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Mercadolibre (MELI) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Mercadolibre has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.29% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.29% for Q4 2025, down 7.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.29% (down 7.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.6%, up 6.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.29% at Mercadolibre, down from 0.3% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for MELI hit a ceiling of 0.42% in Q3 2023 and a floor of 0.09% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.3% (2025), compared with a mean of 0.27%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: grew 27bps in 2023 and later decreased -11bps in 2024.
  • Mercadolibre's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.17% in 2021, then soared by 48bps to 0.25% in 2022, then soared by 58bps to 0.39% in 2023, then fell by -9bps to 0.36% in 2024, then fell by -20bps to 0.29% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.29% (Q4 2025), 0.3% (Q3 2025), and 0.35% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.