small dollar amount of individual accounts receivable and loans receivable, the Company generally does not require collateral on these balances. The allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded as a charge to sales and marketing expense.</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"><br/>‎</span></p><div style="text-align:left"><table dir="ltr" style="border: none;border-collapse: collapse;margin-bottom: .001pt;margin-left: 0;margin-right: auto;"><tr style="height: 0.01in;"><td style="border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-right-style: none;border-top-style: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 23.95pt;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; "/><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 110.0%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 1pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-right-style: none;border-top-style: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 552.05pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 1pt;line-height: 110.0%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-size: 1pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> </span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-right-style: none;border-top-style: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 23.95pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 110.0%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0.01in;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;margin: 0;padding: 0;">2.</span></p></td><td style="border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-right-style: none;border-top-style: none;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0;padding-right: 0;padding-top: 0;vertical-align: top;width: 552.05pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 110.0%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0.01in;margin-top: 0;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Summary of significant accounting policies (continued)</span></p></td></tr></table></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0.32in;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 10pt;text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;margin: 0;padding: 0;">Concentration of credit risk (continued)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;line-height: 108%;margin-bottom: 0;margin-left: 0.32in;margin-right: 0;margin-top: 10pt;text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">During the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">no</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> single customer accounted for more than </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">5</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">% of net revenues. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">no</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;"> single customer, except for credit card processing companies, accounted for more than </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">5</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif';font-size: 10pt;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;margin: 0;padding: 0;">% of accounts receivable and loans receivable. Credit cards receivable and other means of payments, net line of the consolidated balance sheet shows the Company´s credit exposure to not more than 10 entities in each of the countries where the Company offers our payments solution.</span></p>
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CY2020	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Indefinitelived Excluding Goodwill ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsIndefinitelivedExcludingGoodwill	0
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CY2019	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Before Tax ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax	-1732000
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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Receivables From Customers ReceivablesFromCustomers	863073000
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