MercadoLibre's commerce and fintech revenue growth underpins the view that its shares are undervalued at current prices. The attached chart shows quarterly commerce services revenue reaching $4.3 billion and fintech revenue $4.4 billion in June 2026, up from $769 million and $467 million in March 2021. x.com 

MercadoLibre's growth under Lula makes today's selloff look absurd. On a TTM basis since Q1 2023, revenue is up 206% and EPS 200%; having done so well during his term, it should be fine going forward. x.com  x.com 

South American political unpredictability keeps investors from rewarding MercadoLibre's excellent fundamentals. Today's selloff illustrates that risk, despite the strength of the business. x.com  x.com 

Latin American equities' sell-off looks overdone as long as the underlying businesses keep growing and fundamentals remain intact. Under that condition, the drop is market noise, and MercadoLibre and Nu Holdings could offer attractive opportunities amid the panic. x.com 

MercadoLibre's 20% drop after a strong Q4 is not a reason to sell, because Latin American fintech is a decade-long story and the market is wrong more often than the business. Q4 revenue rose 45% to $8.8B, the stock now trades under 30x forward earnings, and MercadoPago is a moat within a moat. x.com 

MercadoLibre's collapsing margins and earnings make its 45-times-earnings valuation look like a value trap. It faces intense competition, and less of its revenue reaches the bottom line; falling earnings make the stock more expensive even as its price falls. Nu Holdings trades at 17 times earnings and Inter & Co at 7 times, with both growing revenue and earnings robustly. Selling MercadoLibre to build positions in companies with better fundamentals is under consideration. x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com 

MercadoLibre makes a short list of favored stocks, alongside S&P Global. x.com 

MercadoLibre's margin compression may not be structural, and a director's open-market purchase supports that view. Director Alejandro Aguzin bought about $1M of shares two weeks after the post-earnings selloff, when the market panicked over a 6.9% operating margin despite 49% revenue growth. Insiders rarely buy unless they see value. x.com 

Political uncertainty and Amazon competition have held MercadoLibre's stock back despite a humming business. The company is great and the stock deserves to turn, but at roughly 45 times earnings and only about 12% gained over five years, it has remained a difficult stock to own. x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com 

MercadoLibre's long-term thesis looks intact: heavy reinvestment is holding down near-term margins, but if it drives continued growth and eventually operating leverage, margins and earnings could expand substantially. The stock was extremely expensive five years ago, and its valuation has compressed significantly since. As with Amazon, the market doesn't trust the spending yet, but Meta showed how fast that can change. x.com  x.com