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Mercadolibre (MELI) Short-term Investments (2016 - 2025)

Mercadolibre has reported Short-term Investments over the past 16 years, most recently at $2.6 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Short-term Investments at $2.6 billion for Q4 2025, down 41.38% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $2.6 billion (down 41.38% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $2.6 billion, down 41.38%.
  • Short-term Investments for Q4 2025 was $2.6 billion at Mercadolibre, down from $3.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Short-term Investments for MELI hit a ceiling of $5.1 billion in Q1 2025 and a floor of $810.0 million in Q4 2021.
  • Median Short-term Investments over the past 5 years was $2.7 billion (2023), compared with a mean of $2.8 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Short-term Investments: plummeted 57.72% in 2021 and later surged 188.77% in 2022.
  • Mercadolibre's Short-term Investments stood at $810.0 million in 2021, then soared by 188.77% to $2.3 billion in 2022, then skyrocketed by 48.78% to $3.5 billion in 2023, then grew by 28.88% to $4.5 billion in 2024, then crashed by 41.38% to $2.6 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Short-term Investments were $2.6 billion (Q4 2025), $3.7 billion (Q3 2025), and $4.6 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.