Buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
0.00%
5Y share count change
1.9%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$887.48K
Cumulative buybacks
$1.27B
Key takeaways
- MercadoLibre (MELI) repurchased about $887.48K of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 1.9% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 0.01× — repurchases only partially offset SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -55.0% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 0% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for MercadoLibre (MELI)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for MercadoLibre (MELI)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for MercadoLibre (MELI)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for MercadoLibre (MELI)
Latest: $1.00M
Overview
MercadoLibre (MELI) most recent annual buyback spend stands at $1.00M (2025) – edged up 0.0% year-over-year.
Across 2020–2025 (5 years), MercadoLibre buyback spend produced a CAGR of -55.0% – with a net decline across the window.
Between 2021 and 2025, MercadoLibre buyback spend plunged 99.8%, falling from $486.00M to $1.00M.
The record annual buyback spend stands at $486.00M, reached in 2021; the historical low of $0.00 was recorded in 2002.
MercadoLibre Buyback Spend 2025: $1.00M
MercadoLibre posted buyback spend of $1.00M in 2025, edged up 0.0% from 2024.
MercadoLibre Buyback Spend 2024: $1.00M
In 2024, MercadoLibre reported buyback spend of $1.00M, plunged 99.7% below 2023.
MercadoLibre Buyback Spend 2023: $356.00M
MercadoLibre buyback spend in 2023 was $356.00M, surged 140.5% from 2022.
MercadoLibre Buyback Spend 2022: $148.00M
2022's buyback spend for MercadoLibre came in at $148.00M, plunged 69.5% below 2021.
MercadoLibre Buyback Spend 2021: $486.00M
MercadoLibre buyback spend in 2021 was $486.00M.
See more financial history for MercadoLibre (MELI).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $1.00M | $0.00 | $1.00M | 0.00% | 0.05B | 0.0% | |
| 2024 | $1.00M | $261.00M | −$260.00M | 0.00% | 0.05B | -0.6% | |
| 2023 | $356.00M | $167.00M | $189.00M | 0.45% | 0.05B | -0.6% | |
| 2022 | $148.00M | $84.00M | $64.00M | 0.35% | 0.05B | +3.1% | |
| 2021 | $486.00M | $89.00M | $397.00M | 0.72% | 0.05B | +0.1% | |
| 2020 | $54.09M | $131.00M | −$76.92M | 0.06% | 0.05B | +2.2% | |
| 2019 | $720.00K | $52.06M | −$51.34M | 0.00% | 0.05B | +9.3% | |
| 2018 | $148.94M | $27.52M | $121.42M | 1.16% | 0.04B | +0.8% | |
| 2017 | $67.31M | $35.72M | $31.59M | 0.49% | 0.04B | +0.0% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $22.98M | −$22.98M | — | 0.04B | +0.0% | |
| 2015 | $2.71M | $10.21M | −$7.50M | 0.05% | 0.04B | +0.0% | |
| 2014 | $1.94M | $11.85M | −$9.91M | 0.03% | 0.04B | +0.0% | |
| 2013 | $1.01M | $11.65M | −$10.63M | 0.02% | 0.04B | +0.0% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $4.44M | −$4.44M | — | 0.04B | -0.0% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $1.75B | −$1.75B | — | 0.04B | +0.0% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $37.94K | −$37.94K | — | 0.04B | +0.0% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $76.13K | −$76.13K | — | 0.04B | -0.5% | |
| 2008 | $2.60M | $949.58K | $1.65M | 0.36% | 0.04B | +74.1% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $15.48B | −$15.48B | — | 0.03B | +93.8% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | -3.8% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | +7.3% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | +24.0% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | 0.0% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.01B | — |
- 2025$1.00M
- 2024$1.00M
- 2023$356.00M
- 2022$148.00M
- 2021$486.00M
- 2020$54.09M
- 2019$720.00K
- 2018$148.94M
- 2017$67.31M
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$2.71M
- 2014$1.94M
- 2013$1.01M
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$2.60M
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for MercadoLibre (MELI)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.01×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for MercadoLibre (MELI)
How MercadoLibre splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
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Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $10.71B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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