The EV/EBITDA of MercadoLibre Inc is 33.73
EV/EBITDA is enterprise value divided by earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization. It is a measure of how expensive a stock is and is more frequently valid for comparisons across companies than the price to earnings ratio. It measures the price (in the form of enterprise value) an investor pays for the benefit of the company’s cash flow (in the form of EBITDA).
= enterprise value / EBITDA
Price to earnings ratios are impacted by a company's choice of capital structure - companies which raise money via debt will have lower P/Es (and therefore look cheaper) than companies that raise an equivalent amount of money by issuing shares, even though the two companies might have equivalent enterprise values. A sample case is when a company with debt were to raise money by issuing shares of stock, and then used the money to pay off the debt, this company's P/E ratio would shoot up because of the increased number of shares - although nothing about the fundamental value of the business has changed. EV / EBITDA is unaffected by capital structure as enterprise value includes the value of debt, and EBITDA is available to all investors (debt and equity) as it excludes interest payments on that debt. It is ideal for analysts and potential investors looking to compare companies within the same industry.
founded in 1999 and headquartered in buenos aires, argentina, mercadolibre is latin america’s leading e-commerce technology company. through its primary platforms, mercadolibre.com and mercadopago.com, it provides solutions to individuals and companies buying, selling, advertising, and paying for goods online. mercadolibre.com serves millions of users and creates a market for a wide variety of goods and services in an easy, safe and efficient way. the site is among the top 50 in the world in terms of page views and is the leading retail platform in unique visitors in each country in which it operates according to metrics provided by comscore networks. mercadolibre maintains a leadership position in 13 latin american countries. the company listed on nasdaq (nasdaq: meli) following its initial public offering in 2007.