MercadoLibre, Inc. Q4 FY2022 Earnings Call

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  • Record Year for MercadoLibre: 2022 marked a milestone year with total revenues surpassing $10 billion for the first time, up ~50% year-over-year (YoY). EBIT also reached record levels, exceeding $1 billion. This was achieved alongside expanding margins and strong investment in technology and products.
  • Commerce Business Performance:
    • Market share gains in Latin America, particularly Brazil and Mexico.
    • Total items sold surpassed 1.1 billion in 2022.
    • Mercado Ads revenue grew, with 10bps ads penetration increase in Q4 alone. Ad business maintains attractive margins.
    • 1P merchandise saw margin improvement due to better pricing, promotional management, and operational scaling.
    • Fulfillment penetration crossed 70% in Mexico, 40% in Brazil, and continues to grow in other markets.
  • FinTech Segment Highlights:
    • Strong performance from Mercado Pago: TPV grew faster than expected with take rate expansion and improved margins.
    • Digital accounts (wallets and cards) processed TPV at triple-digit growth.
    • Mercado Credito demonstrated robust performance in a tough macro, driven by prudent risk management. Credit card product showed improved underwriting results and remains strategic.

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Richard Cathcart : Hello, everyone, and welcome to the MercadoLibre Earnings Conference Call for the Quarter-ended December 31, 2022. Thank you for joining us. I'm Richard Cathcart, Investor Relations Officer at MercadoLibre. Today, we will share our quarterly highlights on video, after which we'll begin our live Q&A session with our Chief Financial Officer, Pedro Arnt; and President of our FinTech business, Osvaldo Gimenez. Before we go on to discuss our results for the fourth quarter of 2022, I remind you that management may make and this presentation may contain forward-looking statements. So please refer to the disclaimer on screen, which will also be available in our earnings materials on our Investor Relations website and our Form 10-K for the year ended 2022. With that, let's begin with a summary of our results. Pedro Arnt: Hi, everyone. I'm happy to share the key messages about MercadoLibre's performance during the fourth quarter of 2022 and the year as a whole. We're particularly pleased to have been able to deliver an attractive combination of growth and profitability throughout the year. Alongside strong operational KPIs and market share gains all while sustaining a high level of investment in products and technologies. We've successfully navigated a challenging environment, and we've reached new records across the business despite uncertainty around consumer spending, interest rates and inflation. With a strong fourth quarter, we end 2022 with record results in GM

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