MercadoLibre (Nasdaq: MELI) posts $19,014M H1 2026 revenue as net income hits $883M
MercadoLibre, Inc. reported strong expansion in scale for the six months ended June 30, 2026, with net revenues and financial income of $19,014 million, up from $12,725 million a year earlier. Net income was $883 million, below $1,017 million for the prior-year period.
Total assets rose to $51,356 million, supported by cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of $16,763 million and loans receivable of $11,996 million net of a significantly higher allowance for doubtful accounts of $4,379 million. Operating cash flow strengthened to $5,737 million, compared with $3,948 million a year before.
Brazil remained the largest segment with $10,304 million in net revenues and financial income, followed by Mexico at $4,313 million and Argentina at $3,537 million. The company disclosed a $632 million provision related to Brazilian withholding tax disputes and noted legal actions with reasonably possible losses up to $622 million, alongside sizable long-term purchase and lease commitments.
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Filing Explained
At June 30, $14,047 million of unused card commitments remained off balance sheet, while loan-sale facilities had begun transferring receivables.
As of
These commitments represent available lending capacity rather than loans already outstanding; the filing separately reports the related credit-risk exposure and allowance mechanics.
For funding, the company signed a revolving contract to sell up to
Key Figures
Net revenues and financial income, H1 2026: $19,014 million
Net income, H1 2026: $883 million
Operating cash flow, H1 2026: $5,737 million
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7 metrics
Net revenues and financial income, H1 2026
$19,014 million
Six months ended June 30, 2026 vs $12,725 million in 2025
Net income, H1 2026
$883 million
Six months ended June 30, 2026 vs $1,017 million in 2025
Operating cash flow, H1 2026
$5,737 million
Net cash provided by operating activities for six months ended June 30, 2026
Loans receivable gross, June 30, 2026
$16,375 million
Loans receivable before $4,379 million allowance for doubtful accounts
Total assets, June 30, 2026
$51,356 million
Consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2026
Brazil-Argentina withholding tax provision
$632 million
Provision recorded in non-current other liabilities as of June 30, 2026
Buyer protection program maximum exposure
$9,292 million
Estimated maximum potential exposure as of June 30, 2026
Key Terms
Variable Interest Entities, highly inflationary status, supplier finance program, Blue Chip Swap Rate, +2 more
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Variable Interest Entities financial
"include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and consolidated Variable Interest Entities"
A variable interest entity (VIE) is a business that a company controls through contracts or special arrangements instead of owning a majority of its shares, like steering a puppet without holding its ticket. Investors care because these arrangements can hide who really bears the financial risks and rewards, affect how assets and liabilities appear on financial statements, and create extra legal or enforcement uncertainty that can change the value and risk of an investment.
highly inflationary status financial
"transitioned its Argentine operations to highly inflationary status in accordance with U.S. GAAP"
supplier finance program financial
"participate in a supplier finance program that enables certain of the Company’s suppliers"
Blue Chip Swap Rate financial
"commonly known as “Blue Chip Swap Rate”"
Knowledge-based economy promotional regime financial
"income tax benefit related to the Knowledge-based economy promotional regime in Argentina"
fair value option financial
"elected to measure certain financial assets at fair value with impact on the statement of income"
An accounting election that lets a company measure eligible financial assets and liabilities at their current market price, recording gains and losses in the income statement as those prices move. For investors it matters because choosing the fair value option makes reported profits and asset values respond immediately to market swings—like revaluing a house to today’s sale price—so it can increase earnings volatility while giving a more up‑to‑date view of value.
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FAQ
What were MercadoLibre (MELI) revenue and profit for the first half of 2026?
MercadoLibre generated $19,014 million in net revenues and financial income in the first half of 2026 and earned $883 million in net income, compared with $12,725 million and $1,017 million, respectively, in the same period of 2025.
How did MercadoLibre (MELI) operating cash flow perform in the first half of 2026?
Operating activities provided $5,737 million of cash in the first half of 2026, up from $3,948 million a year earlier. Stronger collections, growth in funds payable to customers, and higher amounts payable due to credit and debit card transactions supported this increase.
What is the size of MercadoLibre (MELI) loans receivable and related loss allowance?
As of June 30, 2026, loans receivable totaled $16,375 million gross with an allowance for doubtful accounts of $4,379 million, resulting in net loans receivable of $11,996 million. The allowance increased from $3,143 million at December 31, 2025, reflecting portfolio growth and credit risk provisioning.
Which countries drive most of MercadoLibre (MELI) revenues in 2026?
For the six months ended June 30, 2026, Brazil contributed $10,304 million of net revenues and financial income, Mexico contributed $4,313 million, Argentina $3,537 million, and other countries $860 million. Brazil remains the largest market within MercadoLibre’s integrated commerce and fintech ecosystem.
What key legal and tax contingencies did MercadoLibre (MELI) disclose?
MercadoLibre recorded $172 million of proceeding-related liabilities and a $632 million provision tied to Brazilian withholding tax disputes as of June 30, 2026. It also reported legal actions considered reasonably possible of loss with an estimated aggregate exposure of up to $622 million.
How large is MercadoLibre (MELI) buyer protection program exposure?
As of June 30, 2026, the maximum potential exposure under the buyer protection program was estimated at $9,292 million. Based on historical experience, the company recorded a related provision of $22 million, up from $19 million at December 31, 2025, to cover expected claim losses.
What commitments and guarantees impact MercadoLibre (MELI) going forward?
MercadoLibre disclosed remaining purchase commitments of $2,064 million for cloud and technology services and $272 million for air logistics services. It also has warehouse lease agreements not yet commenced totaling $2,254 million in future lease payments across Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Chile.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
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MERCADOLIBRE, INC.
INDEX TO FORM 10-Q
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| PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION | |||||
| ITEM 1 — UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 1 | ||||
Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 | 1 | ||||
Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 | 2 | ||||
Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 | 3 | ||||
Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 | 4 | ||||
Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 | 5 | ||||
Notes to Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) | 7 | ||||
ITEM 2 — MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS | 38 | ||||
ITEM 3 — QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK | 60 | ||||
ITEM 4 — CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES | 62 | ||||
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION | 63 | ||||
ITEM 1 — LEGAL PROCEEDINGS | 63 | ||||
ITEM 1A — RISK FACTORS | 63 | ||||
ITEM 2 — UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS | 64 | ||||
ITEM 5 — OTHER INFORMATION | 64 | ||||
ITEM 6 — EXHIBITS | 64 | ||||
INDEX TO EXHIBITS | 65 | ||||
SIGNATURES | 66 | ||||
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MercadoLibre, Inc. - Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025
(In millions of U.S. dollars, except par value) (Unaudited)
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| Credit card receivables and other means of payments, net | |||||||||||
Loans receivable, net of allowances of $ | |||||||||||
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| Credit card receivables and other means of payments, net | |||||||||||
Loans receivable, net of allowances of $ | |||||||||||
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| Amounts payable due to credit and debit card transactions | |||||||||||
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| Total non-current liabilities | |||||||||||
| Total liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8) | |||||||||||
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Common stock, $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
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Treasury stock, | ( | ( | |||||||||
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| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Total equity | |||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | $ | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025
(In millions of U.S. dollars, except for share data)
(Unaudited)
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| Provision for doubtful accounts | ( | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Interest expense and other financial losses | ( | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025
(In millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Net income | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency translation adjustment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized gains on investments | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Unrealized losses on hedging activities | ( | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tax benefit on unrealized losses on hedging activities | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: Reclassification adjustment for losses on hedging activities included in cost of net revenues and financial expenses, Product and technology development expenses, interest expense and other financial losses and foreign currency losses, net | ( | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||
| Less: Reclassification adjustment for estimated tax benefit on unrealized losses | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total other comprehensive income, net of tax | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total comprehensive income | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity
For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025
(In millions of U.S. dollars and share data)
(Unaudited)
| Common stock | Additional paid-in capital | Treasury Stock | Retained Earnings | Accumulated other comprehensive loss | Total Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Balance as of December 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of March 31, 2026 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation — restricted shares issued | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Stock repurchased | — | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of June 30, 2026 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common stock | Additional paid-in capital | Treasury Stock | Retained Earnings | Accumulated other comprehensive loss | Total Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Balance as of December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of June 30, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
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MercadoLibre, Inc. - Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025
(In millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
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| Cash flows from operations: | |||||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | |||||||||||
| Unrealized foreign currency (gains) losses, net | ( | ||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | |||||||||||
| Accrued interest, financial income and other revenues | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Non cash interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs and other charges | |||||||||||
| Provision for doubtful accounts | |||||||||||
| Provision for contingencies | |||||||||||
| Results on derivative instruments | |||||||||||
| Results on digital assets at fair value | ( | ||||||||||
| Long term retention program (“LTRP”) accrued compensation | |||||||||||
| Deferred income taxes | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Changes in assets and liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Receivables | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Inventories | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Other assets | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Payables and accrued expenses | |||||||||||
| Funds payable to customers | |||||||||||
| Amounts payable due to credit and debit card transactions | |||||||||||
| Other liabilities | |||||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Interest received from investments | |||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | |||||||||||
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| Purchases of investments | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Proceeds from sale and maturity of investments | |||||||||||
| Proceeds from settlements of derivative instruments | |||||||||||
| Payments from settlements of derivative instruments | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Changes in loans receivable, net | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Investments in property and equipment, intangible assets and intangible assets at fair value | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||||||
| Proceeds from loans payable and other financial liabilities | |||||||||||
| Payments on loans payable and other financing liabilities | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Payments of finance lease liabilities | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Common Stock repurchased | ( | ||||||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | |||||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents | |||||||||||
| Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents | |||||||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period | |||||||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, end of the period | $ | $ | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
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MercadoLibre, Inc. - Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025
(In millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
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| Non-cash transactions: | |||||||||||
| Right-of-use assets obtained under operating leases | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Property and equipment obtained under finance leases | |||||||||||
| Investments in intangible assets not paid | |||||||||||
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Notes to unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements
NOTE 1. NATURE OF BUSINESS
MercadoLibre, Inc. (“MercadoLibre,” and together with its consolidated entities, the “Company”) was incorporated in the state of Delaware, in the United States of America (“U.S.”), in October 1999. MercadoLibre is the leading online commerce and fintech ecosystem in Latin America. The Company’s ecosystem provides consumers and merchants with a complete portfolio of services to enable buying and selling online and processing payments online and offline, as well as a wide array of simple day-to-day financial services.
The Company enables commerce through its marketplace platform, which allows users to buy and sell in most of Latin America. Through Mercado Pago, the fintech platform, MercadoLibre offers a comprehensive set of financial technology services to users of its e-commerce platform, and to users outside of its e-commerce platform. These services include loans and credit cards, yield on funds deposited into accounts, payments, savings, investments, insurtech, crypto buy, hold & sell and processing services for online, in-store and QR payments. Through Mercado Envios, MercadoLibre facilitates the shipping of goods from the Company and sellers to buyers. Mercado Ads facilitates advertising services for sellers and brands to promote their products and services within and outside the Company’s ecosystem.
As of June 30, 2026, MercadoLibre, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, operated online e-commerce platforms directed towards Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Uruguay, Bolivia, Guatemala, Paraguay and Venezuela. Additionally, MercadoLibre’s fintech platform, Mercado Pago, is present in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Ecuador.
NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of presentation
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“U.S. GAAP”) and include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and consolidated Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”). These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements are stated in U.S. dollars, except for where otherwise indicated. Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated for consolidation purposes.
These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements reflect the Company’s consolidated financial position as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the Company’s consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income and equity for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 and statements of cash flows for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include all normal recurring adjustments that Management believes are necessary to fairly state the Company’s financial position, operating results and cash flows.
Use of estimates
The preparation of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires Management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates are used for, but not limited to, accounting and disclosures for allowance for doubtful accounts and chargeback provisions, inventories valuation reserves, recoverability of goodwill, intangible assets with indefinite useful lives and deferred tax assets, impairment of cash and cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments, impairment of long-lived assets, separation of lease and non lease components for aircraft leases, asset retirement obligation, compensation costs relating to the Company’s long term retention program, fair value of certain loans payable and other financial liabilities, fair value of loans receivable, fair value of derivative instruments, income taxes, contingencies and determination of the incremental borrowing rate at commencement date of lease operating agreements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Supplier finance programs
For further information related to Supplier Finance Programs please refer to Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2025 10-K.
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Notes to unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements
Revenue recognition
Revenue recognition criteria for the services provided and goods sold by the Company are described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2025 10-K.
The gain arising from sales of credit card receivables, net of the costs recognized on sale of such credit card receivables, is $823 million and $456 million, and $525 million and $270 million, for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. See Note 4 – Loans receivable, net of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements for further details on the sales of loans receivables.
Revenues recognized under ASC 606, Revenue from contracts with customers, amounted to $13,120 million and $7,055 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, respectively and $8,994 million and $4,803 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025, respectively. Revenues not recognized under ASC 606 amounted to $5,894 million and $3,114 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, respectively and $3,731 million and $1,987 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025, respectively.
Contract balances
Timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of invoicing to customers. Receivables represent amounts invoiced and revenue recognized prior to invoicing when the Company has satisfied the performance obligation and has the unconditional right to payment. Accounts receivable and credit card receivables and other means of payments are presented net of allowance for doubtful accounts and chargebacks of $88 million and $63 million as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. See Note 4 – Loans receivable, net of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for information related to the allowance for doubtful accounts with respect to the Company’s loans receivable.
As of June 30, 2026, total contract liabilities from contracts with customers recognized within current other liabilities was $172 million, mainly due to fees related to classified advertising services billed, subscriptions and loyalty programs, shipping services and inventory sales that are expected to be recognized as revenue in the coming months.
As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the assets under management of the Company related to mutual funds amount to $5,568 million and $4,536 million, respectively.
Foreign currency translation
All of the Company’s foreign operations have determined the local currency to be their functional currency, except for Argentina, which has used the U.S. dollar as its functional currency since July 1, 2018. Accordingly, the foreign subsidiaries with local currency as functional currency translate assets and liabilities from their local currencies into U.S. dollars by using period-end exchange rates while income and expense accounts are translated at the average monthly rates in effect during the period, unless exchange rates fluctuate significantly during the period, in which case the exchange rates at the date of the transaction are used. The resulting translation adjustment is recorded as a component of other comprehensive income (loss). Gains and losses resulting from transactions denominated in non-functional currencies are recognized in earnings. Net foreign currency transaction results are included in the interim condensed consolidated statements of income under the caption “Foreign currency losses, net.”
The following tables summarize the changes in foreign currency translation during the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:
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| 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Balance at beginning of period | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Gains on foreign currency translation | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at end of period | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||
Argentine currency status and macroeconomic outlook
As of July 1, 2018, the Company transitioned its Argentine operations to highly inflationary status in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and changed the functional currency for Argentine subsidiaries from Argentine Pesos to U.S. dollars, which is the functional currency of their immediate parent company. Argentina’s inflation rate for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 was 16.8% and 6.8% and 15.1% and 6.0%, respectively. Additionally, Argentina’s average inter-annual inflation rate for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 was 32.9% and 33.0%, respectively.
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Notes to unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements
The Company uses Argentina’s official exchange rate to account for transactions in the Argentine segment, which as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 was 1,482.00 and 1,455.00 Argentine Pesos, respectively, against the U.S. dollar. During the six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, Argentina’s official exchange rate against the U.S. dollar increased by 1.9% and 16.8%, respectively. The average exchange rate for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 was 1,410.26 and 1,151.04, respectively, resulting in an increase of 22.5%. The average exchange rate for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 was 1,414.01 and 1,104.02, respectively, resulting in an increase of 28.1%.
Argentine exchange regulations
In the second half of 2019, the Argentine government instituted exchange controls restricting the ability of companies and individuals to exchange Argentine Pesos for foreign currencies and their ability to remit foreign currency out of Argentina. An entity’s authorization request to the Central Bank of Argentina (“CBA”) to access the official exchange market to make foreign currency payments may be denied depending on the circumstances. As a result of these exchange controls, markets in Argentina developed trading mechanisms, in which an entity or individual buys U.S. dollar denominated securities in Argentina (i.e. shares, sovereign debt) using Argentine Pesos, and subsequently sells the securities for U.S. dollars, in Argentina, to access U.S. dollars locally, or outside Argentina, by transferring the securities abroad, prior to being sold (the latter commonly known as “Blue Chip Swap Rate”).
On April 11, 2025, the Argentine government announced a series of measures aimed at easing regulations related to access to the foreign exchange market. Among other modifications, these measures included the establishment of floating bands (which started between $1,000 and $1,400 Argentine Pesos, a range that was updated at a rate of 1% per month until December 2025) within which the dollar exchange rate in the foreign exchange market may fluctuate, the elimination of foreign exchange restrictions applicable to individuals, the ability of companies to transfer dividends abroad to non-resident shareholders related to fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2025 and provide greater flexibility to make payments abroad for imports of goods and services. Effective January 1, 2026, the floating bands are updated monthly in accordance with the most recently published monthly inflation rate.
Income taxes
The Company's accounting policy for income taxes is described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2025 10-K.
The Company’s consolidated estimated effective tax rate for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same periods in 2025, decreased from 28.5 % to 25.5 % and from 27.0 % to 23.2 %, respectively, mainly as a result of higher non-taxable gains attributable to tax benefits, along with greater tax deductions arising from permanent differences in the Brazilian segment.
A valuation allowance is recorded when, based on the available evidence, it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the Company’s deferred tax assets will not be realized. In accordance with ASC 740, Management periodically assesses the need to either establish or reverse a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets considering positive and negative objective evidence related to the realization of the deferred tax assets. In its assessment, Management considers, among other factors, the nature, frequency and magnitude of current and cumulative losses on an individual subsidiary basis, projections of future taxable income, the duration of statutory carryforward periods, as well as feasible tax planning strategies, which would be employed by the Company to prevent tax loss carry-forwards from expiring unutilized.
Knowledge-based economy promotional regime in Argentina
The Company recorded an income tax benefit related to the Knowledge-based economy promotional regime in Argentina (the “Regime”) of $29 million and $16 million, and $37 million and $19 million, during the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The aggregate per share effect of the income tax benefit amounted to $0.57 and $0.32 , and $0.72 and $0.36 for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. Furthermore, the Company recorded a social security benefit of $13 14
Fair value option applied to certain financial instruments
Under ASC 825, U.S. GAAP provides an option to elect fair value with impact on the statement of income as an alternative measurement for certain financial instruments and other items on the balance sheet.
The Company has elected to measure certain financial assets at fair value with impact on the statement of income for several reasons including to avoid the mismatch generated by the recognition of certain linked instruments / transactions, separately, in the interim condensed consolidated statements of income and interim condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income and to better reflect the financial model applied for selected instruments. The Company’s election of the fair value option applies to: i) foreign government debt securities and ii) U.S. government debt securities.
Additionally, the Company has elected to measure the liability related to the Meli Dólar program, which corresponds to the holding by third-parties of the Company’s stablecoin, at fair value.
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Earnings per share
For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, the weighted average of outstanding common shares for the diluted earnings per share includes the effect of 123 and 130 incremental shares of the Company's common stock, respectively, issuable upon vesting of restricted stock units granted to non-employee directors. No potential dilutive common shares were outstanding during the comparative periods ended June 30, 2025, as the RSUs were granted in the third quarter of 2025.
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
On July 30, 2025, the FASB issued the ASU 2025-05 “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets.” The amendments in this update provide entities with a practical expedient when estimating expected credit losses on current accounts receivable and/or current contract assets arising from transactions under Topic 606, including those assets acquired in a transaction accounted for under Topic 805, Business Combinations. In developing reasonable and supportable forecasts as part of estimating expected credit losses, all entities may elect a practical expedient that assumes that current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of the asset. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption was permitted in both interim and annual reporting periods in which financial statements had not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The practical expedient is applied prospectively. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Recently issued accounting pronouncements not yet adopted
On November 4, 2024, the FASB issued the ASU 2024-03 “Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses.” The amendments in this update improve financial reporting by requiring disclosure of additional information about certain costs and expenses in the notes to financial statements at interim and annual reporting, such as the amounts of purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation and intangible asset amortization included in each relevant expense caption; a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively; the total amount of selling expenses and, in annual reporting periods, an entity’s definition of selling expenses. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027 (as clarified by ASU 2025-01). Early adoption is permitted. The amendments should be applied either prospectively to financial statements issued for reporting periods after the effective date of this update or retrospectively to any or all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company is assessing the effects that the adoption of this accounting pronouncement may have on its consolidated financial statements.
On September 18, 2025, the FASB issued the ASU 2025-06 “Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software.” The amendments in this update remove all references to software development methods (prescriptive and sequential software development stages (referred to as “project stages”)) throughout Subtopic 350-40. Therefore, an entity is required to start capitalizing software costs when management has authorized and committed to funding the software project, and it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used to perform the function intended. The amendment specifies that the property, plant and equipment disclosure requirements under ASC 360-10 apply to all capitalized software costs accounted for under ASC 350-40, regardless of how the costs are presented in the financial statements. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual reporting period. The amendments can be applied on a prospective transition approach, a modified transition approach (based on the status of the project and whether software costs were capitalized before the date of adoption), or a retrospective transition approach. The Company is assessing the effects that the adoption of this accounting pronouncement may have on its consolidated financial statements.
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NOTE 3. CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS, RESTRICTED CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENTS
The composition of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents is as follows:
| June 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
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Cash in bank accounts and digital wallets | $ | $ | |||||||||
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| Time deposits | |||||||||||
| U.S. government debt securities | |||||||||||
| Foreign government debt securities | |||||||||||
| Total cash and cash equivalents | |||||||||||
Securitization transactions (2) | |||||||||||
Cash in bank accounts (Central Bank of Brazil mandatory guarantee) | |||||||||||
Cash in bank accounts (Argentine Central Bank mandatory guarantee) | |||||||||||
Cash in bank accounts (Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission mandatory guarantee) | |||||||||||
Time deposits (Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission mandatory guarantee) | |||||||||||
Cash in bank accounts (Chilean Commission for the Financial Market mandatory guarantee) | |||||||||||
Time deposits (Chilean Commission for the Financial Market mandatory guarantee) | |||||||||||
| Money market (held for Meli Dólar holders) | |||||||||||
| Cash in bank accounts and digital wallets (held for Meli Dólar holders) | |||||||||||
| Other restricted cash and cash equivalents | |||||||||||
| Total restricted cash and cash equivalents | |||||||||||
Total cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents (3) | $ | $ | |||||||||
(1) As of June 30, 2026 includes $76 million held by special purpose entities. Please refer to Note 11 – Securitization transactions.
(2) Cash and cash equivalents from securitization transactions are restricted to the payment of amounts due to third-party investors.
(3) Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents as reported in the interim condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
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The composition of short-term and long-term investments is as follows:
| June 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
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| U.S. government debt securities | $ | $ | |||||||||
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| Total short-term investments | $ | $ | |||||||||
| U.S. government debt securities | $ | $ | |||||||||
Foreign government debt securities (4) (5) | |||||||||||
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| Corporate debt securities | |||||||||||
| Equity securities at fair value | |||||||||||
| Equity securities held at cost | |||||||||||
| Total long-term investments | $ | $ | |||||||||
(1) As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, includes $202 million and $786 million, respectively, foreign government debt securities that are considered restricted due to the Central Bank of Brazil’s mandatory guarantee. Also, as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, includes $16 million and $9 million, respectively, foreign government debt securities that are considered restricted due to the Central Bank of Uruguay’s mandatory guarantee.
(2) Corresponds to debt securities denominated in Brazilian Reais issued by the Instituto de Crédito Oficial of Spain and guaranteed by the Spanish government, considered restricted, which guarantee a line of credit.
(3) As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, includes $77 million and $74 million, respectively, of collateral as part of credit card scheme arrangement rules in Brazil, and which is considered restricted.
(4) Includes investments held by a consolidated VIE, in which the Company has determined that it has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits. As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, includes $229 million and $473 million of foreign government debt securities, respectively.
(5) As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, includes $12 million and $8 million, respectively, of foreign government debt securities considered restricted due to the Brazilian stock market's mandatory guarantee to operate with futures contracts. As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, includes $11 million and $9 million, respectively, of foreign government debt securities considered restricted, which guarantee lines of credit.
(6) Investments from securitization transactions are restricted to the payment of amounts due to third-party investors. Corresponds to foreign government debt securities.
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NOTE 4. LOANS RECEIVABLE, NET
The Company classifies loans receivable as “Merchant,” “Consumer,” “Credit cards” and “Asset-backed.” As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the components of current and non-current Loans receivable, net were as follows:
| June 30, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Merchant | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||
| Consumer | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Credit cards | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Asset-backed | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||
| December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loans receivable | Allowance for doubtful accounts | Loans receivable, net | |||||||||||||||
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| Merchant | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||
| Consumer | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Credit cards | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Asset-backed | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||
The allowance for doubtful accounts with respect to the Company’s loans receivable amounts to $4,431 million and $3,179 million as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, which includes $52 million and $36 million related to unused agreed loan commitment on credit cards portfolio presented in Other liabilities of the interim condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.
As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company is exposed to off-balance sheet unused agreed loan commitments on its credit card portfolio which expose the Company to credit risks of $14,047 million and $9,001 million, respectively. Related to these off-balance sheet commitments, the Company recognized in Provision for doubtful accounts losses of $14 million and $7 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, respectively, and a gain of $12 million and a loss of $1 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025, respectively.
From time to time, the Company sells loans receivable related to its lending solution. Certain of these arrangements, as described below, are structured as revolving facilities, under which cumulative loan sales over the term of the agreement may exceed the contractual amount, provided that the outstanding balance does not exceed the contractual limit.
In this regard, during 2024, the Company signed a contract with a third party to sell an amount up to $100 million of its loans receivable, as part of its funding strategy. These loans were originated by its Mexican subsidiary and provided to its local users. This transaction is accounted for as a true sale and the Company has a continuing involvement related to a servicing fee charged to the purchaser for collection services and regarding a beneficial interest retained by the Company over the transferred assets. Such involvements did not preclude the fact that this operation qualified as a true sale because the purchaser had full control over the transferred assets. During the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025, the Company sold $52 million and $21 million of loans receivable, respectively, and recorded a gain of $1 150 million of its loans receivable. During the three-month period ended June 30, 2026, the Company sold $53 million of loans receivable and recorded a gain of $2 million related to the aforementioned contract.
Additionally, during the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company signed a revolving contract to sell loans receivable in Argentina with a local financial institution for an amount up to $100 million, as part of its funding strategy. This transaction is accounted for as a true sale and the Company does not retain any continuing involvement. During the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, the Company sold $121 million and $66 million of loans receivable, respectively, and recorded gains of $14 million and $8 million, respectively.
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The following tables summarize the allowance for doubtful accounts activity during the six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:
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| Balance at beginning of year | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net charged to Net Income | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency translation adjustments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Write-offs (1) | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at end of period | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| June 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Merchant | Consumer | Credit cards | Asset-backed | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Balance at beginning of year | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net charged to Net Income | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency translation adjustments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Write-offs (1) | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at end of period | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) The Company writes off loans when customer balance becomes 360 days past due.
The Company closely monitors credit quality for all loans receivable on a recurring basis to assess and manage its exposure to credit risk. To assess merchants and consumers seeking a loan under the lending solution, the Company uses, among other indicators, risk models internally developed, as a credit quality indicator to help predict the merchant’s and consumer’s ability to repay the principal balance and interest related to the credit. The risk model uses multiple variables as predictors of the merchant’s and consumer’s ability to repay the credit, including external and internal indicators. Internal indicators consider user behavior related to credit/payment history, and with lower weight in the risk models, the Company uses number of transactions in the Company’s ecosystem and merchant’s annual sales volume, among other indicators. In addition, the Company considers external bureau information to enhance the model and the decision making process.
The amortized cost of the loans receivable classified by the Company’s credit quality internal indicator was as follows:
| June 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
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| 1-14 days past due | $ | $ | |||||||||
| 15-30 days past due | |||||||||||
| 31-60 days past due | |||||||||||
| 61-90 days past due | |||||||||||
| 91-120 days past due | |||||||||||
| 121-150 days past due | |||||||||||
| 151-180 days past due | |||||||||||
| 181-210 days past due | |||||||||||
| 211-240 days past due | |||||||||||
| 241-270 days past due | |||||||||||
| 271-300 days past due | |||||||||||
| 301-330 days past due | |||||||||||
| 331-360 days past due | |||||||||||
| Total past due | |||||||||||
| To become due | |||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | |||||||||
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As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, renegotiations represented 1.5 % and 1.6 % of the loans receivable portfolio, respectively.
NOTE 5. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Goodwill and intangible assets
The composition of goodwill and intangible assets is as follows:
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| Goodwill | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Intangible assets with indefinite lives | |||||||||||
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| Naming rights | |||||||||||
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| Non-compete agreements | |||||||||||
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| Others | |||||||||||
| Total intangible assets | |||||||||||
| Accumulated amortization | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Total intangible assets, net | $ | $ | |||||||||
Goodwill
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the six-month period ended June 30, 2026 and the year ended December 31, 2025 are as follows:
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| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | Chile | Colombia | Other countries | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Balance, beginning of the year | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency translation adjustments | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, end of the period | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Ended December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | Chile | Colombia | Other countries | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, beginning of the year | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency translation adjustments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, end of the year | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Intangible assets with finite useful life
Intangible assets with finite useful life are comprised of naming rights, customer lists, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, hubs network, acquired software licenses and other acquired intangible assets including developed technologies and trademarks. Aggregate amortization expense for intangible assets for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 amounted to $5 million and $4 million, respectively, while aggregate amortization expense for intangible assets totaled $3 million and $2 million for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
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The following table summarizes the remaining amortization of intangible assets (in millions) with finite useful life as of June 30, 2026:
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| For year to be ended December 31, 2027 | |||||
| For year to be ended December 31, 2028 | |||||
| For year to be ended December 31, 2029 | |||||
| Thereafter | |||||
| $ | |||||
NOTE 6. SEGMENTS
The Company manages the business country-by-country to understand and focus on the specific needs and opportunities in those markets. The Company’s chief executive officer is responsible for allocating resources and assessing performance and is therefore its chief operating decision maker (“CODM”). The Company’s segments include Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and other countries (which includes Bermuda, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and the U.S.) .
The CODM evaluates the performance of the Company’s operating segments based on their direct contribution. The CODM uses the direct contribution by segment to help with decision-making since it considers all business lines within a country as a whole, taking into account the synergies between the different lines in each of the countries’ integrated digital ecosystems.
Direct contribution consists of net revenues and financial income from external customers less segment costs, which include expenses, such as shipping operation costs (including warehousing costs), carrier and other operating costs, provision for doubtful accounts, cost of goods sold, collection fees, funding cost, salaries and wages, marketing expenses, hosting expenses and artificial intelligence expenses. All corporate related costs have been excluded from the segment’s direct contribution.
The following tables summarize the financial performance of the Company’s reporting segments:
| Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | Other Countries | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Net service revenues and financial income | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Net revenues and financial income | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Local operating expenses | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The following table summarizes net revenues and financial income per reporting segment, which have been disaggregated by similar products and services for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:
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| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | Other Countries (6) | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Commerce services (1) | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total net revenues and financial income | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Commerce services (1) | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total net revenues and financial income | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Includes final value fees and flat fees paid by sellers derived from intermediation services and related shipping and storage fees, classified fees derived from classified, advertising services, ad sales and membership subscription fees.
(2) Includes revenues from inventory sales and related shipping fees.
(3) Includes revenues from commissions the Company charges for transactions off-platform derived from use of the Company’s payment solution and asset management product, revenues as a result of offering installments for the payment to its Mercado Pago users, either when the Company finances the transactions directly or when the Company sells the corresponding financial assets, interest earned on cash and investments as part of Mercado Pago activities, including those required due to fintech regulations, net of interest gains pass through our Brazilian users in connection with our asset management product, Mercado Pago debit card commissions and insurtech fees.
(4) Includes interest earned on loans and advances granted to users, and interest and commissions earned on Mercado Pago credit card transactions.
(5) Includes sales of mobile point of sales devices.
(6) Revenues from external customers in the U.S. amounted to $37 million and $21 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, respectively, and $20 million and $10 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025, respectively.
The following table summarizes the allocation of property and equipment, net based on geography:
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| Accumulated depreciation | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total property and equipment, net | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The following table summarizes the allocation of the operating lease right-of-use assets based on geography:
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| Right of use asset | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated amortization | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total right of use asset, net | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Right of use asset | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total right of use asset, net | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The following table summarizes the allocation of goodwill and intangible assets based on geography:
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| Goodwill and intangible assets | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated amortization | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total goodwill and intangible assets, net | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NOTE 7. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Assets and liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis
The following table summarizes the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025:
| Balances as of June 30, 2026 | Quoted Prices in active markets for identical Assets (Level 1) | Significant other observable inputs (Level 2) | Unobservable inputs (Level 3) | Balances as of December 31, 2025 | Quoted Prices in active markets for identical Assets (Level 1) | Significant other observable inputs (Level 2) | Unobservable inputs (Level 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cash and Cash Equivalents: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Money Market | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total Assets | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Long-term retention program | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Liabilities: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total Liabilities | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Measured at fair value with impact on the statement of income for the application of the fair value option. (See Note 2 – Summary of significant accounting policies – Fair value option applied to certain financial instruments).
(2) As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, includes $157 million and $206 million, respectively, of money market funds from securitization transactions. (See Note 3 – Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and investments).
(3) As of December 31, 2025, includes $8 million of investments from securitization transactions. (See Note 3 – Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and investments).
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The Company’s assets and liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis were valued using i) Level 1 inputs: unadjusted quoted prices in active markets (Level 1 instrument valuations are obtained from observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets in active markets); ii) Level 2 inputs: obtained from readily-available pricing sources for comparable instruments as well as instruments with inactive markets at the measurement date; and iii) Level 3 inputs: valuations based on unobservable inputs reflecting Company’s assumptions. The unobservable inputs of the fair value of contingent considerations classified as Level 3 refer to the amounts to be paid according to the agreement of an acquisition, the likelihood of achievement of the targets included in that arrangement (expected to be 100%), and the Company’s historical experience with similar arrangements. Reasonable variation on those unobservable inputs would not significantly change the fair value of those instruments. As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had not changed the methodology nor the assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the financial instruments.
There were no transfers to and from Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the six-month period ended June 30, 2026, nor during the year ended December 31, 2025.
The Company’s election of the fair value option applies to: i) foreign government debt securities, ii) U.S. government debt securities and iii) Meli Dólar liability. The Company recognized fair value changes of foreign and U.S. government debt securities, which include the related interest income of those instruments, in net service revenues and financial income if it is related to Mercado Pago’s operations or in interest income and other financial gains, net if not. Such fair value changes and interest income amount to gains of $75 million and $36 million, and $261 million and $136 million in net service revenues and financial income for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and $22 million and $12 million, and $42 million and $22 million in interest income and other financial gains, net for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The Meli Dólar liability has not presented changes in its fair value for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025.
As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the amortized cost of the Company’s investment in corporate debt securities classified as available for sale amounted to $501 million and $392 million, respectively, and the estimated fair value amounted to $501 million and $399 million, respectively. The cost of these securities is determined under a specific identification basis. As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the gross unrealized gains accumulated amounted to $3 million and $7 million, respectively, and as of June 30, 2026 the gross unrealized loss accumulated amounted to $3 million. For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, the proceeds from sales of corporate debt securities amounted to $37 million and $25 million, and $37 million and $14 million, respectively.
The following table summarizes the net carrying amount of the corporate debt securities classified as available for sale, classified by its contractual maturities:
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| One year or less | $ | $ | |||||||||
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| Total available for sale investments | $ | $ | |||||||||
The following table summarizes the net carrying amount of the debt securities not classified as available for sale (U.S. and foreign government debt securities), classified by its contractual maturities or Management’s expectation to convert the investments into cash:
| June 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
| (In millions) | |||||||||||
| One year or less | $ | $ | |||||||||
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| Four years to five years | |||||||||||
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Total debt securities not classified as available for sale | $ | $ | |||||||||
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Financial assets and liabilities not measured and recorded at fair value
The following table summarizes the estimated fair value of the financial assets and liabilities of the Company not measured at fair value as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025:
| Balances as of June 30, 2026 | Estimated fair value as of June 30, 2026 | Balances as of December 31, 2025 | Estimated fair value as of December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Restricted cash and cash equivalents | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total Assets | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Other liabilities | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Liabilities | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the carrying value of the Company’s investment in foreign debt securities held to maturity amounted to $164 million and $146 million, respectively, and its contractual maturity is less than a year.
As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the carrying value of the Company’s financial assets with determinable fair value (except for loans receivable) not measured at fair value approximated their fair value mainly because of their short-term maturity. If these financial assets were measured at fair value in the financial statements, cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents would be classified as Level 1 (where cost and fair value are aligned), foreign debt securities held to maturity would be classified as Level 3 and the remaining financial assets would be classified as Level 2. The estimated fair value of the loans receivable would be classified as Level 3 based on the Company’s assumptions.
As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the carrying value of the Company’s financial liabilities (except for the 3.125 % Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”) and the 4.900 % Notes due 2033 (the "2033 Notes")) not measured at fair value approximated their fair value mainly because of their short-term maturity or because the effective interest rates are not materially different from market interest rates. If these financial liabilities were measured at fair value in the financial statements, these would be classified as Level 2. As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the estimated fair value of the 2031 Notes would have been $499 million and $501 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the estimated fair value of the 2033 Notes would have been $751 million and $726 million, respectively, which is based on Level 2 inputs.
NOTE 8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Litigation and Other Legal Matters
The Company is subject to certain contingent liabilities with respect to existing or potential claims, lawsuits and other proceedings. The Company accrues liabilities when it considers that future costs will probably be incurred and such costs can be reasonably estimated. Proceeding-related liabilities are based on developments to date and historical information related to actions filed against the Company. As of June 30, 2026, the Company had accounted for estimated liabilities involving proceeding-related contingencies and other estimated contingencies of $172 million (net of judicial deposits) within non current other liabilities to cover legal actions against the Company for which Management has assessed the likelihood of a final adverse outcome as probable. Expected legal costs related to litigations are accrued when the legal service is actually provided.
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In addition, as of June 30, 2026, the Company and its subsidiaries are subject to certain legal actions considered by the Company’s Management and its legal counsels to be reasonably possible of resulting in a loss for an estimated aggregate amount up to $622 million. No loss amounts have been accrued for such reasonably possible legal actions.
For further information related to contingent liabilities please refer to Note 14 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2025 10-K.
Tax Claims
Withholding Tax in the Brazil-Argentina Double Taxation Convention
The tax claims related to the withholding income tax (“IRRF”) over payments remitted by certain Brazilian subsidiaries to MercadoLibre S.R.L. for the provision of intercompany management and IT services are described in Note 14 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2025 10-K.
In February 2026, the first-instance judge denied the writ of mandamus filed by the subsidiary Mercado Crédito Sociedade de Crédito, Financiamento e Investimento S.A. and therefore an appeal was filed, which is currently pending before the Federal Regional Court of the Third Region. The Company continued to make judicial deposits of the amounts under dispute in this case until the new case explained below was initiated.
Regarding the writ of mandamus filed by the Brazilian subsidiaries Mercadolivre.com Atividades de Internet Ltda. (which was absorbed by merger into eBazar.com.br Ltda.), Mercado Livre Brasil Ltda. (known as eBazar.com.br Ltda. until July 1, 2026 when it changed its corporate name) and Mercado Pago Instituição de Pagamento Ltda. under the Brazil-Argentina Double Taxation Convention to prevent double taxation as amended in 2017, on July 16, 2026, the Federal Regional Court of the Third Region denied the Company’s Appeal. Considering the new cases regarding the IT support and assistance services agreements explained in the following paragraph, the Company will no longer deposit further payments in this case. According to the current stage of the case, the Company maintains the provision considering a 15 % rate.
In May 2026, the Company’s Brazilian subsidiaries Mercado Crédito Sociedade de Crédito, Financiamento e Investimento S.A., Mercado Livre Brasil Ltda., Mercado Pago Corretora de Seguros Ltda. and Mercado Pago Instituição de Pagamento Ltda. entered into new intercompany service agreements with the Argentine subsidiary MercadoLibre S.R.L. for the provision of IT and management services, which specifically state that the services do not involve transfer of technology. Under the Convention to prevent double taxation between Brazil and Argentina as amended in 2017, withholding income tax rates are 15 % for the use of trademarks and transfers of technology, and 10 % for other royalties and rights. As the Company's operations do not involve technology transfer or specific copyrights, the 10 % rate applies without requiring formal registration or direct payment to authors. Following the execution of these agreements, on May 31, 2026, the Brazilian subsidiaries initiated writs of mandamus seeking to challenge the imposition of Brazilian IRRF on the cross-border payments or, alternatively, at least to limit the maximum applicable tax rate to 10 % pursuant to the double taxation treaty in effect between Brazil and Argentina. According to the current stage of the cases and based on the opinion of external legal counsel, Management's opinion is that the risk of losing the cases is probable considering the 10 % rate and reasonably possible but not probable at the 15 % rate, and therefore the Company recognizes the provision considering a 10 % rate for these new cases.
In the case filed by Mercado Crédito Sociedade de Crédito, Financiamento e Investimento S.A., the preliminary injunction requested to halt the tax collection without collateral was denied. Consequently, the subsidiary makes judicial deposits to secure the claim. The other case, involving Mercado Livre Brasil Ltda., Mercado Pago Corretora de Seguros Ltda. and Mercado Pago Instituição de Pagamento Ltda. is awaiting a decision of preliminary injunction and therefore no judicial deposits have been made regarding this case.
Management’s opinion, based on the opinion of external legal counsel, is that the risk of losing the cases is probable based on the technical merits of the Company’s tax position and the existence of adverse decisions issued by the Superior Court of Justice. For that reason, the Company has recorded a provision for the disputed amounts, which was $632 million as of June 30, 2026, and which was recorded in non-current other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets, net of the corresponding judicial deposits for $593 million (which includes $143 million of interest income). The differential rate for the new cases, which is considered reasonably possible but not probable, amounts to $3 million as of June 30, 2026. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded any expense or liability for the latter disputed amounts.
Interstate rate of ICMS-DIFAL on interstate sales
Interstate rate of ICMS-DIFAL on interstate sales without Complementary Law
The writ of mandamus related to the interstate rate of ICMS-DIFAL (Imposto sobre Circulação de Mercadorias, Serviços de Transporte Interestadual, Intermunicipal e Comunicação on interstate sales at a differential rate) without the existence of a complementary law is described in Note 14 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2025 10-K.
In June, 2025, the Superior Court of Justice (“STJ”) ruled against the Company on the Special Appeal relating to one of the cases related to the Distrito Federal (where the risk of losing had been considered probable). In June, 2026, the Distrito Federal withdrew the funds previously deposited by the Company (which amounted to less than $1 million). The other case whose risk of losing is assessed as probable pending as of December 31, 2025 had no updates during the six-month period ended June 30, 2026. The Company maintains a $2 million provision as of June 30, 2026 for the disputed amounts related to the ongoing case where the risk of losing is considered by Management to be probable, based on the opinion of external legal counsel, which are presented net of the corresponding judicial deposits of $2 million.
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Interstate rate of ICMS-DIFAL over fixed assets
The writ of mandamus related to the interstate rate of ICMS-DIFAL over fixed assets is described in Note 14 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2025 10-K. In June 2026, the STJ ruled against taxpayers in the landmark case under Theme 1369. The STJ determined that Supplementary Law No. 87/1996 (Lei Kandir) provides a sufficient legal basis for the collection of the ICMS-DIFAL on interstate transactions involving goods acquired for consumption or fixed assets. The full text of the court’s decision has not yet been officially published. The Company is currently awaiting the publication to evaluate the potential financial impacts, if any, that this precedent may have on its ongoing legal proceedings related to this matter.
Therefore, Management’s opinion, based on the opinion of external legal counsel, is that the risk of losing the case is reasonably possible for the period between January 1, 2022 to April 4, 2022, and probable for the period between April 5, 2022 to December 31, 2022 based on the technical merits of the Company’s tax position. For that reason, the Company has not recorded any liability for the controversial amounts related to the period until April 4, 2022, and has recorded liabilities for the disputed amounts related to the period from April 5, 2022 to December 31, 2022 for $4 million which are presented net of the corresponding judicial deposits of $3 million.
Exclusion of ICMS tax benefits from federal taxes base
The tax claims related to the exclusion of ICMS tax benefits from the tax base of the Corporate Income Tax (“IRPJ”) and of the Social Contribution on Net Profits (“CSLL”) and the federal contributions PIS and COFINS are described in Note 14 to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2025 10-K.
Regarding the writ of mandamus filed to set aside the federal contributions IRPJ and CSLL under Law 14,789 (from January 2024 onwards), on March 16, 2026, the STJ selected three Special Appeals for adjudication under the binding precedent’s rule, establishing Repetitive Theme No. 1416 which will determine whether ICMS presumed credits should be excluded from the IRPJ and CSLL tax bases, both before and after the enactment of Federal Law no. 14,789/2023. STJ’s final ruling may affect the outcome of the Company’s writ of mandamus.
On June 11, 2026, the lower court rendered a favorable decision recognizing the Company’s right to exclude ICMS tax benefits from its calculation basis. The decision also enjoined the tax authorities from engaging in collection activities or imposing penalties regarding this matter, and declared the Company’s right to offset or seek reimbursement for amounts previously paid. Subsequently, on June 16, 2026, the federal government filed an appeal against the ruling. On June 19, 2026, the Company filed a motion for clarification to address specific omissions in the judgment. Specifically, the motion seeks to clarify (i) the Company's request to be exempted from reporting such deemed tax credits in ancillary tax obligations (DIRBI), and (ii) the specific applicability and impact of Law No. 14,789/2023 on the ruling.
Buyer protection program
The buyer protection program (“BPP”) is designed to protect buyers from losses due primarily to fraud or counterparty non-performance. The BPP covers (i) all transactions completed through the Company's Marketplace completed through the Company’s online payment solution Mercado Pago, under which consumers may be reimbursed for the total value of a purchased item and the value of any shipping service paid if it does not arrive, arrives incomplete or damaged, does not match the seller’s description or if the buyer regrets the purchase; and (ii) transactions completed through the Company’s online payment solution Mercado Pago on third-party websites outside of the Marketplace where the purchased item is not received by the buyer, in each case subject to certain excluded categories and eligibility conditions. The Company is entitled to recover from the third-party carrier companies performing the shipping service certain amounts paid under the BPP. Furthermore, in some specific circumstances, the Company enters into insurance contracts with third-party insurance companies in order to cover contingencies that may arise from the BPP.
The maximum potential exposure under this program is estimated to be the volume of payments processed through the Company's Marketplace and through Mercado Pago on third-party websites outside of the Marketplace, for which claims may be made under the terms and conditions of the Company’s BPP. Based on historical losses to date, the Company does not believe that the maximum potential exposure is representative of the actual potential exposure. The Company records a liability with respect to losses under this program when they are probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated.
As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, Management’s estimate of the maximum potential exposure related to the Company’s buyer protection program is $9,292 million and $7,953 million, respectively, for which the Company recorded a provision of $22 million and $19 million, respectively.
Commitments
The Company has signed two and five-year agreements with certain providers, pursuant to which the Company committed to purchase cloud platform and other technology services (including artificial intelligence capabilities) for a total minimum aggregate purchase commitment of $3,502 million. As of June 30, 2026, the remaining purchase commitment is $2,064 million.
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The Company has signed a ten-year agreement with Gol Linhas Aereas S.A. under which the Company committed to contract a minimum amount of air logistics services for a total cost of $378 million (portion allocated to the services component of the agreement). As of June 30, 2026, the remaining purchase commitment is $272 million.
As of June 30, 2026, the Company has lease agreements for new warehouses in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Chile, for a total amount of $2,254 million, that have not yet commenced. Lease terms under the agreements are between 2 to 16 years.
The Company has unconditional purchase obligations related to capital expenditures for a total amount of $34 million. As of June 30, 2026, the remaining purchase commitment is $3 million.
NOTE 9. LONG TERM RETENTION PROGRAM
The following table summarizes the long term retention program accrued compensation expense for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, which are payable in cash according to the decisions made by the Board of Directors (the “Board”):
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| LTRP 2019 | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
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NOTE 10. LOANS PAYABLE AND OTHER FINANCIAL LIABILITIES
The following tables summarize the Company’s Loans payable and other financial liabilities as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025:
| June 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
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| Loans from banks | $ | $ | |||||||||
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| Non-Current loans payable and other financial liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
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| Type of instrument | Currency | Interest | Weighted Average Interest Rate | Maturity | June 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chilean Subsidiaries | Chilean Pesos | Fixed | July - December 2026 | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazilian Subsidiary | Brazilian Reais | Variable | CDI + | December 2026 - January 2027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brazilian Subsidiaries (1) | US Dollar | Fixed | October 2026 - June 2027 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brazilian Subsidiaries (1) | Euros | Fixed | November 2026 - February 2027 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazilian Subsidiary | Brazilian Reais | Variable | TJLP + | July 2026 - May 2031 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mexican Subsidiaries | Mexican Pesos | Variable | TIIE + | July 2026 - March 2030 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mexican Subsidiary | Mexican Pesos | Variable | TIIEF + | July 2026 - March 2027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uruguayan Subsidiary | Uruguayan Pesos | Fixed | July 2026 - February 2027 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Argentine Subsidiary | Argentine Pesos | Fixed | July 2026 - June 2027 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chilean Subsidiary | Chilean Pesos | Variable | TIB + | July 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Argentine Subsidiaries (2) | Argentine Pesos | Fixed | July 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mexican Subsidiary | Mexican Pesos | Fixed | July 2026 - July 2027 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazilian Subsidiary | Euros | Fixed | December 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Brazilian Subsidiary | Brazilian Reais | Variable | CDI + | July 2026 - October 2029 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazilian Subsidiary | Brazilian Reais | Variable | July 2026 - June 2029 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazilian Subsidiary | Brazilian Reais | Fixed | July 2026 - July 2029 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Brazilian Subsidiary | Brazilian Reais | Variable | DI + | July 2026 - August 2027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazilian Subsidiary | Brazilian Reais | Variable | IPCA + | July 2026 - August 2029 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Argentine Subsidiary | Argentine Pesos | Variable | TAMAR + | July 2026 - May 2027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Argentine Subsidiary | US Dollar | — | September 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2031 Notes | US Dollar | Fixed | July 2026 - January 2031 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2033 Notes | US Dollar | Fixed | July 2026 - January 2033 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Promissory Notes | Argentine Pesos | Fixed | July - September 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1) The carrying amount includes the effect of the derivative instruments that qualified for fair value hedge accounting. See Note 13 – Derivative instruments for further detail.
(2) As of June 30, 2026, includes $24 million secured by a compensating balance agreement signed by MercadoLibre S.R.L.
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See Note 11 – Securitization transactions and Note 12 – Leases to these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for details regarding the Company’s collateralized debt securitization transactions and finance lease obligations, respectively.
Senior Notes
On January 14, 2021, the Company issued $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2.375 % Sustainability Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Sustainability Notes”) and $700 million aggregate principal amount of 3.125 % Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”). On December 9, 2025, the Company issued $750 million aggregate principal amount of 4.900 % Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes” and, together with the 2031 Notes, the "Notes"). The 2026 Sustainability Notes matured on January 14, 2026; the total outstanding principal and interest, totaling $367 million, was fully repaid that month.
Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) fully and unconditionally guarantee the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest, and all other amounts in respect of the 2031 Notes and the 2033 Notes (the “Subsidiary Guarantees”). The initial Subsidiary Guarantors were MercadoLibre S.R.L., Ibazar.com Atividades de Internet Ltda., Mercado Livre Brasil Ltda., Mercado Envios Servicos de Logistica Ltda., Mercado Pago Instituição de Pagamento Ltda (formerly known as “MercadoPago.com Representações Ltda.”), MercadoLibre Chile Ltda., MercadoLibre, S.A. de C.V., Institución de Fondos de Pago Electrónico (formerly known as “MercadoLibre, S. de R.L. de C.V.”), DeRemate.com de México, S. de R.L. de C.V. and MercadoLibre Colombia Ltda. On October 27, 2021, MercadoLibre, S.A. de C.V., Institución de Fondos de Pago Electrónico became an excluded subsidiary pursuant to the terms of the Notes and it was released from its Subsidiary Guaranty. On October 27, 2021, MP Agregador, S. de R.L. de C.V. became a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes. On July 1, 2022 and October 1, 2022, Ibazar.com Atividades de Internet Ltda. and Mercado Envios Servicos de Logistica Ltda. were merged into Mercado Livre Brasil Ltda., respectively. On May 2, 2025, as a result of the spin-off of DeRemate.com de México, S. de R.L. de C.V. completed in January 2025 (the “DeRemate Spinoff”), MPFS, S. de R.L. de C.V. became a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes. On April 28, 2026, Mercado Pago Instituição de Pagamento Ltda. was released from its Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to the terms of the indenture governing the Notes.
During the six-month period ended June 30, 2026, the Company did not repurchase any Notes or any 2026 Sustainability Notes. During the three-month period ended June 30, 2025, the Company repurchased $13 million in principal amount of the outstanding 2031 Notes. The total amount paid amounted to $12 million. For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025, the Company recognized $1
For additional information regarding the Notes please refer to Note 16 to the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, contained in the Company’s 2025 10-K.
Revolving Credit Agreement
On September 27, 2024, the Company entered into a $400 million amended and restated revolving credit agreement (the “Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement”) with the lenders party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the Company’s subsidiaries MercadoLibre S.R.L., Mercado Livre Brasil Ltda., Mercado Pago Instituição de Pagamento Ltda., DeRemate.com de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., MP Agregador, S. de R.L. de C.V., MercadoLibre Chile Ltda., and MercadoLibre Colombia Ltda. as initial guarantors. The Company’s obligations under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of the Company. On July 23, 2025, as a result of the DeRemate Spinoff, MPFS, S. de R.L. de C.V. became a guarantor under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement in accordance with its terms. On April 28, 2026, Mercado Pago Instituição de Pagamento Ltda. was released from its guarantee pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
On September 12, 2025, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “First Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement with the administrative agent and the guarantors. The First Amendment permits the Company to request, at one or more times, that existing and/or new lenders provide, at their election, up to $400 million of additional commitments, for an aggregate principal amount of credit commitments of up to $800 million.
On April 28, 2026, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 (the “Second Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement (as amended by the First Amendment and the Second Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”) with the administrative agent and the guarantors. The Second Amendment requires that the aggregate revenues of guarantors that guarantee loans drawn from the facility represent at least 60 % of the revenues of the Company, down from 75 %.
The interest rates under the Amended Credit Agreement are based on Term SOFR (“Secured Overnight Funding Rate”) plus an interest margin of 1.00 % per annum, which may be decreased to 0.90 % per annum or increased to 1.15 % per annum depending on the Company’s debt rating, as further provided under the Amended Credit Agreement. Any loans drawn from the Amended Credit Agreement must be repaid on or prior to September 27, 2028, which will be automatically extended to September 27, 2029 upon satisfaction, on or prior to August 28, 2027, of the Maturity Extension Conditions (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement), as further provided in the Amended Credit Agreement. The Company is also obligated to pay a commitment fee on the unused amounts of the facility at a rate per annum equal to 25 % of the then Applicable Margin, depending on the Company’s debt rating, as further provided under the Amended Credit Agreement.
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NOTE 11. SECURITIZATION TRANSACTIONS
The process of securitization consists of the issuance of securities collateralized by a pool of assets through a special purpose entity (“SPEs”), often under a VIE.
The Company securitizes financial assets associated with its credit card receivables and loans receivable portfolio. The Company’s securitization transactions typically involve the legal transfer of financial assets to bankruptcy remote SPEs. The Company generally retains economic interests in the collateralized securitization transactions, which are retained in the form of subordinated interests. For accounting purposes, the Company is generally precluded from recording the transfers of assets in securitization transactions as sales and is required to consolidate the SPE.
The Company securitizes certain credit card receivables related to users’ purchases through Brazilian SPEs. Under the SPE contracts, the Company has determined that it has the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the SPEs that could be significant because it retains subordinated interest in the SPEs. As the Company controls the vehicles, the assets, liabilities and related results are consolidated in its financial statements.
Additionally, the Company securitizes certain loans receivable through Brazilian, Argentine, Mexican and Chilean SPEs, formed to securitize loans receivable provided by the Company to its users or purchased from financial institutions that grant loans to the Company’s users through Mercado Pago. According to the SPE contracts, the Company has determined that it has both the power to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity’s performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the entity that could be significant because it retains the equity certificates of participation and would therefore also be consolidated.
When the Company controls the vehicle, it accounts for the securitization transactions as if they were secured financing and therefore the assets, liabilities and related results are consolidated in its financial statements. The secured debt is issued by the SPEs and includes collateralized securities used to fund the Company’s fintech business. The third-party investors in the securitization transactions have legal recourse only to the assets securing the debt and do not have recourse to the Company. Additionally, the cash flows generated by the SPEs are restricted to the payment of amounts due to third-party investors, but the Company retains the right to residual cash flows.
The following table summarizes the Company’s collateralized debt under securitization transactions, as of June 30, 2026:
| SPEs | Collateralized debt (In millions) | Interest rate | Currency | Maturity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito I Brasil Fundo de Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Não Padronizados | $ | CDI + | Brazilian Reais | March 2027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito I Brasil Fundo de Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Não Padronizados | CDI + | Brazilian Reais | June 2029 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito Fundo de Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Não Padronizado | CDI + | Brazilian Reais | March 2029 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito II Brasil Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Nao Padronizados | CDI + | Brazilian Reais | October 2031 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito II Brasil Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Nao Padronizados | CDI + | Brazilian Reais | June 2028 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito Estruturado Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios | CDI + | Brazilian Reais | November 2027 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seller Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios | CDI + | Brazilian Reais | September 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seller Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios | CDI + | Brazilian Reais | November 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seller Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios | CDI + | Brazilian Reais | May 2028 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seller II Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Segmento Meios De Pagamento De Resp Ltda | CDI + | Brazilian Reais | July 2027 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seller III Fundo De Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Segmento Meios De Pagamento De Resp Ltda | CDI + | Brazilian Reais | February 2029 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito XXXVIII | TAMAR rates plus | Argentine Pesos | May - August 2026 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mercado Crédito XXXIX | TAMAR rates plus | Argentine Pesos | July - October 2026 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito XL | TAMAR rates plus | Argentine Pesos | July - November 2026 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito XLI | TAMAR rates plus | Argentine Pesos | August - December 2026 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito XLII | TAMAR rates plus | Argentine Pesos | September - December 2026 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito XLIII | TAMAR rates plus | Argentine Pesos | October - December 2026 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito XLIV | TAMAR rates plus | Argentine Pesos | December 2026 - February 2027 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito XLV | TAMAR rates plus | Argentine Pesos | January - May 2027 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito XLVI | TAMAR rates plus | Argentine Pesos | February - May 2027 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito XLVII | TAMAR rates plus | Argentine Pesos | March - August 2027 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito XLVIII | TAMAR rates plus | Argentine Pesos | April - August 2027 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito XLIX | TAMAR rates plus | Argentine Pesos | May - September 2027 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito L | TAMAR rates plus | Argentine Pesos | June - October 2027 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercado Crédito LI | TAMAR rates plus | Argentine Pesos | June - September 2027 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fideicomiso Irrevocable de Administración y Fuente de Pago F/6203 | The equilibrium interbank interest rate published by Banco de Mexico in the Diario Oficial plus | Mexican Pesos | November 2029 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fideicomiso Irrevocable de Administración y Fuente de Pago 6189 | The equilibrium interbank interest rate published by Banco de Mexico in the Diario Oficial plus | Mexican Pesos | April 2027 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fideicomiso Irrevocable de Administración y Fuente de Pago Número F/6279 | The equilibrium interbank interest rate published by Banco de Mexico in the Diario Oficial plus | Mexican Pesos | August 2027 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fideicomiso Irrevocable de Administración y Fuente de Pago F/6191 | The equilibrium interbank interest rate published by Banco de Mexico in the Diario Oficial plus | Mexican Pesos | June 2027 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frontal Trust Mercado Pago Créditos Fondo de Inversión | TAB 30 + | Chilean Pesos | November 2029 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frontal Trust Mercado Pago Créditos Fondo de Inversión | TAB 30 + | Chilean Pesos | November 2029 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| SPEs | Collateralized debt (In millions) | Interest rate | Currency | Maturity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frontal Trust Mercado Pago Créditos Fondo de Inversión | TAB 30 + | Chilean Pesos | November 2029 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Minimum and maximum maturity depending on the applicable interest rate within the range.
During the first quarter of 2026, the Company achieved interest rate reductions across one SPE in Brazil: Mercado Crédito Fundo de Investimento Em Direitos Creditórios Não Padronizado reduced its interest rate spread from 3.00 % to 2.50 % (and extended its maturity from April 2028 to March 2029) and one SPE in Mexico: Fideicomiso Irrevocable de Administración y Fuente de Pago 6189 reduced its interest rate spread from 2.80 % to 2.55 %.
The assets and liabilities of the SPEs through which the Company securitizes financial assets as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 are as follows:
| June 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
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| Current assets: | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Restricted cash and cash equivalents (1) | |||||||||||
| Loans receivable, net of allowances | |||||||||||
| Intercompany receivables | |||||||||||
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| Loans receivable, net of allowances | |||||||||||
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| Total assets | $ | $ | |||||||||
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| Current liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Loans payable and other financial liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Intercompany liabilities | |||||||||||
| Total current liabilities | |||||||||||
| Non-current liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Loans payable and other financial liabilities | |||||||||||
| Total non-current liabilities | |||||||||||
| Total liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
(1) Restricted cash and cash equivalents from the SPEs include balances maintained in digital wallets that are eliminated for consolidation purposes.
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NOTE 12. LEASES
The Company leases certain fulfillment, cross-docking and service centers, office space, aircraft, aircraft hangars, machines, and vehicles in the various countries in which it operates. The lease agreements do not contain any residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.
Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:
| June 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
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| Operating lease right-of-use assets | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Finance Leases | |||||||||||
| Property and equipment, at cost | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Accumulated depreciation | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Loans payable and other financial liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||
The following table summarizes the weighted average remaining lease term and the weighted average incremental borrowing rate for operating leases and the weighted average discount rate for finance leases as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025:
| June 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
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| Finance leases | |||||||||||
| Weighted average discount rate (1) | |||||||||||
| Operating leases | % | % | |||||||||
| Finance leases | % | % | |||||||||
The components of lease expense were as follows:
| Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
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| Operating lease cost | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Finance lease cost: | |||||||||||
| Depreciation of property and equipment | $ | $ | |||||||||
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The following table summarizes the fixed, future minimum rental payments, excluding variable costs, which are discounted by the Company’s incremental borrowing rates and internal rates of return to calculate the lease liabilities for the operating and finance leases, respectively:
| Period Ending | Operating Leases | Finance Leases | |||||||||
| (In millions) | |||||||||||
| One year or less | $ | $ | |||||||||
| One year to two years | |||||||||||
| Two years to three years | |||||||||||
| Three years to four years | |||||||||||
| Four years to five years | |||||||||||
| Thereafter | |||||||||||
| Total lease payments | |||||||||||
| Less imputed interest | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | |||||||||
NOTE 13. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
Cash flow hedges
The Company uses foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge the foreign currency effects related to the forecasted purchase of MPOS devices in U.S. dollars, hosting, licenses, fraud prevention, LTRP expenses, air logistics services and lease payments, which are payable in U.S. dollars (or in local currency linked to the U.S. dollar exchange rate) owed by Brazilian and Mexican subsidiaries, whose functional currencies are the Brazilian Real and the Mexican Peso, respectively. The Company designated the foreign currency exchange contracts as cash flow hedges, the derivatives’ gain or loss is initially reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss and subsequently reclassified into the consolidated statements of income in the “Cost of net revenues and financial expenses,” “Product and technology development,” “Sales and marketing ," “General and administrative expenses" and “Foreign currency losses, net” line items, in the same period the forecasted transaction affects earnings. As of June 30, 2026, the Company estimated that the whole amount of net derivative gains or losses related to its cash flow hedges included in accumulated other comprehensive loss will be reclassified into the consolidated statements of income within the next 12 months.
The Company has also entered into a currency swap contract to hedge the foreign currency exchange effects related to a foreign currency financial debt issued by one of its Brazilian subsidiaries. The Company designated the currency swap contract as cash flow hedge, the derivative’s gain or loss is initially reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss and subsequently reclassified into the consolidated statements of income in the “Cost of net revenues and financial expenses” and “Foreign currency losses, net” line items in the same period the forecasted transaction affects earnings. The derivative’s gain or loss is initially reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss and subsequently reclassified into earnings within the next 12 months.
Fair value hedges
The Company has entered into swap contracts to hedge the interest rate and the foreign currency exposure of its fixed-rate, foreign currency financial debt held by its Brazilian subsidiaries. The Company designated the swap contracts as fair value hedges. The derivatives’ gain or loss is reported in the consolidated statements of income in the same line items as the change in the value of the financial debt due to the hedged risks. Since the terms of the interest rate swaps match the terms of the hedged debts, changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps are offset by changes in the fair value of the hedged debts attributable to changes in interest rates. Accordingly, the net impact in current earnings is that the interest expense associated with the hedged debts is recorded at the floating rates.
The Company also uses future contracts to hedge the interest rate exposure of its asset-backed loan portfolio originated in Brazil. In these cases, where the assets included in the portfolio share the same risk exposure, the Company designated the future contracts as fair value hedges under the portfolio layer method. The derivatives’ gain or loss is reported in the consolidated statements of income in the same line item as the change in the value of the financial assets due to the hedged risk. Accordingly, the Company unlocks its portfolio’s fixed-rate to mitigate the effect of interest rate fluctuations.
Derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments
The Company entered into certain foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge the foreign currency fluctuations related to certain transactions and balances denominated in U.S. dollars of certain of its Brazilian and Mexican subsidiaries, whose functional currencies are the Brazilian Real and the Mexican Peso, respectively. These transactions were not designated as hedges for accounting purposes.
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The Company entered into certain foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge the foreign currency fluctuations related to commercial notes denominated in U.S. dollars issued by a certain Argentine subsidiary. As explained through Note 2. Summary of significant accounting policies, the Company changed the functional currency for Argentine subsidiaries from Argentine Pesos to U.S. dollars under US GAAP, as a consequence of hyperinflation status, so these transactions were not designated as hedges for accounting purposes, as no foreign exchange risk exists under U.S. GAAP related to U.S. dollar denominated commercial notes in Argentina.
Finally, as of June 30, 2026, the Company entered into swap contracts to hedge the interest rate fluctuation of a certain portion of its financial debt in one of its Brazilian subsidiaries. These transactions were not designated as hedges for accounting purposes.
The following table presents the notional amounts of the Company’s outstanding derivative instruments:
| Notional Amount as of | |||||||||||
| June 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
| (In millions) | |||||||||||
| Designated as hedging instrument | |||||||||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Cross currency swap contracts | |||||||||||
| Future contracts | |||||||||||
| Not designated as hedging instrument | |||||||||||
| Interest rate swap contracts | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | |||||||||||
| Future contracts | |||||||||||
Derivative instrument contracts
The fair values of the Company’s outstanding derivative instruments as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 were as follows:
| Derivative instruments | Balance sheet location | June 30, | December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| (In millions) | |||||||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges | Other current assets | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange contracts not designated as hedging instruments | Other current assets | ||||||||||||||||
| Future contracts designated as fair value hedges | Other current assets | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest rate swap contracts not designated as hedging instruments | Other current assets | ||||||||||||||||
| Cross currency swap contracts designated as fair value hedge | Other current assets | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest rate swap contracts not designated as hedging instruments | Other non-current assets | ||||||||||||||||
| Cross currency swap contracts designated as fair value hedge | Other current liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest rate swap contracts not designated as hedging instruments | Other current liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange contracts not designated as hedging instruments | Other current liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
| Future contracts designated as fair value hedges | Other current liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
| Cross currency swap contracts designated as cash flow hedges | Other current liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges | Other current liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest rate swap contracts not designated as hedging instruments | Other non-current liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
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The effects of derivative contracts on the interim condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 were as follows:
| December 31, 2025 | Amount of loss recognized in other comprehensive income | Amount of loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | June 30, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Derivative contracts designated as cash flow hedges | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2024 | Amount of loss recognized in other comprehensive income | Amount of loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | June 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Derivative contracts designated as cash flow hedges | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||||
| $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||
The effect of the Company’s fair value hedge relationships over its fixed-rate financial debt on the interim condensed consolidated statements of income for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 were as follows:
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions) | (In millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of net revenues and financial expenses | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Interest expense and other financial losses | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency losses, net | ( | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||
| $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||
The carrying amount of the hedged items for fair value hedges over its fixed-rate financial debt included in the “Loans payable and other financial liabilities” line items of the interim condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 was $516 million and $486 million, respectively.
The effects of the Company’s fair value hedge relationships over its fixed-rate financial debt on the interim condensed consolidated balance sheets related to cumulative basis adjustments for fair value hedges as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 are $1 million and less than $1 million, respectively, reducing the carrying value of the hedged debt as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
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The effects of derivative contracts not designated as hedging instruments on the interim condensed consolidated statements of income for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 were as follows:
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Foreign exchange contracts not designated as hedging instruments recognized in Foreign currency losses, net | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Interest rate contracts not designated as hedging instruments recognized in Interest expense and other financial losses | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange contracts not designated as hedging instruments recognized in Interest expense and other financial losses | ( | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements made or implied in this report that are not statements of historical fact, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and should be evaluated as such. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “target,” “project,” “should,” “may,” “could,” “will” and similar words and expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are contained throughout this report. Our forward-looking statements, and the risks and uncertainties related to them, include, but are not limited to, statements regarding MercadoLibre, Inc.'s expectations, objectives and progress against strategic priorities; initiatives and strategies related to our products and services; business and market outlook, opportunities, strategies and trends; impacts of foreign exchange; the potential impact of the uncertain macroeconomic and geopolitical environment on our financial results; customer preferences and demand and market expansion; our planned product and services releases and capabilities; industry growth rates; inflation; future stock repurchases; our expected tax rate and tax strategies; and the likelihood, impact and result of pending legal, administrative and tax proceedings or government investigations. Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors (in addition to those discussed elsewhere in this report) that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Some of the material risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations and projections are described in “Item 1A—Risk Factors” in Part I of the Company’s 2025 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 25, 2026. You should read that information in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Item 2 of Part I of this report, our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes in Item 1 of Part I of this report and our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes in Item 8 of Part II of the Company’s 2025 10-K, as well as the factors discussed in the other reports and documents we file from time to time with the SEC.
There also may be other factors that we cannot anticipate or that are not described in this report, generally because they are unknown to us or we do not perceive them to be material that could cause results to differ materially from our expectations. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake to update these forward-looking statements except as may be required by law. You are advised, however, to review any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our periodic filings with the SEC.
Many of these risks are beyond our ability to control or predict. New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for Management to predict all such risk factors, nor can it assess the impact of all such risk factors on our Company’s business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.
These statements are based on currently available information and our current assumptions, expectations and projections about future events. While we believe that our assumptions, expectations and projections are reasonable in view of the currently available information, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance.
The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations has been organized to present the following:
■a brief overview of our Company;
■a review of our critical accounting policies and estimates;
■a discussion of our principal trends and results of operations for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025;
■a discussion of the principal factors that influence our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity;
■a discussion of our liquidity and capital resources and a discussion of our capital expenditures;
■a description of our key performance indicators; and
■a description of our non-GAAP financial measures.
Certain monetary amounts included elsewhere in this document have been subject to rounding adjustments, percentage changes may not align exactly with dollar figures due to rounding. Accordingly, figures shown as totals in certain tables may not be the arithmetic aggregation of the figures that precede them.
Other Information
MercadoLibre, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries “us,” “we,” “our” or the “Company”) routinely posts important information for investors on our investor relations website, investor.mercadolibre.com. We use this website as a means of disclosing material, non-public information and for complying with our disclosure obligations under SEC Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure). Accordingly, investors should monitor our investor relations website, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls and webcasts. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this report.
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Business Overview
We are the leading online commerce and fintech ecosystem in Latin America. Our e-commerce platform is the leader in the region based on gross merchandise volume (“GMV”), and our fintech platform is the leader in monthly active users (“MAUs”) among fintech companies in Argentina, Chile and Mexico, and the second largest in Brazil. Mercado Libre's e-commerce platform is present in 18 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela (deconsolidated since December 2017), Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay and El Salvador) and our fintech platform, Mercado Pago, is present in eight countries (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and Ecuador). Our ecosystem provides consumers and merchants with a complete portfolio of services to enable buying and selling online, and the processing of payments online and offline, as well as offering a wide array of simple day-to-day financial services.
We offer our users an ecosystem of integrated e-commerce and digital financial services, which includes: the Mercado Libre Marketplace, the Mercado Pago fintech platform, the Mercado Envios logistics service, the Mercado Ads solution and the Mercado Libre Classifieds service.
Our e-commerce platform provides buyers and sellers with a robust and safe environment that fosters the development of a large e-commerce community in Latin America, a region with a population of over 650 million people where penetration of e-commerce over total retail significantly lags benchmarks such as the United States of America (“U.S.”), the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) and China. We believe that we offer world-class technological and commercial solutions that address the distinctive cultural and geographic challenges of operating a digital commerce platform in Latin America.
The Mercado Libre Marketplace is a user-friendly online commerce platform that can be accessed through our mobile app or website. Third-party sellers (“3P”) account for most of the GMV transacted on the Marketplace. We complement this by selling directly to consumers on a first-party basis (“1P”) in selected categories where we can enhance price competitiveness and assortment; this accounts for less than 10% of GMV. The Marketplace has an extensive assortment of products, with a wide range of categories including consumer electronics, apparel and beauty, home goods, automotive accessories, toys, books and entertainment and consumer packaged goods. We also have a selection of international products available, primarily from sellers in China and the U.S., through our cross-border trade (“CBT”) operations. Our users can also list vehicles, properties and services they are looking to sell via Mercado Libre Classifieds. These listings differ from our Marketplace listings because we charge placing fees only, not final value fees.
Mercado Envios is a logistics solution that is one of the value-added services that we offer to our sellers and buyers on our platform. The logistics services we offer are an integral and crucial part of our value proposition as they reduce friction between buyers and sellers, allow us to have greater control over the full user experience and enable faster deliveries at a more competitive cost than would otherwise be available with third-party carriers. Sellers that use Mercado Envios are eligible to access shipping subsidies that enable free or discounted shipping for consumers that buy sellers’ goods on our Marketplace. Our logistics network is built around fulfillment centers (which account for more than half of shipments), where sellers place their inventory in our warehouses, and cross-docking, where we collect items sold from sellers directly or via a network of thousands of partner stores (“MELI Places”) where sellers drop off sold items that need to be fed into our logistics network. MELI Places are also enabled for pick up of items purchased and processing of returns. Our transportation network includes dedicated aircraft, trucks and thousands of last-mile delivery vans, the vast majority of which are owned and operated by our third-party carriers.
Our advertising platform, Mercado Ads, is another value-added service that we offer to sellers on our platform and brands both on- and off-platform. The platform enables sellers and brands to access the millions of consumers who browse and purchase on our Marketplace, as well as the first-party data that all of these engagements generate. This enables advertisers to target highly granular audiences. The products we offer are Product Ads (sponsored listings), Brands Ads (product carrousels), Display Ads (banners) and Video Ads, the last two of which we are able to offer inventory off-platform as well as on our own Marketplace and fintech platform.
Mercado Pago was initially designed to facilitate transactions on Mercado Libre’s Marketplace by providing a mechanism that allowed our users to securely, easily and promptly send and receive payments. This brought trust to the merchant-consumer relationship. In the countries in which Mercado Pago operates, it processes and settles all transactions on our Marketplace.
Beyond facilitating Marketplace transactions, over the years we have expanded our array of Mercado Pago services to third parties outside Mercado Libre’s Marketplace. We began first by satisfying the growing demand for online-based payment solutions by providing merchants the necessary digital payment infrastructure for e-commerce to flourish in Latin America.
Our lending solution is available in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Chile. We offer loans mostly to merchants and consumers that already form part of our user base, many of whom have historically been underserved or overlooked by financial institutions and therefore suffer from a lack of access to credit. Facilitating credit is a key service overlay that enables us to further strengthen the engagement and lock-in rate of our users, while also generating additional touchpoints and incentives to use Mercado Pago as an end-to-end financial solution.
Our asset management product, which is available in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Uruguay, is a critical pillar of our financial services offering that enables us to compete with large banks. This product offers remuneration on balances held in the Mercado Pago digital account that is greater than traditional checking and savings accounts. This enables our users to earn a return with funds remaining available for withdrawal or to make payments without their funds being tied up in a time deposit.
As an extension of our asset management and savings solutions for users, we launched a digital assets feature as part of the Mercado Pago account in Brazil, Mexico and Chile, in 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. This service allows our millions of users to purchase, hold and sell selected digital assets through our interface without leaving the Mercado Pago application, while a partner acts as the custodian and offers the blockchain infrastructure platform. This feature is available for all users through their Mercado Pago account. In 2024 and 2025 we launched “Meli Dólar,” a stablecoin that is pegged to the US dollar, in Brazil, Mexico and Chile. Members of our loyalty program receive their cashback in Meli Dólar and all Mercado Pago users can buy, hold and sell the stablecoin without charging any fees.
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Fintech Regulation Updates
The information below provides updates as of the date of the issuance of this report, to the regulatory framework governing the Company’s Mercado Pago services described in our 2025 10-K:
Brazil
In November 2025, the Central Bank of Brazil ("BACEN") published Resolutions No. 519, 520, and 521, establishing the regulatory framework for Virtual Asset Service Providers ("VASPs" or "PSAVs") in Brazil, effective February 2026. Among other requirements, these resolutions mandate BACEN authorization for entities providing virtual asset services, impose asset segregation obligations, and require compliance with KYC and anti-money laundering protocols. In connection with these new requirements, Mercado Pago Distribuidora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários Ltda., a Brazilian subsidiary authorized by BACEN as a securities distributor, submitted a request on July 30, 2026, within the prescribed regulatory transition period, for authorization to perform crypto asset intermediation and custody services in Brazil, aligning its virtual asset operations with the new regulatory framework.
In April 2026, the BACEN published a resolution that refines the scope of permitted international payment and transfer services (“eFX”) transactions, including transfers related to investments in financial and capital markets up to USD 10,000, and requires eFX service providers to obtain prior BACEN authorization. Notably, the resolution expressly prohibits the use of virtual assets, including stablecoins, as a form of payment, receipt, or settlement between the eFX provider and the foreign counterpart. Brazilian Mercado Pago entities are assessing the impact of these changes on their international payment operations and are preparing for compliance ahead of the October 2026 effective date.
Argentina
On February 5, 2026, the Central Bank of Argentina (“CBA”) issued Communication "A" 8398, extending the scope of the "Minimum Requirements for the Management and Control of Technology and Information Security Risks" -a framework originally applicable only to financial institutions- to Payment Service Providers (“PSPs”). The regulation establishes a mandatory compliance deadline of 180 calendar days from the issuance date, setting a target implementation date for August 2026. MercadoLibre S.R.L. has been conducting a comprehensive gap analysis and implementing the necessary adjustments to align its existing technology and information security controls with the new requirements. As of the date of this filing, the gap analysis and the execution of these adjustments remain ongoing and are expected to be completed within the regulatory deadline.
On April 30, 2026, the CBA issued Communication "A" 8432, amending the regulations applicable to PSPs. The communication introduced several significant changes, including: (i) tightened requirements governing who may operate as a PSP and who may hold ownership or management positions; (ii) the formal definition of a new category of PSP — the "PSPCP as a Service", which refers to entities that offer payment accounts to the clients of a third-party using an interface provided and controlled by that third party; and (iii) the extension of the CBA's Anti-Money Laundering ("AML"), Counter-Terrorism Financing, and Other Illicit Activities regulations to PSPs that qualify as reporting entities under UIF Resolution N° 200/24. The regulation established a compliance deadline of 90 calendar days from the date of issuance. MercadoLibre S.R.L., which does not operate under the "PSPCP as a Service" model, conducted the necessary review as a reporting entity subject to the AML framework and implemented all required adjustments within the established timeframe. As of the date of this filing, MercadoLibre S.R.L. is in full compliance with all provisions of Communication "A" 8432.
On April 27, 2026, the Argentine Securities and Exchange Commission (“CNV”) issued Resolution No. 1130, introducing a new prudential framework applicable to Clearing and Settlement Agents (ALyC). The regulation establishes a new regulatory reporting regime on financial indicators, liquidity and leverage ratios, reporting obligations regarding proprietary foreign currency positions, and accounting guidelines for the calculation of such indicators. Subsequently, Resolution No. 1144 introduced technical amendments and clarifications to the framework, including the methodology for calculating certain indicators, reporting requirements and implementation deadlines. Mercado Pago Inversiones S.R.L., in its capacity as a registered ALyC, is subject to this framework and is currently complying with the new regulatory reporting obligations while monitoring compliance with the applicable prudential liquidity and leverage limits.
In June 2026, the CNV issued Resolutions Nos. 1145, 1146, 1147 and 1148 as part of a broader regulatory reform introducing new automatic authorization regimes within the Argentine capital markets framework. The new regulations extend automatic authorization procedures to certain public offerings by issuers, Financial Trusts and Mutual Funds, replacing prior authorization requirements with a streamlined regulatory framework for eligible transactions and products. Following the enactment of these resolutions, Mercado Libre Group companies in Argentina have adapted their internal processes for the creation, launch and issuance of capital markets products to comply with the new regulatory regimes established by the CNV.
Chile
On June 8, 2026, the CMF approved the application of Mercado Pago Operadora S.A to incorporate cross-border acquiring activities into its corporate purpose. As of the date of this filing, the company is completing the remaining formalization steps required under Article 127 of Law N° 18.046, including registration and publication of the certificate evidencing the approved amendment.
Uruguay
On May 7, 2026, the Board of the Central Bank of Uruguay authorized MercadoPago Uruguay S.R.L. to offer interest-bearing accounts through a partner. The product is available to individual customers.
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Reporting Segments and Geographic Information
Our segment reporting is based on geography, which is the criterion our Management currently uses to evaluate our segment performance. Our geographic segments are Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Other Countries (including Bermuda, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and the U.S.). Although we discuss long-term trends in our business, it is our policy not to provide earnings guidance in the traditional sense. We believe that uncertain conditions make the forecasting of near-term results difficult. Further, we seek to make decisions focused primarily on the long-term welfare of our Company and believe focusing on short-term earnings does not best serve the interests of our stockholders. We believe that execution of key strategic initiatives as well as our expectations for long-term growth in our markets will best create stockholder value. A long-term focus may make it more difficult for industry analysts and the market to evaluate the value of our Company, which could reduce the value of our common stock or permit competitors with short-term tactics to grow more rapidly than us. We, therefore, encourage potential investors to consider this strategy before making an investment in our common stock.
The following table sets forth the percentage of our consolidated net revenues and financial income by segment for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (% of total consolidated net revenues and financial income) | 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 54.2 | % | 51.5 | % | 54.4 | % | 51.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 22.7 | 21.4 | 23.0 | 22.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Argentina | 18.6 | 22.9 | 18.1 | 22.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other Countries | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net revenues and financial income for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same periods in 2025 are described in “Item 2 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Principal trends in results of operations— Net revenues and financial income.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
There have been no significant changes in our critical accounting policies, Management estimates or accounting policies since the year ended December 31, 2025 and disclosed in the Company’s 2025 10-K under the heading “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates.”
Results of operations for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 compared to the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025
The selected financial data for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 discussed herein is derived from our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this report. The results of operations for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2026 or for any other period.
Principal trends in results of operations
Net revenues and financial income
We disaggregate revenues into four geographical reporting segments. Within each of our segments, the services we provide and the products we sell generally fall into two distinct revenue streams: “Commerce” and “Fintech.”
Commerce revenues are mainly generated from:
■marketplace fees that include final value fees and flat fees. Final value fees represent a percentage of the sale value that is charged to the seller once an item is successfully sold and flat fees represent a fixed charge for certain specific transactions, in case they fall below a certain merchandise value;
■first-party sales, which are generated when control of the good is transferred, upon delivery to our customers;
■shipping fees, which are generated when an item is delivered through our shipping service. When we act as an agent, revenues derived from the shipping services are recognized at the time the transaction is successfully concluded for third-party sales, and presented net of the transportation costs charged by third-party carriers. When we act as principal, revenues derived from shipping services are recognized upon delivery of the good to the customer, and presented on a gross basis. In addition, the Company generates storage fees, which are charged to the seller for the utilization of the Company’s fulfillment facilities;
■ad sales fees due to advertising services provided to sellers, vendors, brands and others, through product searches (product ads and brand ads) and display formats (including video ads and display programmatic), which are recognized based on the number of clicks and impressions, respectively;
■classifieds fees due to offerings in vehicles, real estate and services, which are charged to sellers who opt to give their listings greater exposure throughout our websites;
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■subscription fees associated with MELI+ memberships and third party digital content subscriptions; and
■fees from other ancillary businesses.
Fintech revenues and financial income are attributable to:
■commissions representing a percentage of the payment volume processed that are charged to sellers in connection with off-Marketplace platform transactions;
■commissions from additional fees we charge when a buyer elects to pay in installments through our Mercado Pago platform, for transactions that occur either on or off our Marketplace platform;
■interest, cash advances and fees from credit cards, merchant, consumer and asset-backed loans granted under our lending solution;
■revenues from our asset management product;
■interest earned on investments as part of Mercado Pago activities, including those required due to fintech regulations, net of interest gains passed through to our Brazilian users in connection with our asset management product;
■commissions that we charge from transactions carried out with Mercado Pago debit cards;
■revenues from the sale of mobile points of sale products;
■revenues from insurtech fees;
■commissions from additional fees we charge when our sellers elect to withdraw cash; and
■fees from other ancillary services.
Although we also process payments on the Marketplace, we do not charge sellers an added commission for this service, as it is already included in the Marketplace final value fee that we charge.
We have a highly fragmented customer revenue base given the large numbers of sellers and buyers who use our platforms. For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, no single customer accounted for more than 5.0% of our net revenues and financial income.
Our net revenues and financial income are generated in multiple foreign currencies and then translated into U.S. dollars at the average monthly exchange rate. The functional currency for each country’s operations is the country’s local currency, except for Argentina, where the functional currency is the U.S. dollar due to Argentina’s status as a highly inflationary economy. Please refer to Note 2 – Summary of significant accounting policies to our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for further detail on foreign currency translation.
Our net revenues and financial income grew during the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, compared to the same periods in 2025, boosted by growth in credit originations from our lending business and our first-party business, and higher total payment volume and gross merchandise volume.
The following table summarizes our consolidated net revenues and financial income for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Change from 2025 to 2026 | Three Months Ended June 30, | Change from 2025 to 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | in Dollars | in % | 2026 | 2025 | in Dollars | in % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(In millions, except percentages) | (In millions, except percentages) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net revenues and financial income | $ | 19,014 | $ | 12,725 | $ | 6,289 | 49.4 | % | $ | 10,169 | $ | 6,790 | $ | 3,379 | 49.8 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The following table summarizes our consolidated net revenues and financial income by revenue stream and geographic segment for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:
| Consolidated net revenues and financial income | Six Months Ended June 30, | Change from 2025 to 2026 | Three Months Ended June 30, | Change from 2025 to 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | in Dollars | in % | 2026 | 2025 | in Dollars | in % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions, except percentages) | (In millions, except percentages) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commerce | $ | 6,156 | $ | 3,996 | $ | 2,160 | 54.0 | % | $ | 3,330 | $ | 2,123 | $ | 1,207 | 56.8 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fintech | 4,148 | 2,559 | 1,589 | 62.1 | 2,200 | 1,350 | 850 | 63.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10,304 | 6,555 | 3,749 | 57.2 | 5,530 | 3,473 | 2,057 | 59.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commerce | 2,645 | 1,770 | 875 | 49.4 | 1,450 | 992 | 458 | 46.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fintech | 1,668 | 958 | 710 | 74.2 | 887 | 514 | 373 | 72.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4,313 | 2,728 | 1,585 | 58.1 | 2,337 | 1,506 | 831 | 55.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commerce | 1,230 | 994 | 236 | 23.7 | 657 | 520 | 137 | 26.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fintech | 2,307 | 1,915 | 392 | 20.5 | 1,182 | 1,007 | 175 | 17.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3,537 | 2,909 | 628 | 21.6 | 1,839 | 1,527 | 312 | 20.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other countries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commerce | 599 | 382 | 217 | 56.7 | 325 | 204 | 121 | 59.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fintech | 261 | 151 | 110 | 71.6 | 138 | 80 | 58 | 71.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 860 | 533 | 327 | 60.9 | 463 | 284 | 179 | 62.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commerce | 10,630 | 7,142 | 3,488 | 48.8 | 5,762 | 3,839 | 1,923 | 50.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fintech | 8,384 | 5,583 | 2,801 | 50.2 | 4,407 | 2,951 | 1,456 | 49.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 19,014 | $ | 12,725 | $ | 6,289 | 49.4 | % | $ | 10,169 | $ | 6,790 | $ | 3,379 | 49.8 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See Note 6 – Segments of our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for further information regarding our net revenues and financial income disaggregated by similar products and services for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025.
Our Commerce revenues grew $3,488 million and $1,923 million, or 48.8% and 50.0%, for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same periods in 2025, respectively. This increase in Commerce revenues was primarily attributable to:
■an increase of $2,328 million and $1,273 million in our Commerce services revenues for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, respectively, mainly related to a 43% and 44% increase in gross merchandise volume. Shipping carrier costs netted against revenues increased $104 million and $56 million, from $444 million and $233 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025, to $548 million and $289 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, respectively; and
■an increase of $1,160 million and $650 million in our revenues from Commerce product sales for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same periods in 2025, respectively, mainly in Brazil and Mexico.
Our Fintech revenues grew 50.2% and 49.4%, from $5,583 million and $2,951 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2025, to $8,384 million and $4,407 million for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, respectively. This increase was mainly generated by:
■an increase of $1,818 million and $952 million in our Credit revenues for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, mainly as a consequence of higher originations; and
■an increase of $977 million and $503 million in our revenues from Financial services and income for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, respectively, mainly related to our off-platform transactional fees and financing transactions, as a result of a 53% and 56% increase in our total payment volume.
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Brazil
Commerce revenues in Brazil increased 54.0% in the six-month period ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025. This increase was generated by an increase of $1,360 million in our Commerce services revenues and an increase of $800 million in our revenues from Commerce product sales. Fintech revenues grew by 62.1%, a $1,589 million increase during the six-month period ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025, mainly driven by an increase of $1,127 million in our Credit revenues and an increase of $460 million in our revenues from Financial services and income.
Commerce revenues in Brazil increased 56.8% in the three-month period ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025. This increase was generated by an increase of $784 million in our Commerce services revenues and an increase of $423 million in our revenues from Commerce product sales. Fintech revenues grew by 63.0%, a $850 million increase during the three-month period ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025, mainly driven by an increase of $599 million in our Credit revenues and an increase of $250 million in our revenues from Financial services and income.
Net revenues growth during the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same periods in 2025, was boosted by the average decrease of Brazil’s exchange rate against U.S. dollar of 10.5% and 10.9%, respectively.
Mexico
Commerce revenues in Mexico increased 49.4% in the six-month period ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025. This increase was driven by an increase of $644 million in our Commerce services revenues and an increase of $231 million in our revenues from Commerce product sales. Fintech revenues grew 74.2%, a $710 million increase, during the six-month period ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025, mainly driven by an increase of $417 million in our Credit revenues and an increase of $291 million in our revenues from Financial services and income.
Commerce revenues in Mexico increased 46.1% in the three-month period ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025. This increase was driven by an increase of $311 million in our Commerce services revenues and an increase of $147 million in our revenues from Commerce product sales. Fintech revenues grew 72.9%, a $373 million increase, during the three-month period ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025, mainly driven by an increase of $220 million in our Credit revenues and an increase of $154 million in our revenues from Financial services and income.
Net revenues growth during the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same periods in 2025, was boosted by the average decrease of Mexico's exchange rate against U.S. dollar of 12.6% and 11.0%, respectively.
Argentina
Commerce revenues in Argentina increased 23.7% in the six-month period ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025. This increase was driven by an increase of $173 million in our Commerce services revenues and an increase of $63 million in our revenues from Commerce product sales. Fintech revenues increased 20.5%, a $392 million increase, during the six-month period ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025, mainly driven by an increase of $259 million in our Credit revenues and an increase of $133 million in our revenues from Financial services and income.
Commerce revenues in Argentina increased 26.2% in the three-month period ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025. This increase was driven by an increase of $96 million in our Commerce services revenues and an increase of $41 million in our revenues from Commerce product sales. Fintech revenues increased 17.4%, a $175 million increase, during the three-month period ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025, mainly driven by an increase of $123 million in our Credit revenues and an increase of $52 million in our revenues from Financial services and income.
Net revenues growth during the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same periods in 2025, was offset by the average increase of Argentina’s exchange rate against U.S. dollar of 28.1% and 22.5%, respectively.
The following table sets forth our total net revenues and financial income and the sequential quarterly variation of these net revenues and financial income for the periods described below:
| Quarter Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 31, | June 30, | September 30, | December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
(In millions, except percentages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net revenues and financial income | $ | 8,845 | $ | 10,169 | n/a | n/a | |||||||||||||||||
| Percent change from prior quarter | 1 | % | 15 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net revenues and financial income | $ | 5,935 | $ | 6,790 | $ | 7,409 | $ | 8,759 | |||||||||||||||
| Percent change from prior quarter | (2) | % | 14 | % | 9 | % | 18 | % | |||||||||||||||
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The following table sets forth the growth in net revenues and financial income in local currencies, for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same periods in 2025:
| Change from 2025 to 2026 | |||||||||||
(% of net revenues and financial income growth in Local Currency) (1) | Six-month period | Three-month period | |||||||||
| Brazil | 40.8 | % | 41.9 | % | |||||||
Mexico | 38.7 | 38.4 | |||||||||
Argentina (2) | 55.7 | 47.5 | |||||||||
| Other countries | 49.8 | 52.9 | |||||||||
| Total consolidated | 44.1 | % | 42.9 | % | |||||||
(1) The local currency revenue growth was calculated by using the average monthly exchange rates for each month during 2025 and applying them to the corresponding months in 2026, so as to calculate what our financial results would have been if exchange rates had remained stable from one year to the next. See also “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section below for details on FX neutral measures.
(2) For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, the average inter-annual inflation rates in our Argentine segment of 32.9% and 33.0%, respectively, were higher than the average inter-annual increase of Argentina’s official exchange rates against U.S. dollar of 28.1% and 22.5%, respectively.
Cost of net revenues and financial expenses
Cost of net revenues and financial expenses primarily includes shipping operation costs (including warehousing costs), carrier and other operating costs, cost of goods sold, collection fees, sales taxes, funding costs related to our fintech business, fraud prevention expenses, hosting and site operation fees, artificial intelligence (“AI”) capabilities expenses, certain tax withholding related to export duties, compensation for customer support personnel and depreciation and amortization. The following table presents cost of net revenues and financial expenses for the periods indicated:
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Change from 2025 to 2026 | Three Months Ended June 30, | Change from 2025 to 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | in Dollars | in % | 2026 | 2025 | in Dollars | in % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(In millions, except percentages) | (In millions, except percentages) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of net revenues and financial expenses | $ | 10,993 | $ | 6,860 | $ | 4,133 | 60.3% | $ | 6,010 | $ | 3,696 | $ | 2,314 | 62.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As a percentage of net revenues and financial income | 57.8 | % | 53.9% | 59.1% | 54.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025, the increase in cost of net revenues and financial expenses was primarily attributable to a: i) $1,826 million increase in shipping operating and carrier costs; ii) $967 million increase in cost of sales of goods mainly in Brazil and Mexico; iii) $412 million increase in collection fees across all of our main segments, as a result of the higher total payment volume of Mercado Pago in those countries; iv) $281 million increase in sales taxes; v) $274 million increase in other fintech costs mainly related to higher funding costs in connection with the increase in the lending business portfolio; and vi) $231 million increase in hosting and site operation fees.
For the three-month period ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025, the increase in cost of net revenues and financial expenses was primarily attributable to a: i) $1,038 million increase in shipping operating and carrier costs; ii) $567 million increase in cost of sales of goods mainly in Brazil and Mexico; iii) $226 million increase in collection fees across all of our main segments, as a result of the higher total payment volume of Mercado Pago in those countries; iv) $147 million increase in sales taxes; v) $131 million increase in other fintech costs mainly related to higher funding costs in connection with the increase in the lending business portfolio; and vi) $127 million increase in hosting and site operation fees.
Our subsidiaries in Brazil, Argentina and Colombia are subject to certain taxes on revenues and financial income, which are classified as a cost of net revenues and financial expenses. These taxes represented 5.9% and 5.8% of net revenues and financial income for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, respectively, and 6.6% for the same periods in 2025.
Gross profit margins
Our gross profit margin is defined as total net revenues and financial income minus total cost of net revenues and financial expenses, as a percentage of net revenues and financial income.
Our cost structure is directly affected by the level of operations of our services, and our strategic plan on gross profit is built on factors such as an ample liquidity to fund expenses and investments and a cost-effective capital structure.
For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, our gross profit margins were 42.2% and 40.9%, and 46.1% and 45.6%, respectively. The decrease in our gross profit margin was primarily attributable to the reduction of our free shipping threshold in Brazil together with an increase in our shipping operating costs and our cost of sales of goods as a percentage of net revenues and financial income, partially offset by a decrease in sales taxes, as a percentage of net revenues and financial income.
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In the future, our gross profit margin could continue declining if we maintain the growth of our first-party business, which has a lower pure product margin due to marketing initiatives, or the building up our logistics network. Our gross profit margin could also decline if we fail to maintain an appropriate relationship between our cost of revenue structure and our net revenues and financial income trend.
Product and technology development expenses
Our product and technology development related expenses consist primarily of compensation for our engineering and web-development staff (including long term retention program compensation), depreciation and amortization expenses related to product and technology development, AI capabilities expenses for internal usage, certain tax withholding related to export duties, telecommunications costs and payments to third-party suppliers who provide technology maintenance services to us. The following table presents product and technology development expenses for the periods indicated:
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Change from 2025 to 2026 | Three Months Ended June 30, | Change from 2025 to 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | in Dollars | in % | 2026 | 2025 | in Dollars | in % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(In millions, except percentages) | (In millions, except percentages) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product and technology development | $ | 1,428 | $ | 1,118 | $ | 310 | 27.7% | $ | 729 | $ | 567 | $ | 162 | 28.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As a percentage of net revenues and financial income | 7.5 | % | 8.8 | % | 7.2% | 8.4% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2026, the increase in product and technology development expenses as compared to the same period in 2025 was primarily attributable to a: i) $121 million increase in technology maintenance and AI expenses; and ii) $116 million increase in salaries and wages.
For the three-month period ended June 30, 2026, the increase in product and technology development expenses as compared to the same period in 2025 was primarily attributable to a: i) $80 million increase in technology maintenance and AI expenses; and ii) $44 million increase in salaries and wages.
We believe that product and technology development is one of our key competitive advantages and we intend to continue to invest in technology and AI capabilities to meet the increasingly sophisticated product expectations of our customer base.
Sales and marketing expenses
Our sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of costs related to marketing our platforms through online and offline advertising and agreements with portals, search engines and other sales expenses related to strategic marketing initiatives, charges related to our buyer protection program, the salaries of employees involved in these activities (including long term retention program compensation), chargebacks related to our Mercado Pago operations, branding initiatives, marketing activities for our users and depreciation and amortization expenses.
We enter into agreements with portals, search engines, social networks, ad networks and other sites in order to attract Internet users to the Mercado Libre Marketplace and convert them into registered users and active traders on our platform.
We also work intensively on attracting, developing and growing our seller community through our customer support efforts. We have dedicated professionals in most of our operations that work with sellers through trade show participation, seminars and meetings to provide them with important tools and skills to become effective sellers on our platform.
The following table presents sales and marketing expenses for the periods indicated:
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Change from 2025 to 2026 | Three Months Ended June 30, | Change from 2025 to 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | in Dollars | in % | 2026 | 2025 | in Dollars | in % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(In millions, except percentages) | (In millions, except percentages) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | $ | 2,113 | $ | 1,350 | $ | 763 | 56.5% | $ | 1,131 | $ | 751 | $ | 380 | 50.6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As a percentage of net revenues and financial income | 11.1 | % | 10.6 | % | 11.1 | % | 11.1 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2026, the increase in sales and marketing expenses as compared to the same period in 2025 was primarily attributable to a: i) $482 million increase in online and offline marketing expenses mainly in Brazil and Mexico; ii) $155 million increase in our buyer protection program expenses; and iii) $90 million increase in salaries and wages mainly related to the increase of 37% in our sales and marketing headcount.
For the three-month period ended June 30, 2026, the increase in sales and marketing expenses as compared to the same period in 2025 was primarily attributable to a: i) $232 million increase in online and offline marketing expenses mainly in Brazil and Mexico; ii) $80 million increase in our buyer protection program expenses; and iii) $47 million increase in salaries and wages mainly related to the increase of 40% in our sales and marketing headcount.
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Provision for doubtful accounts
Provision for doubtful accounts consists of the current expected credit losses on our financial assets, mainly loans receivable. The following table presents provision for doubtful accounts expenses for the periods indicated:
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| Provision for doubtful accounts | $ | 2,520 | $ | 1,293 | $ | 1,227 | 95.0 | % | $ | 1,276 | $ | 690 | $ | 586 | 84.9 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As a percentage of net revenues and financial income | 13.3 | % | 10.2 | % | 12.5 | % | 10.2 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same periods in 2025, the charge related to the provision for doubtful accounts increased $1,227 million and $586 million, respectively, mainly due to the increase in originations growing at 82% and 83%, respectively (mostly related to the credit cards and consumer).
General and administrative expenses
Our general and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries for management and administrative staff, compensation of non-employee directors, long term retention program compensation, expenses for legal, audit and other professional services, contingencies, insurance expenses, office space rental expenses, changes in the fair value of digital assets, travel and business expenses, as well as depreciation and amortization expenses. Our general and administrative expenses include the costs of the following areas: general management, finance, treasury, internal audit, administration, accounting, tax, legal and human resources. The following table presents general and administrative expenses for the periods indicated:
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Change from 2025 to 2026 | Three Months Ended June 30, | Change from 2025 to 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (In millions, except percentages) | (In millions, except percentages) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | $ | 666 | $ | 516 | $ | 150 | 28.9% | $ | 340 | $ | 261 | $ | 79 | 30.3% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As a percentage of net revenues and financial income | 3.5 | % | 4.1 | % | 3.3% | 3.8% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2026, the increase in general and administrative expenses as compared to the same period in 2025 was primarily attributable to a: i) $96 million increase in salaries and wages; and ii) $42 million increase in legal, tax and other fees due to higher consulting fees.
For the three-month period ended June 30, 2026, the increase in general and administrative expenses as compared to the same period in 2025 was primarily attributable to a: i) $48 million increase in salaries and wages, mainly related to the increase of 9% in general and administrative headcount; ii) $16 million lower gains related to the fair value of digital assets held during the three-month period ended June 30, 2025; and iii) $14 million increase in legal, tax and other fees due to higher consulting fees.
Operating income margins
Our operating income margin is defined as income from operations as a percentage of net revenues and financial income.
Our operating income margin is affected by our operating expenses structure, which mainly consists of our employees’ salaries, our sales and marketing expenses related to those activities we incurred to promote our services, provision for doubtful accounts mainly related to our loans receivable portfolio and product and technology development expenses, among other operating expenses. As we continue to grow and focus on expanding our leadership in the region, we will continue to invest in sales and marketing in order to promote our services and capture long-term business opportunities as well as the expansion of our credit portfolio, which contributes to the increase in our provision for doubtful accounts. As a result, we may experience decreases in our operating income margins.
For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same periods in 2025, our operating income margin decreased from 12.5% and 12.2% to 6.8% and 6.7%, respectively.
This decrease is mainly explained by the reduction of our free shipping threshold in Brazil, together with an increase in our shipping operating costs, our cost of net revenues and financial expenses and our provision of doubtful accounts, driven by the expansion of our credit card portfolio, as a percentage of net revenues and financial income, partially offset by a decrease in product and technology development, as a percentage of net revenues and financial income.
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Other income (expenses), net
Other income (expenses), net consists primarily of interest income derived from our investments and cash equivalents, interest expense and other financial charges related to financial liabilities not related to Mercado Pago’s operations, and foreign currency gains or losses. The following table presents Other income (expenses), net for the periods indicated:
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Other income (expenses), net | $ | (109) | $ | (166) | $ | 57 | 34.9% | $ | (77) | $ | (109) | $ | 32 | 30.0% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As a percentage of net revenues and financial income | (0.6) | % | (1.3) | % | (0.8) | % | (1.6) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2026, the decrease in other expense, net as compared to the same period in 2025 was primarily attributable to $133 million lower foreign exchange losses mainly from our Argentine subsidiaries. This was partially offset by an increase of $52 million in interest expense and other financial losses, mainly attributable to higher levels of indebtedness (mainly in Argentina and Brazil).
For the three-month period ended June 30, 2026, the decrease in other expense, net as compared to the same period in 2025 was primarily attributable to $72 million lower foreign exchange losses mainly from our Argentine subsidiaries. This was partially offset by an increase of $26 million in interest expense and other financial losses, mainly attributable to higher levels of indebtedness (mainly in Argentina and Brazil).
Income tax
We are subject to federal and state income tax in the U.S., as well as foreign taxes in the multiple jurisdictions where we operate. Our tax obligations consist of current and deferred income taxes incurred in these jurisdictions. We account for income taxes following the liability method of accounting. A valuation allowance is recorded when, based on the available evidence, it is more likely than not that all or a portion of our deferred tax assets will not be realized. Therefore, our income tax expense consists of taxes currently payable, if any, plus the change in our deferred tax assets and liabilities as a result of the estimated effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items that are accounted for in the relevant period.
The following table presents our income tax expense for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:
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| Income tax expense | $ | 302 | $ | 405 | $ | (103) | (25.4) | % | $ | 140 | $ | 193 | $ | (53) | (27.3) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As a percentage of net revenues and financial income | 1.6 | % | 3.2 | % | 1.4 | % | 2.8 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
During the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same periods in 2025, income tax expense decreased mainly as a result of higher income tax gains in Brazil in 2026 driven by the increase in deferred tax assets in that segment.
The following table summarizes our estimated effective tax rates for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:
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| 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Estimated effective tax rate | 25.5% | 28.5% | 23.2% | 27.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
Our estimated effective tax rate for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 decreased as compared to the same periods in 2025, mainly as a result of higher non-taxable gains attributable to tax benefits, along with greater tax deductions arising from permanent differences in the Brazilian segment.
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Segment information
Refer to Note 6 – Segments of our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for further information regarding the financial performance of the Company’s reporting segments for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025.
| Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | Other Countries | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions, except percentages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net revenues and financial income | $ | 10,304 | $ | 4,313 | $ | 3,537 | $ | 860 | $ | 19,014 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total segment costs | (9,365) | (3,663) | (2,307) | (731) | (16,066) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct contribution | $ | 939 | $ | 650 | $ | 1,230 | $ | 129 | $ | 2,948 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Margin | 9.1 | % | 15.0 | % | 34.8 | % | 14.9 | % | 15.5% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | Other Countries | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions, except percentages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net revenues and financial income | $ | 6,555 | $ | 2,728 | $ | 2,909 | $ | 533 | $ | 12,725 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total segment costs | (5,472) | (2,243) | (1,600) | (460) | (9,775) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct contribution | $ | 1,083 | $ | 485 | $ | 1,309 | $ | 73 | $ | 2,950 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Margin | 16.5 | % | 17.8 | % | 45.0 | % | 13.7 | % | 23.2 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Change from the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | Other Countries | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions, except percentages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net revenues and financial income | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| in U.S. Dollars | $ | 3,749 | $ | 1,585 | $ | 628 | $ | 327 | $ | 6,289 | |||||||||||||||||||
| in % | 57.2 | % | 58.1% | 21.6 | % | 60.9% | 49.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total segment costs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| in U.S. Dollars | $ | (3,893) | $ | (1,420) | $ | (707) | $ | (271) | $ | (6,291) | |||||||||||||||||||
| in % | 71.1 | % | 63.3% | 44.2 | % | 59.0% | 64.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct contribution | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| in U.S. Dollars | $ | (144) | $ | 165 | $ | (79) | $ | 56 | $ | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
| in % | (13.3) | % | 34.1% | (6.0) | % | 72.9% | (0.1)% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | Other Countries | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net revenues and financial income | $ | 5,530 | $ | 2,337 | $ | 1,839 | $ | 463 | $ | 10,169 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total segment costs | (4,980) | (2,031) | (1,216) | (398) | (8,625) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct contribution | $ | 550 | $ | 306 | $ | 623 | $ | 65 | $ | 1,544 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Margin | 10.0 | % | 13.1 | % | 33.9 | % | 13.9 | % | 15.2 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | Other Countries | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net revenues and financial income | $ | 3,473 | $ | 1,506 | $ | 1,527 | $ | 284 | $ | 6,790 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total segment costs | (2,932) | (1,238) | (866) | (256) | (5,292) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct contribution | $ | 541 | $ | 268 | $ | 661 | $ | 28 | $ | 1,498 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Margin | 15.6 | % | 17.8 | % | 43.3 | % | 9.9 | % | 22.1 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Change from the Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | Mexico | Argentina | Other Countries | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions, except percentages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net revenues and financial income | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| in U.S. Dollars | $ | 2,057 | $ | 831 | $ | 312 | $ | 179 | $ | 3,379 | |||||||||||||||||||
| in % | 59.2 | % | 55.3% | 20.4 | % | 62.5% | 49.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total segment costs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| in U.S. Dollars | $ | (2,048) | $ | (793) | $ | (350) | $ | (142) | $ | (3,333) | |||||||||||||||||||
| in % | 69.9 | % | 64.1% | 40.4 | % | 55.1% | 63.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct contribution | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| in U.S. Dollars | $ | 9 | $ | 38 | $ | (38) | $ | 37 | $ | 46 | |||||||||||||||||||
| in % | 1.5 | % | 14.3% | (5.7) | % | 130.4% | 3.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net revenues and financial income
Net revenues and financial income for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the same periods in 2025 are described above in “Item 2 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Principal trends in results of operations— Net revenues and financial income."
Segment costs
Brazil
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same period in 2025, segment costs increased mainly driven by a: i) $2,400 million increase in cost of net revenues and financial expenses, mostly attributable to an increase in shipping operating and carrier costs, cost of goods sold as a consequence of an increase in first-party sales, sales taxes, other fintech costs mainly related to higher funding costs in connection with the growth of our lending business and collection fees as a consequence of the higher transactions volume of our Mercado Pago business; ii) $873 million increase in provision for doubtful accounts mainly related to our credit cards, consumer and merchant credits product growth; and iii) $474 million increase in sales and marketing expenses mainly due to an increase in online and offline marketing expenses, buyer protection program expenses and salaries and wages.
For the three-month period ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same period in 2025, segment costs increased mainly driven by a: i) $1,306 million increase in cost of net revenues and financial expenses, mostly attributable to an increase in shipping operating and carrier costs, cost of goods sold as a consequence of an increase in first-party sales, sales taxes, collection fees as a consequence of the higher transactions volume of our Mercado Pago business and other fintech costs mainly related to higher funding costs in connection with the growth of our lending business; ii) $434 million increase in provision for doubtful accounts mainly related to our credit cards, consumer and merchant credits product growth; and iii) $226 million increase in sales and marketing expenses mainly due to an increase in online and offline marketing expenses, buyer protection program expenses and salaries and wages.
Mexico
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same period in 2025, segment costs increased mainly driven by a: i) $963 million increase in cost of net revenues and financial expenses, mostly attributable to increases in shipping operating and carrier costs, cost of goods sold as a consequence of an increase in first-party sales and collection fees due to higher Mercado Pago penetration; ii) $220 million increase in provision for doubtful accounts mainly related to our credit card, consumer and merchant product business growth; and iii) $166 million increase in sales and marketing expenses mainly due to an increase in online and offline marketing expenses, sales expenses related to strategic marketing initiatives and buyer protection program expenses.
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For the three-month period ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same period in 2025, segment costs increased mainly driven by a: i) $558 million increase in cost of net revenues and financial expenses, mostly attributable to increases in shipping operating and carrier costs, cost of goods sold as a consequence of an increase in first-party sales and collection fees due to higher Mercado Pago penetration; ii) $102 million increase in provision for doubtful accounts mainly related to our credit card, consumer and merchant product business growth; and iii) $91 million increase in sales and marketing expenses mainly due to an increase in online and offline marketing expenses, sales expenses related to strategic marketing initiatives and buyer protection program expenses.
Argentina
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same period in 2025, segment costs increased mainly driven by a: i) $464 million increase in cost of net revenues and financial expenses, mostly attributable to an increase in shipping operating and carrier costs, collection fees due to higher Mercado Pago penetration, sales taxes and cost of goods sold as a consequence of an increase in first-party sales; ii) $129 million increase in provision for doubtful accounts mainly related to our consumer product growth; and iii) $52 million increase in sales and marketing expenses mainly due to an increase in online and offline marketing expenses and sales expenses related to strategic marketing initiatives.
For the three-month period ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same period in 2025, segment costs increased mainly driven by a: i) $242 million increase in cost of net revenues and financial expenses, mostly attributable to an increase in shipping operating and carrier costs, collection fees due to higher Mercado Pago penetration, cost of goods sold as a consequence of an increase in first-party sales and sales taxes; ii) $47 million increase in provision for doubtful accounts mainly related to our consumer product growth; and iii) $24 million increase in sales and marketing expenses mainly due to an increase in online and offline marketing expenses and sales expenses related to strategic marketing initiatives.
Liquidity and capital resources
Our main cash requirement has been working capital to fund Mercado Pago financing operations and our lending business. We also require cash for capital expenditures related to technology infrastructure, software applications including AI licenses, office space, business acquisitions, to build out our logistics capacity and to make interest payments on our loans payable and other financial liabilities.
We have multiple sources to fund Mercado Pago and our lending business, mainly through the sale of credit card receivables, the securitization of credit card receivables and loans receivable through SPEs, the sale of loans receivable to financial institutions, commercial notes, loans from banks, secured lines of credit and the issuance of debt securities. Moreover, we obtain funding in Brazil by issuing deposit certificates and financial bills through our financial institution. Finally, we entered into a revolving credit agreement, which provides an $800 million credit commitment. Refer to Note 10 – Loans payable and other financial liabilities and Note 11 – Securitization transactions of our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for further detail.
We have committed to contract minimum amounts of certain services such as cloud platform and other technology services (including AI capabilities), logistics services and leases. In addition, we have unconditional purchase obligations related to capital expenditures. Please refer to Note 8 – Commitments and Contingencies of our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for further detail on purchase commitments.
We and certain financial institutions participate in a supplier finance program (“SFP”) that enables certain of our suppliers, at their own election, to request the payment of their invoices to the financial institutions earlier than the terms stated in our payment policy. See Note 2 – Summary of significant accounting policies - Supplier finance programs of our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for further detail.
As of June 30, 2026, our main source of liquidity was $5,271 million of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments, which excludes $459 million of restricted investments, and consists of cash generated from operations and proceeds from loans.
As of June 30, 2026, cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and investments of our non-U.S. subsidiaries amounted to $18,724 million, or 91.1% of our consolidated cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and investments, and our cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and investments held outside U.S. amounted to 83.6% of our consolidated cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and investments. Our non-U.S. dollar-denominated cash and investments are located primarily in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina.
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The following table presents our cash flows from operating activities, investing activities and financing activities for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:
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| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| (In millions) | |||||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in): | |||||||||||
| Operating activities | $ | 5,737 | $ | 3,948 | |||||||
| Investing activities | (4,162) | (3,067) | |||||||||
| Financing activities | 1,103 | 1,078 | |||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents | 548 | 230 | |||||||||
| Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents | $ | 3,226 | $ | 2,189 | |||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities
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| 2026 | 2025 | in Dollars | in % | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Net cash provided by: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating activities | $ | 5,737 | $ | 3,948 | $ | 1,789 | 45.4 | % | |||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities in the six-month period ended June 30, 2026 resulted mainly from an increase in adjustments to net income related to non-cash items of $2,258 million, an increase of $2,456 million in funds payable to customers, a $1,209 million increase in amounts payable due to credit and debit card transactions and an increase of $1,038 million in payables and accrued expenses, partially offset by an increase in receivables of $1,535 million. The $1,789 million increase in the net cash provided by operating activities in the six-month period ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same period in 2025, is mainly explained by the $794 million higher increase in amounts payable due to credit and debit card transactions, the higher increase in funds payable to customers of $820 million, the higher increase in payable and accrued expenses of $615 million and the increase of $518 million in the adjustments to net income related to non-cash items, partially offset by the $478 million increase in receivables.
Net cash used in investing activities
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Change from 2025 to 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | in Dollars | in % | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Net cash used in: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investing activities | $ | (4,162) | $ | (3,067) | $ | (1,095) | 35.7 | % | |||||||||||||||
Net cash used in investing activities in the six-month period ended June 30, 2026 resulted mainly from the use of $4,069 million related to changes in loans receivable due to loans granted under our lending solution net of collections and $712 million in the investments of property and equipment (mainly related to our shipping network and information technology assets) and intangibles assets, partially offset by $704 million related to the net sale and maturity of investments. The $1,095 million increase in net cash used in investing activities in the six-month period ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same period in 2025, is mainly explained by the $1,213 million higher increase in our loans receivable due to loans granted under our lending solution net of collections, partially offset by $350 million variation in cash flows from net sales or maturity of investments.
Net cash provided by financing activities
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| Financing activities | $ | 1,103 | $ | 1,078 | $ | 25 | 2.3 | % | |||||||||||||||
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For the six-month period ended June 30, 2026, our net cash provided by financing activities resulted from $1,136 million provided by net loans payables and other financing liabilities, partially offset by $32 million used for the payments of finance lease obligations. The $25 million increase in net cash provided by financing activities in the six-month period ended June 30, 2026, as compared to the same period in 2025, is mainly explained by the increase of $32 million of the cash provided by net loans payables and other financing liabilities.
Debt
Debt Securities Guaranteed by Subsidiaries
On January 14, 2021, we issued $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2.375% Sustainability Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Sustainability Notes”) and $700 million aggregate principal amount of 3.125% Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”). On December 9, 2025, we issued $750 million aggregate principal amount of 4.900% Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes” and together with the 2031 Notes, the "Notes”). The 2026 Sustainability Notes matured on January 14, 2026; the total outstanding principal and interest, totaling $367 million, was fully repaid that month. The 2031 Notes mature on January 14, 2031, with interest payments scheduled semi-annually every January 14 and July 14. The 2033 Notes mature on January 15, 2033, with interest payments scheduled semi-annually every January 15 and July 15, commencing July 15, 2026.
The payment of principal, premium, if any, interest, and all other amounts in respect of the Notes, is fully and unconditionally guaranteed (the “Subsidiary Guarantees”), jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis, by MercadoLibre S.R.L., Mercado Livre Brasil Ltda. (known as eBazar.com.br Ltda. until July 1, 2026 when it changed its corporate name), DeRemate.com de México, S. de R.L. de C.V., MPFS, S. de R.L. de C.V., MP Agregador, S. de R.L. de C.V., MercadoLibre Chile Ltda., and MercadoLibre Colombia Ltda. (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”).
The Notes rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s other existing and future senior unsecured debt obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantee will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Subsidiary Guarantor’s other existing and future senior unsecured debt obligations, except for statutory priorities under applicable local law.
Under the indenture governing the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor will terminate upon: (i) the sale, exchange, disposition or other transfer (including by way of consolidation or merger) of the Subsidiary Guarantor or the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Subsidiary Guarantor (other than to the Company or a Subsidiary) otherwise permitted by the indenture, (ii) satisfaction of the requirements for legal or covenant defeasance or discharge of the Notes, (iii) the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Subsidiary Guarantor of the Triggering Indebtedness (as defined in the applicable indenture) or the repayment of the Triggering Indebtedness, in each case, that resulted in the obligation of such Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, provided that in no event shall the Subsidiary Guarantee of an initial subsidiary guarantor terminate pursuant to this provision, or (iv) such Subsidiary Guarantor becoming an Excluded Subsidiary (as defined in the applicable indenture) or ceasing to be a Subsidiary.
We may, at our option, redeem or purchase the 2031 Notes, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time prior to October 14, 2030 (the date that is three months prior to the maturity of the 2031 Notes), and the 2033 Notes, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time prior to November 15, 2032 (two months prior to their maturity date of the 2033 Notes), in each case, by paying 100% of the principal amount of such Notes so redeemed plus the applicable “make-whole” amount and accrued and unpaid interest and additional amounts, if any. We may, at our option, redeem the 2031 Notes on October 14, 2030 or at any time thereafter and the 2033 Notes on November 15, 2032 or at any time thereafter, in each case at the redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of such Notes so redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional amounts, if any. If we experience certain change of control triggering events, we may be required to offer to purchase the Notes at 101% of their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon through the purchase date.
During the six and three-month period ended June 30, 2026, we did not repurchase any Notes or any 2026 Sustainability Notes. During the three-month period ended June 30, 2025, we repurchased $13 million in principal amount of the outstanding 2031 Notes. The total amount paid amounted to $12 million. See Note 10. Loans payable and other financial liabilities our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for further detail.
We are presenting the following summarized financial information for the issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Mercado Pago Instituição de Pagamento Ltda., which was a guarantor of the Notes up to April 28, 2026 (together, the “Obligor Group”) pursuant to Rule 13-01 of Regulation S-X, Guarantors and Issuers of Guaranteed Securities Registered or Being Registered. For purposes of the following summarized financial information, transactions between the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, presented on a combined basis, have been eliminated. Financial information for the non-guarantor subsidiaries, and any investment in a non-guarantor subsidiary by the Company or by any Subsidiary Guarantor, have been excluded. Amounts due from, due to and transactions with the non-guarantor subsidiaries and other related parties, as applicable, have been separately presented in footnotes.
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Summarized balance sheet information for the Obligor Group as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 is provided in the table below:
| June 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
| (In millions) | |||||||||||
Current assets (1) (2) | $ | 7,990 | $ | 24,254 | |||||||
Non-current assets (3) | 7,453 | 6,939 | |||||||||
Current liabilities (4) | 9,560 | 23,971 | |||||||||
| Non-current liabilities | 4,176 | 4,076 | |||||||||
(1) Includes restricted cash and cash equivalents of $360 million and $8,259 million as of June 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, respectively, and guarantees in short-term investments of $860 million as of December 31, 2025.
(2) Includes Current assets with non-guarantor subsidiaries of $2,078 million and $1,439 million as of June 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, respectively.
(3) Includes Non-current assets with non-guarantor subsidiaries of $296 million and $289 million as of June 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, respectively.
(4) Includes Current liabilities with non-guarantor subsidiaries of $710 million and $2,417 million as of June 30, 2026, and December 31, 2025, respectively.
Summarized statement of income information for the Obligor Group for the six-month period ended June 30, 2026, is provided in the table below:
| June 30, 2026 | ||||||||
| (In millions) | ||||||||
Net revenues and financial income (1) | $ | 14,264 | ||||||
Gross profit (2) | 4,213 | |||||||
Income from operations (3) | 343 | |||||||
Net income (4) | 633 | |||||||
(1) Includes net revenues and financial income from transactions with non-guarantor subsidiaries of $658 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2026.
(2) Includes charges from transactions with non-guarantor subsidiaries of $1,205 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2026.
(3) In addition to the charges included in Gross profit, Income from operations includes charges from transactions with non-guarantor subsidiaries of $551 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2026.
(4) Includes other income/(expense), net from transactions with non-guarantor subsidiaries of $33 million gain for the six-month period ended June 30, 2026. Additionally, includes dividends received by the issuer from non-guarantor subsidiaries, that relates to guarantor subsidiaries results.
Capital expenditures
Our capital expenditures comprised of our investments in property and equipment (such as certain assets used in our fulfillment centers and offices) and intangible assets (excluding digital assets) for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 amounted to $712 million and $543 million, respectively.
During the six-month period ended June 30, 2026, we invested $209 million in information and technology assets in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, and $454 million in shipping premises, offices and other assets in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina.
We are continually increasing our level of investment in hardware and software licenses necessary to improve and update our platform’s technology and computer software developed internally. We anticipate continued investments in capital expenditures related to information technology and logistics network capacity in the future as we strive to maintain our position in the Latin American e-commerce and fintech market.
We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, including the sale of credit card receivables, short-term investments and cash generated from operations, will be sufficient to fund our operating activities, property and equipment expenditures and to pay or repay obligations in the foreseeable future.
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Other data
The following table includes eight key performance indicators, which are calculated as defined in the footnotes to the table. We continuously assess the adequacy of our key performance indicators based on the growth and ever changing nature of our business. Each of these indicators provides a different measure of the level of activity on our ecosystem, which we use to monitor the performance of the business.
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
(In millions, except percentages) (1) | (In millions, except percentages) (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Fintech monthly active users (2) | 88 | 68 | 88 | 68 | |||||||||||||||||||
Unique active buyers (3) | 117 | 90 | 89 | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||
Gross merchandise volume (4) | $ | 40,877 | $ | 28,588 | $ | 21,926 | $ | 15,258 | |||||||||||||||
Number of items sold (5) | 1,517 | 1,042 | 795 | 550 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total payment volume (6) | $ | 188,138 | $ | 122,905 | $ | 100,952 | $ | 64,602 | |||||||||||||||
Acquiring total payments volume (7) | $ | 120,072 | $ | 84,682 | $ | 64,079 | $ | 44,365 | |||||||||||||||
Total payment transactions (8) | 9,821 | 6,951 | 5,181 | 3,607 | |||||||||||||||||||
NIMAL (9) | 19.4 | % | 22.8 | % | 20.7 | % | 23.0 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Capital expenditures | $ | 712 | $ | 543 | $ | 441 | $ | 287 | |||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | $ | 538 | $ | 371 | $ | 292 | $ | 199 | |||||||||||||||
(1) Growth calculations based on this table may not total due to rounding.
(2) Fintech monthly active users is defined as Fintech payers and/or collectors that, during the last month of the reporting period, performed at least one of the following actions during such month: 1) made a debit or credit card payment, 2) made a QR code payment, 3) made an off-platform online payment using our checkout or link of payment solutions while logged in to our Mercado Pago fintech platform, 4) made an investment or employed any of our savings solutions, 5) has an active insurance policy, 6) has an outstanding loan up to date or non performing below 90 days, or 7) received the payment from a sale or transaction either on or off marketplace.
(3) Unique active buyers is defined as users that have performed at least one purchase on the Mercado Libre Marketplace during the reported period. From the second quarter of 2025 onwards, we have included food delivery transactions in the current indicator.
(4) Total U.S. dollar sum of all transactions completed through the Mercado Libre Marketplace, excluding Classifieds transactions. From the second quarter of 2025 onwards, we have included food delivery transactions in the current indicator.
(5) Number of items that were sold/purchased through the Mercado Libre Marketplace, excluding Classifieds items. From the second quarter of 2025 onwards, we have included food delivery transactions in the current indicator.
(6) Total U.S. dollar sum of all transactions paid for using Mercado Pago, including marketplace and non-marketplace transactions, excluding peer-to-peer transactions.
(7) Total U.S. dollar sum of all transactions settled using our Mercado Pago and Mercado Pago's payment processing and settling services in marketplace and non-marketplace transactions and consist of the following transactions volume: 1) point of sale payment volume, 2) commerce payment volume through our Mercado Libre Marketplace, 3) online payment volume through our checkout or link payment solution for merchants, and 4) QR code payment volume.
(8) Number of all transactions paid for using Mercado Pago, excluding peer-to-peer transactions.
(9) Net interest margins after losses (“NIMAL”) represents the annualized ratio between the total credits revenues (excluding the results of sale of loans receivables) less funding costs and provision for doubtful accounts for the period (excluding the results of sale of loans receivables) and total average gross loans receivable for the period. Management uses NIMAL to monitor how effective our pricing is and managing the credit products relative to their risk and setting targets. Accordingly, Management is of the opinion that NIMAL provides useful information to investors and others related to our risk appetite through the different periods and shows how we effectively prices risk.
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Non-GAAP Measures of Financial Performance
To supplement our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we present earnings before interest income and other financial gains, net, interest expense and other financial losses, foreign currency gains (losses), net, income tax expense and depreciation and amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”), net debt, foreign exchange (“FX”) neutral measures, adjusted free cash flow and net (decrease) increase in available cash, investments and digital assets as non-GAAP measures. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures can be found in the tables below.
These non-GAAP measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. Non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with our results of operations as determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures should only be used to evaluate our results of operations in conjunction with the most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures.
We believe that reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure provides investors an overall understanding of our current financial performance and its prospects for the future.
Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents our net income, adjusted to eliminate the effect of depreciation and amortization charges, interest income and other financial gains, net, interest expense and other financial losses, foreign currency losses, net and income tax expense. We have included this non-GAAP financial measure because it is used by our Management to evaluate our operating performance and trends, make strategic decisions and the calculation of leverage ratios. Accordingly, we believe this measure provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our Management. In addition, it provides a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our business, as it removes the effect of certain items.
The following table presents a reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA for the periods indicated:
| Six Months Ended June 30, | Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions) | (In millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 883 | $ | 1,017 | $ | 466 | $ | 523 | |||||||||||||||
| Adjustments: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 538 | 371 | 292 | 199 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income and other financial gains, net | (57) | (81) | (30) | (44) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense and other financial losses | 127 | 75 | 62 | 36 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency losses, net | 39 | 172 | 45 | 117 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense | 302 | 405 | 140 | 193 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 1,832 | $ | 1,959 | $ | 975 | $ | 1,024 | |||||||||||||||
Net debt
We define net debt as total debt which includes current and non-current loans payable and other financial liabilities and current and non-current operating lease liabilities, less cash and cash equivalents (excluding cash and cash equivalents restricted due to management restriction policies), short-term investments and long-term investments, excluding time deposits, foreign debt securities and foreign government debt securities restricted and held in guarantee, securitization transactions and equity securities held at cost. We have included this non-GAAP financial measure because it is used by our Management to analyze our current leverage ratios and set targets to be met, which will also impact other components of the Company’s balance sheet, cash flows and income statement. Accordingly, we believe this measure provides useful information to investors and other market participants in showing the evolution of the Company’s indebtedness and its capability of repayment as a means to, alongside other measures, monitor our leverage based on widely-used measures.
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The following table presents a reconciliation of net debt for each of the periods indicated:
| June 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | ||||||||||
| (In millions) | |||||||||||
| Current Loans payable and other financial liabilities | $ | 6,482 | $ | 4,623 | |||||||
| Non-current Loans payable and other financial liabilities | 4,144 | 4,570 | |||||||||
| Current Operating lease liabilities | 513 | 430 | |||||||||
| Non-current Operating lease liabilities | 2,037 | 1,769 | |||||||||
| Total debt | 13,176 | 11,392 | |||||||||
| Less: | |||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents (1) | 3,494 | 3,410 | |||||||||
Short-term investments (2) | 1,622 | 1,614 | |||||||||
Long-term investments (3) | 1,635 | 1,686 | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents(1), short-term investments(2) and long-term investments(3) | 6,751 | 6,710 | |||||||||
| Net debt | $ | 6,425 | $ | 4,682 | |||||||
(1) Includes cash and cash equivalents (excluding cash and cash equivalents restricted due to management restriction policies).
(2) Excludes time deposits, foreign debt securities and foreign government debt securities restricted and held in guarantee.
(3) Excludes foreign government debt securities restricted and held in guarantee, investments held in VIEs as a consequence of securitization transactions and equity securities held at cost.
FX neutral
We believe that FX neutral measures provide useful information to both Management and investors by excluding the foreign currency exchange rate impact that may not be indicative of our core operating results and business outlook.
The FX neutral measures were calculated by using the average monthly exchange rates for each month during 2025 and applying them to the corresponding months in 2026, so as to calculate what our results would have been had exchange rates remained stable from one year to the next. The table below excludes intercompany allocation FX effects. Finally, these measures do not include any other macroeconomic effect such as local currency inflation effects, the impact on impairment calculations or any price adjustment to compensate local currency inflation or devaluations.
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The following table sets forth the FX neutral measures related to our reported results of the operations for the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026:
| Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As reported | Percentage Change | FX Neutral Measures | As reported | Percentage Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions, except percentages) | (In millions, except percentages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net revenues and financial income | $ | 19,014 | $ | 12,725 | 49.4 | % | $ | 18,338 | $ | 12,725 | 44.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of net revenues and financial expenses | (10,993) | (6,860) | 60.3 | % | (10,483) | (6,860) | 52.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 8,021 | 5,865 | 36.7 | % | 7,855 | 5,865 | 33.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | (6,727) | (4,277) | 57.3 | % | (6,484) | (4,277) | 51.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income from operations | $ | 1,294 | $ | 1,588 | (18.6) | % | $ | 1,371 | $ | 1,588 | (13.7) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As reported | Percentage Change | FX Neutral Measures | As reported | Percentage Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (In millions, except percentages) | (In millions, except percentages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net revenues and financial income | $ | 10,169 | $ | 6,790 | 49.8 | % | $ | 9,701 | $ | 6,790 | 42.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of net revenues and financial expenses | (6,010) | (3,696) | 62.6 | % | (5,684) | (3,696) | 53.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 4,159 | 3,094 | 34.4 | % | 4,017 | 3,094 | 29.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | (3,476) | (2,269) | 53.2 | % | (3,316) | (2,269) | 46.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income from operations | $ | 683 | $ | 825 | (17.3) | % | $ | 701 | $ | 825 | (15.0) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See Note 2 – Summary of significant accounting policies - Foreign currency translation - Argentine currency status and macroeconomic outlook and Argentine exchange regulations of our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for further detail on the currency status and the exchange regulations of our Argentine segment.
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Adjusted free cash flow and Net (decrease) increase in available cash, investments and digital assets
Adjusted free cash flow
Adjusted free cash flow represents cash from operating activities less the increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and investments related to customer funds due to regulatory requirements and other restrictions and equity securities held at cost, investments in property and equipment and intangible assets, changes in loans receivable, net and net proceeds from/payments on loans payable and other financial liabilities related to our Fintech solutions, since we consider those liabilities as the working capital of the Fintech activities. From the second quarter of 2025 onwards, we have also included increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and investments restricted due to management restriction policies and digital assets as an adjustment in the calculation of our adjusted free cash flow. We consider adjusted free cash flow to be a measure of liquidity generation that provides useful information to management and investors since it shows how much cash the Company generates with its core activities that can be used for discretionary purposes and to repay its corporate and/or commerce debt. A limitation of the utility of adjusted free cash flow as a measure of liquidity generation is that it is a partial representation of the total increase or decrease in our available cash, investments and digital assets balance for the period. Therefore, we believe it is important to view the adjusted free cash flow measure only as a complement to our entire consolidated statements of cash flows.
Net (decrease) increase in available cash, investments and digital assets
Net (decrease) increase in available cash, investments and digital assets (from the second quarter of 2025 onwards, our available funds include digital asset holdings) represents adjusted free cash flow less net proceeds from/payments on loans payable and other financial liabilities, related to our Commerce and corporate activities, payments of finance lease obligations, other investing and/or financing activities not considered above and the effect of exchange rates changes on available cash and investments. We consider Net (decrease) increase in available cash, investments and digital assets to be a measure of liquidity availability that provides useful information to management and investors after netting out all other debt and corporate payments and activities from the adjusted free cash flow.
The following table shows a reconciliation of Net cash provided by operating activities to Adjusted free cash flow and Net (decrease) increase in available cash, investments and digital assets:
| Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| (In millions) | |||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities ("CFO") | $ | 5,737 | $ | 3,948 | |||||||
Adjustments to reconcile CFO to Adjusted free cash flow (1) | 7 | 109 | |||||||||
| Increase in cash and cash equivalents and investments related to customer funds due to regulatory requirements and other restrictions (including management restriction policies) and equity securities held at cost | (2,023) | (1,416) | |||||||||
| Investments in property and equipment and intangible assets | (712) | (543) | |||||||||
| Changes in loans receivable, net | (4,069) | (2,856) | |||||||||
| Proceeds from loans payable and other financial liabilities related to our Fintech solutions, net | 1,218 | 1,270 | |||||||||
| Adjusted free cash flow | 158 | 512 | |||||||||
| Payments on loans payable and other financial liabilities, related to our Commerce and Corporate activities, net | (199) | (192) | |||||||||
| Other investing and/or financing activities | (1) | (6) | |||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on available cash and investments | 83 | 232 | |||||||||
| Net increase in available cash, investments and digital assets | $ | 41 | $ | 546 | |||||||
Available cash, investments and digital assets (2), at the beginning of the period | 6,710 | 4,603 | |||||||||
Available cash, investments and digital assets (2), at the end of the period | 6,751 | 5,149 | |||||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (4,162) | (3,067) | |||||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 1,103 | 1,078 | |||||||||
(1) Includes accrued interest and financial income net of interest received from available and restricted investments, and results on digital assets.
(2) Includes cash and cash equivalents (excluding cash and cash equivalents restricted due to management restriction policies), short-term investments (excluding time deposits, foreign debt securities and foreign government debt securities restricted and held in guarantee) and long-term investments (excluding foreign government debt securities restricted and held in guarantee, investments held in VIEs as a consequence of securitization transactions and equity securities held at cost) and digital assets.
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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are exposed to market risks arising from our business operations. These market risks arise mainly from macroeconomic instability and the possibility that changes in interest rates and the U.S. dollar exchange rate with local currencies, particularly the Brazilian Real, Mexican Peso and Argentine Peso due to Brazil’s, Mexico’s and Argentina’s respective share of our revenues, may affect the value of our financial assets and liabilities.
We are also exposed to market risks arising from our LTRPs. These market risks arise from our obligations to pay employees cash payments in amounts that vary based on the market price of our stock.
Foreign currencies
We have significant operations internationally that are denominated in foreign currencies, primarily the Brazilian Real, Mexican Peso, Argentine Peso, Colombian Peso and Chilean Peso, subjecting us to foreign currency risk, which may adversely impact our financial results. We transact business in various foreign currencies and have significant international revenues and costs. In addition, we charge our international subsidiaries for their use of intellectual property and technology and for certain corporate services. Our cash flows, results of operations and certain of our intercompany balances that are exposed to foreign exchange rate fluctuations may differ materially from expectations and we may record significant gains or losses due to foreign currency fluctuations and related hedging activities.
We use foreign currency exchange forward contracts and cross currency swaps to protect our foreign currency exposure from changes in foreign currency exchange rates. These hedging contracts reduce, but do not entirely eliminate, the impact of foreign currency exchange rate movements. We designate these contracts as cash flow and fair value hedges for accounting purposes. The derivatives’ gain or loss for cash flow hedges is initially reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss. Cash flow hedges are subsequently reclassified into the consolidated statements of income in the financial statement line items in which the hedged item is recorded in the same period the forecasted transaction affects earnings. The derivatives’ gain or loss for fair value hedges is reported in our consolidated statements of income in the same line items as the change in the value of the hedged item due to the hedged risks.
As of June 30, 2026, we hold cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, short and long-term investments in local currencies in our subsidiaries, and have receivables denominated in local currencies in all of our operations. Our subsidiaries generate revenues and incur most of their expenses in the respective local currencies of the countries in which they operate. As a result, our subsidiaries use their local currency as their functional currency except for our Argentine subsidiaries, whose functional currency is the U.S. dollar due to the inflationary environment. As of June 30, 2026, the total cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents denominated in foreign currencies totaled $15,813 million, short-term investments denominated in foreign currencies totaled $585 million, long-term investments denominated in foreign currencies totaled $637 million and accounts receivable, credit card receivables and other means of payments and loans receivable in foreign currencies totaled $20,933 million. To manage exchange rate risk, our treasury policy is to transfer most cash and cash equivalents in excess of working capital requirements into U.S. dollar-denominated accounts in the United States and to enter into certain foreign exchange derivatives, such as currency forwards contracts and cross currency swaps, in order to mitigate our exposure to foreign exchange risk. As of June 30, 2026, our U.S. dollar-denominated cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $2,446 million and our U.S. dollar-denominated long-term investments totaled $1,078 million.
For the six and three-month periods ended June 30, 2026, we had a consolidated loss on foreign currency of $39 million and $45 million, respectively. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Results of operations— Other income (expenses), net” for more information.
Foreign currency sensitivity analysis
The table below shows the impact on our net revenues and financial income, cost of net revenues and financial expenses, operating expenses, other income (expenses), net, income tax, net income and equity for a positive and a negative 10% fluctuation on all the foreign currencies to which we are exposed to at the moment of translating our financial statements to U.S. dollars for the six-month period ended June 30, 2026:
(10)% (1) | Actual | 10% (2) | |||||||||||||||
| (In millions) | |||||||||||||||||
| Net revenues and financial income | $ | 21,123 | $ | 19,014 | $ | 17,289 | |||||||||||
Expenses (3) | (19,597) | (17,720) | (16,185) | ||||||||||||||
| Income from operations | 1,526 | 1,294 | 1,104 | ||||||||||||||
Other income (expenses), net and income tax expense | (441) | (411) | (386) | ||||||||||||||
| Net Income | $ | 1,085 | $ | 883 | $ | 718 | |||||||||||
| Total Shareholders’ Equity | $ | 8,760 | $ | 7,834 | $ | 7,066 | |||||||||||
(1) Appreciation of the subsidiaries’ local currency against U.S. Dollar.
(2) Depreciation of the subsidiaries’ local currency against U.S. Dollar.
(3) Includes cost of net revenues and financial expenses and operating expenses.
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The table above shows an increase in our net income when the U.S. dollar weakens against foreign currencies because of the positive impact of the increase in income from operations. On the other hand, the table above shows a decrease in our net income when the U.S. dollar strengthens against foreign currencies because of the negative impact of the decrease in income from operations.
Brazilian segment
Considering a hypothetical increase (depreciation) of 10% of the Brazilian Real exchange rate against the U.S. dollar on June 30, 2026, the reported local currency net assets in our Brazilian subsidiaries would have decreased by approximately $444 million with the related impact in Other Comprehensive Income. Additionally, we would have recorded a foreign currency gain amounting to approximately $9 million in our Brazilian subsidiaries regarding our non-functional currency net asset position, exposed to exchange rate effects.
Mexican segment
Considering a hypothetical increase (depreciation) of 10% of the Mexican Peso exchange rate against the U.S. dollar on June 30, 2026, the reported local currency net assets in our Mexican subsidiaries would have decreased by approximately $303 million with the related impact in Other Comprehensive Income. Additionally, we would have recorded a foreign currency loss amounting to approximately $82 million in our Mexican subsidiaries regarding our non-functional currency net liability position.
Argentine segment
In accordance with U.S. GAAP, we have classified our Argentine operations as highly inflationary since July 1, 2018, using the U.S. dollar as the functional currency for purposes of reporting our financial statements. Therefore, no translation effect has been accounted for in other comprehensive income related to our Argentine operations since July 1, 2018. Argentina’s inflation rate for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 was 16.8% and 15.1%, respectively.
We use Argentina’s official exchange rate to account for transactions in our Argentine segment, which as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 was 1,482.00 and 1,455.00 Argentine Pesos, respectively, against the U.S. dollar. During the six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 Argentina’s official exchange rate against the U.S. dollar increased 1.9% and 16.8%, respectively. The average exchange rate for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 was 1,414.0 and 1,104.0, respectively, resulting in an increase of 28.1%.
Considering a hypothetical increase (depreciation) of 10% of the Argentine Peso exchange rate against the U.S. dollar on June 30, 2026, the effect on non-functional currency net asset position in our Argentine subsidiaries would have been a foreign exchange loss amounting to approximately $63 million in our Argentine subsidiaries.
See Note 2 – Summary of significant accounting policies - Foreign currency translation - Argentine currency status and Argentine exchange regulations” of our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for further detail on the currency status and the exchange regulations of our Argentine segment.
Interest
Our earnings and cash flows are also affected by changes in interest rates. These changes could have an impact on the interest rates that financial institutions charge us prior to the time we sell our credit card receivables and on the financial debt that we use to fund Mercado Pago and our lending operations as well as expanding our logistic capacity. As of June 30, 2026, Credit card receivables and other means of payments, net totaled $8,519 million. Interest rate fluctuations could also impact interest earned through our lending solution. As of June 30, 2026, loans receivable net of the allowance for doubtful accounts from our lending solution totaled $11,996 million. We use future contracts to hedge the interest rate exposure of our asset-backed loan portfolio originated in Brazil for $507 million of notional amount.
Interest rate fluctuations could also negatively affect certain of our fixed rate and floating rate investments comprised primarily of time deposits, money market funds and sovereign debt securities. Investments in both fixed rate and floating rate interest earning products carry a degree of interest rate risk. Fixed rate securities may have their fair value adversely impacted due to a rise in interest rates, while floating rate securities may produce less income than predicted if interest rates fall. As of June 30, 2026, our short-term investments amounted to $2,081 million and our long-term investments amounted to $1,715 million. Our short-term investments can be readily converted at any time into cash or into securities with a shorter remaining time to maturity. We determine the appropriate classification of our investments at the time of purchase and re-evaluate such designations as of each balance sheet date. See Note 3 – Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents and investments of our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for further detail on our restricted investments.
Fluctuations of the interest rate could also have a negative impact on interest expense related to our Loans payable and other financial liabilities, as a portion of these instruments is subject to variable interest rates. As of June 30, 2026, our Loans payable and other financial liabilities which accrue interest based on variable rates amounted to $7,622 million, while our Loans payable and other financial liabilities, which accrue interest based on fixed rates, amounted to $3,004 million. See Note 10 – Loans payable and other financial liabilities and Note 11 – Securitization transactions of our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for further detail. We have entered into swap contracts to hedge the interest rate fluctuation on part of our Loans payable and other financial liabilities for a total of $626 million notional amount, $503 million of which have been designated as hedging instruments in fair value hedges. See Note 13 – Derivative instruments of our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for further detail on derivative instruments. Considering a hypothetical increase of 100 basis points in the interest rates, the reported charge to the interim condensed consolidated statements of income for the six-month period ended June 30, 2026 would have increased by approximately $39 million with an impact of $35 million in Cost of net revenues and financial expenses and $4 million in Interest expense and other financial losses.
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Equity price risk
Our board of directors, upon the recommendation of the compensation committee, approved the 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 Long Term Retention Programs (the “2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 LTRPs,” respectively), under which certain eligible employees have the opportunity to receive cash payments annually for a period of up to six years. In order to receive the full target award under the 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and/or 2026 LTRPs, each eligible employee must remain employed as of each applicable payment date. The 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 LTRP awards are generally payable as follows:
■the eligible employee will receive 16.66% of half of his or her target 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and/or 2026 LTRP bonus once a year for a period of six years, with the first payment occurring no later than April 30, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027, respectively (the “2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 or 2026 Annual Fixed Payment,” respectively); and
■on each date we pay the respective Annual Fixed Payment to an eligible employee, he or she will also receive a payment (the “2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 or 2026 Variable Payment”) equal to the product of (i) 16.66% of half of the target 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and/or 2026 LTRP bonus and (ii) the quotient of (a) divided by (b), where (a), the numerator, equals the Applicable Year Stock Price (as defined below) and (b), the denominator, equals the average closing price of our common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market during the final 60 trading days of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 defined as $1,431.26, $1,391.81, $888.69, $1,426.11, $1,944.47 and $2,094.65 for the 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 LTRPs, respectively. The “Applicable Year Stock Price” shall equal the average closing price of our common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market during the final 60 trading days of the year preceding the applicable payment date.
As of June 30, 2026, the total contractual obligation fair value of our outstanding LTRP Variable Payment obligation subject to equity price risk amounted to $642 million. As of June 30, 2026, the accrued liability related to the outstanding Variable Payment of the LTRP included in Salaries and social security payable in our consolidated balance sheet amounted to $75 million. The following table shows a sensitivity analysis of the risk associated with our total contractual obligation fair value related to the outstanding LTRP Variable Award Payment subject to equity price risk if our common stock price per share were to increase or decrease by up to 40%:
| Change in equity price in percentage | As of June 30, 2026 | ||||||||||
| MercadoLibre, Inc Equity Price | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 LTRP Variable contractual obligation | ||||||||||
| (In millions, except equity price) | |||||||||||
| 40% | 2,388.82 | 899 | |||||||||
| 30% | 2,218.19 | 834 | |||||||||
| 20% | 2,047.56 | 770 | |||||||||
| 10% | 1,876.93 | 706 | |||||||||
Static (1) | 1,706.30 | 642 | |||||||||
| (10)% | 1,535.67 | 578 | |||||||||
| (20)% | 1,365.04 | 513 | |||||||||
| (30)% | 1,194.41 | 449 | |||||||||
| (40)% | 1,023.78 | 385 | |||||||||
(1) Present value of average closing stock price for the last 60 trading days of the year preceding the applicable payment date.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our Management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) required by Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b), our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the three-month period ended June 30, 2026, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
See Item 1 of Part I, “Financial Statements — Note 8 – Commitments and Contingencies — Litigation and Other Legal Matters.”
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
As of June 30, 2026, there have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in the Company’s 2025 10-K.
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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (1) | Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program (in millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| April, 2026 | — | — | — | Up to $2.98 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| May, 2026 | — | — | — | Up to $2.98 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| June, 2026 | 662 | 1,584.67 | 662 | Up to $1.93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) As announced on August 1, 2025, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $4.05 million in Company stock at any time and from time to time through open-market repurchases, derivatives and trading plans, including pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan. During the second quarter of 2026, we repurchased 662 shares for $1 million, excluding any broker commissions, under a 10b5-1 trading plan. The 10b5-1 plan pursuant to which such shares were repurchased will expire pursuant to its terms on June 30, 2027 which is also the expiration date of the share repurchase program described above.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans
During the three-month period ended June 30, 2026, none of the Company’s directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act) adopted or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of Company securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement”
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
The information set forth under “Exhibits Index” below is incorporated herein by reference.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit Number | Exhibit Description | Filed (*) or Furnished (**) Herewith | Incorporated by Reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Form | Filing Date | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.1 | Registrant’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. | S-1 | May 11, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.2 | Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws. | S-1 | May 11, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22.1 | List of Subsidiary Guarantors for the Registrant’s 3.125% Notes due 2031 and 4.900% Notes due 2033. | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 101 | The following financial statements from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, formatted in Inline XBRL: (i) Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Interim Condensed Statements of Equity, (v) Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) Notes to Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 104 | The cover page from the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2026, formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101. | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| MERCADOLIBRE, INC. | ||||||||
| Registrant | ||||||||
Date: August 5, 2026. | By: | /s/ Ariel Szarfsztejn | ||||||
Ariel Szarfsztejn | ||||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Martín de los Santos | |||||||
Martín de los Santos | ||||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
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