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MercadoLibre (BUE:MELI) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : ARS208.76 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is MercadoLibre Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

MercadoLibre's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ARS45,333.939. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is ARS208.76 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

During the past 12 months, MercadoLibre's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 86.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 59.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 49.10% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate of MercadoLibre was 59.00% per year. The lowest was 12.50% per year. And the median was 27.70% per year.

As of today (2024-06-07), MercadoLibre's current stock price is ARS17416.50. MercadoLibre's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ARS208.76. MercadoLibre's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 83.43.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of MercadoLibre was 429.58. The lowest was 49.59. And the median was 115.17.


MercadoLibre Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for MercadoLibre's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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MercadoLibre Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Chart

MercadoLibre Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 120.38 12.10 19.63 60.89 324.42

MercadoLibre Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 82.90 127.77 228.05 324.42 208.76

Competitive Comparison of MercadoLibre's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Internet Retail subindustry, MercadoLibre's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


MercadoLibre's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, MercadoLibre's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where MercadoLibre's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



MercadoLibre Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, MercadoLibre's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=45333.939/131.7762*131.7762
=45,333.939

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

MercadoLibre Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 18.686 100.560 24.487
201409 16.065 100.428 21.080
201412 18.615 99.070 24.760
201503 11.954 99.621 15.812
201506 17.189 100.684 22.497
201509 0.532 100.392 0.698
201512 49.337 99.792 65.150
201603 -18.017 100.470 -23.631
201606 21.838 101.688 28.300
201609 53.198 101.861 68.822
201612 19.310 101.863 24.981
201703 64.217 102.862 82.268
201706 74.509 103.349 95.003
201709 -1.186 104.136 -1.501
201712 3.354 104.011 4.249
201803 -54.787 105.290 -68.569
201806 136.034 106.317 168.610
201809 108.827 106.507 134.647
201812 11.389 105.998 14.159
201903 179.227 107.251 220.212
201906 -19.711 108.070 -24.035
201909 399.402 108.329 485.849
201912 101.428 108.420 123.278
202003 -326.938 108.902 -395.611
202006 1,654.506 108.767 2,004.504
202009 884.970 109.815 1,061.950
202012 551.773 109.897 661.626
202103 -1,394.517 111.754 -1,644.357
202106 387.879 114.631 445.892
202109 370.633 115.734 422.006
202112 2,208.802 117.630 2,474.443
202203 -1,576.244 121.301 -1,712.364
202206 3,856.179 125.017 4,064.675
202209 3,346.757 125.227 3,521.802
202212 9,351.308 125.222 9,840.777
202303 5,937.759 127.348 6,144.239
202306 12,180.169 128.729 12,468.520
202309 11,360.656 129.860 11,528.337
202312 23,807.885 129.419 24,241.440
202403 45,333.939 131.776 45,333.939

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


MercadoLibre  (BUE:MELI) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

MercadoLibre's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=17416.50/208.76
=83.43

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of MercadoLibre was 429.58. The lowest was 49.59. And the median was 115.17.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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MercadoLibre (BUE:MELI) Business Description

Address
WTC Free Zone, Dr. Luis Bonavita 1294, Of. 1733, Tower II, Montevideo, URY, 11300
MercadoLibre runs the largest e-commerce marketplace in Latin America, connecting a network of more than 148 million active users and 1 million active sellers as of the end of 2022 across an 18-country footprint. The company also operates a host of complementary businesses, with shipping solutions (Mercado Envios), a payment and financing operation (Mercado Pago and Mercado Credito), advertisements (Mercado Clics), classifieds, and a turnkey e-commerce solution (Mercado Shops) rounding out its arsenal. MercadoLibre generates revenue from final value fees, advertising royalties, payment processing, insertion fees, subscription fees, and interest income from consumer and small-business lending.

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