MercadoLibre, Inc. Q1 FY2021 Earnings Call

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MercadoLibre Q1 2021 Earnings Summary

  • Revenue: Net revenues grew to $1.4 billion, up 111% YoY in USD and 158% FX-neutral. Argentina led with over 200% FX-neutral growth; Mexico grew nearly 150%; Brazil at 139%.
  • Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV): GMV grew 114% YoY FX-neutral. Brazil doubled items sold and nearly doubled GMV vs. Q1 2020; Mexico and Chile also contributed significantly to growth.
  • E-commerce Highlights:
    • Strong growth in items sold with high engagement (transactions per buyer).
    • Active listings reached nearly 300 million, boosted by nearly 1 million active sellers and 200,000 new sellers onboarded this quarter.
    • 20% of marketplace sales now come from Official Stores, up 7 ppts YoY.
    • Focused on expanding Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG); >50% of CPG shipped from MELI fulfillment centers in Brazil.
    • First party (1P) sales were $150M approx.; still under scale with margin improvements planned.
  • Logistics (Mercado Envios):
    • Managed network penetration reached 80% overall: Argentina (87%), Brazil (83%), Mexico (79%).
    • Fulfillment penetration: 32% overall; Mexico leads at 60%. Shipped 208+ million items, +130% YoY.

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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by and welcome to MercadoLibre's First Quarter 2021 Earnings Call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] It is now my pleasure to introduce Investor Relations Officer, Lissa Schreurs. Lissa Schreurs: Hello everyone, and welcome to the MercadoLibre earnings conference call for the quarter ended March 31, 2021. I am Lissa Schreurs, Investor Relations Officer for MercadoLibre. Our Chief Financial Officer, Pedro Arnt, will be leading today’s prepared remarks. Joining him on the line is Chief Executive Officer of MercadoPago, Osvaldo Giménez, who will be available during today’s Q&A session. I remind you that management may make forward-looking statements relating to such matters as continued growth prospects for the company, industry trends and product and technology initiatives. 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 these forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those included in this conference call, for a variety of reasons, including those described in the forward-looking statements and risk fa

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