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

Mercadolibre has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.2% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.2% for Q4 2025, down 10.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.2% (down 10.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.24%, down 9.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.2% at Mercadolibre, down from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for MELI hit a ceiling of 0.37% in Q3 2021 and a floor of 0.09% in Q4 2021.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.24% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.23%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: soared 41bps in 2021 and later fell -24bps in 2022.
  • Mercadolibre's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.09% in 2021, then surged by 93bps to 0.18% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 54bps to 0.27% in 2023, then rose by 14bps to 0.31% in 2024, then plummeted by -34bps to 0.2% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.2% (Q4 2025), 0.23% (Q3 2025), and 0.25% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.