MercadoLibre, Inc. Q4 FY2024 Earnings Call

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  • Total Revenue: $21 billion in FY2024.
  • Free Cash Flow: Over $1.3 billion generated in FY2024 (includes $900M in CapEx and $3B fintech funding).
  • Marketplace Growth: Surpassed 100 million unique buyers; logistics network handled 29% YoY increase in shipped items.
  • Fintech Platform: Over 60 million monthly active users; credit card portfolio grew by 118% YoY, with 5.9 million cards issued in 2024.
  • Credit Portfolio: Total credit book grew 57% YoY, with healthy NPL (non-performing loan) rates and strong repayments.
  • Argentina: Commercial and credit operations saw strong resurgence with items sold growing 18% YoY in Q4.
  • Logistics: Two new fulfillment centers opened in Q4; improvements led to reduced cost per package and increased delivery route efficiency.
  • Advertising Revenue: Expanded by 50 bps YoY as % of GMV; company sees long-term upside with expansion beyond product ads.
  • Key Innovation Areas: Virtual try-ons, smart returns in fashion, Full Super for groceries, MELI dollar stablecoin, LCI/LCA investments in Brazil, real-time POS upgrades, and dynamic seller pricing.

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Richard Cathcart: Hello, everyone, and welcome to the MercadoLibre Earnings Conference Call for the Quarter Ended December 31, 2024. Thank you for joining us. I'm Richard Cathcart, MercadoLibre's Investor Relations Officer. Today, we will share our quarterly highlights on video, after which we will begin our live Q&A session with our management team. Before we go on to discuss our results of the fourth quarter of 2024, I remind you that management may make or refer to and this presentation may contain forward-looking statements and non-GAAP measures. So please refer to the disclaimer on screen, which will also be available in our earnings materials on our Investor Relations website. Please note that this call is being recorded and a replay will also be available on our Investor Relations website. Before passing on to Martin, I would like to highlight that our new Investor Relations website is now live. Investors can find new content, including a deep dive on our ecosystem, our institutional presentation, and our management podcasts. Investors can also walk through the user experience of our apps through a series of animations. Plus, you'll find our events calendar, our results archive, and our impact documents. For those of you that aren't signed up to receive our alerts, please do so by going to the site at investor.mercadolibre.com. With that, let's begin with a short message from our CFO. Martin de los Santos: Hello, everyone. 2024 was another remarkable year for MercadoLi

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