MercadoLibre, Inc. Q4 FY2020 Earnings Call

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Key Financial Highlights

  • Net Revenues: $1.3 billion, up 97% YoY in USD terms, 149% FX-neutral growth compared to Q4 2019.
  • Gross Profit: $489 million with a margin of 37%, down from 46% in Q4 2019, primarily due to cost increases in 1P goods and logistics capacity during peak season.
  • Net Loss: $50.6 million, impacted by financial expenses and FX losses.

Commerce Business Highlights

  • Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV): Up 110% YoY FX-neutral.
  • Brazil: GMV growth of 84% YoY FX-neutral; sequential acceleration of 10 percentage points.
  • Mexico: Surpassed $1 billion in quarterly GMV and overtook Argentina in units sold, becoming MELI’s second-largest market.
  • Items Sold: Growth in triple digits across all major markets.
  • Buyers: 37 million unique buyers in Q4; over 60 million for full-year 2020.
  • 1P Business: $200 million in GMV; used strategically for promotional peaks and product category expansion.

Logistics (Mercado Envios)

  • Total Shipments: 214 million items in Q4 (up 131% YoY), 650 million in FY2020.

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Federico Sandler: Hello, everyone, and welcome to the MercadoLibre Earnings Conference Call for the Quarter Ended December 31, 2020. I’m Federico Sandler, Investor Relations Officer for MercadoLibre. Our Senior Manager presenting today is Pedro Arnt, Chief Financial Officer. Additionally, Osvaldo Giménez, CEO of Mercado Pago 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 factor sections of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, and any of MercadoLibre, Inc.’s other applicable filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available on our Investor Relations website. Now, let me turn the call over to Pedro. Pedro Arnt: Hello, everyone, and welcome to our fourth quarter 2020 earnings conference call. Our strong performance during the q

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