MercadoLibre, Inc. Q3 FY2022 Earnings Call

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Q3 2022 Mercado Libre Earnings Summary

  • Revenue & Profitability: Operating margin expanded by over 500bps to 11%, resulting in $296 million in quarterly profit. This was driven by scale efficiencies and disciplined cost management.
  • GMV Growth: Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) grew 32% YoY on an FX-neutral basis, reflecting strong demand despite macroeconomic challenges and physical retail reopening.
  • Logistics: Mercado Envios' penetration increased to 92%, a 5pp increase from the prior year. Fulfillment adoption improved in Brazil and Chile (+3pp each), and Mexico maintained over two-thirds penetration.
  • Advertising: Ads reached 1.3% of GMV, showing steady progress. EBIT margins are in the high 70s to low 80s. Most revenue still comes from product ads. Tool enhancements and better analytics rolled out late Q3.
  • Fintech Performance: Mercado Pago exceeded 40M unique Fintech users. Off-platform TPV reached $23B, up 122% YoY. Digital banking solutions (e.g., QR codes, MPOS) contributed significantly.
  • Credico (Credit Business): Credit portfolio reached $2.8B. Margins expanded with annualized IMAL spreads nearing 37%. Early NPLs were stable QoQ. The company is prioritizing risk management over growth.

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Richard Cathcart: Hello everyone, and welcome to the Mercado Libre earnings conference call for the quarter ended September 30, 2022. Thank you for joining us. I am Richard Cathcart, Investor Relations Officer for Mercado Libre. Today we will share our quarterly highlights on video, after which we will begin our live Q&A session with our Chief Financial Officer, Pedro Arnt and Chief Executive Officer of MercadoPago, Osvaldo Gimenez. Before we go on to discuss our results of the third quarter of 2022, 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 factor sections of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31st, 2021, and any of MercadoLibre Inc.’s other applicable filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available on our investor relations website. With that, let’s begin with a summ

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