MercadoLibre, Inc. (MELI) FY2025 Q1 Statement of Cash Flows

Statement of Cash Flows

2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31

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MercadoLibre, Inc. cash flow reconciliation, Jan 1, 2025 through Mar 31, 2025One connected Sankey reconciles operating, investing and financing net cash flows through a shared cash pool, from beginning cash to ending cash. Ribbons flow left to right on one dollar scale. Activity totals are dark gray; beginning and ending cash are blue. Cash basis for beginning and ending balances and net cash change: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Intermediate calculation bars are lighter gray. Net income is green for profit and red for loss. Identified asset purchases, sales and maturities are blue in either cash direction. Purple identifies capital transactions such as borrowing, repayments, share issuance and dividends. Free cash flow is a separate comparison, not an added cash flow. Read chart description and values below for full signed amounts, including zero items.Net income → Net cash from operating activities: $494,000,000.00Provision for doubtful accounts → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $603,000,000.00Depreciation and amortization → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $172,000,000.00Interest received from investments → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $127,000,000.00Long term retention program (“LTRP”) accrued compensation → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $92,000,000.00Amounts payable due to credit and debit card transactions → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $87,000,000.00Non cash interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs and other charges → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $68,000,000.00Funds payable to customers → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $58,000,000.00Other liabilities → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $41,000,000.00Results on derivative instruments → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $28,000,000.00Provision for contingencies → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $23,000,000.00Results on digital assets at fair value → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $12,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Net cash from operating activities: $537,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Other assets: $247,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Payables and accrued expenses: $191,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Accrued interest and financial income: $157,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Credit card receivables and other means of payments: $67,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Deferred income taxes: $60,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Inventories: $46,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Accounts receivable: $4,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Foreign currency losses, net: $2,000,000.00Proceeds from loans payable and other financial liabilities → financing reconciliation: $8,931,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Net cash from financing activities: $465,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Payments on loans payable and other financing liabilities: $8,453,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Payments of finance lease liabilities: $13,000,000.00Net cash used in investing activities → investing reconciliation: $1,842,000,000.00Proceeds from sale and maturity of investments → investing reconciliation: $3,905,000,000.00Receipts from settlements of derivative instruments → investing reconciliation: $2,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of investments: $4,242,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Changes in loans receivable, net: $1,235,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Investments in property and equipment, intangible assets and intangible assets at fair value: $272,000,000.00Exchange-rate effect → Cash sources and uses: $145,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash → Cash sources and uses: $4,699,000,000.00Net cash from operating activities → Cash sources and uses: $1,031,000,000.00Net cash from financing activities → Cash sources and uses: $465,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $4,498,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in investing activities: $1,842,000,000.00Other liabilities: $41,000,000.00Other operating liabilities+$41.00 MInterest received from investments: $127,000,000.00Investment income received+$127.00 MProvision for contingencies: $23,000,000.00Provision for contingencies+$23.00 MResults on derivative instruments: $28,000,000.00Derivative balances, net+$28.00 MLong term retention program (“LTRP”) accrued compensation: $92,000,000.00Stock-based compensation+$92.00 MPayables and accrued expenses: -$191,000,000.00Payables & accrued liabilities−$191.00 MFunds payable to customers: $58,000,000.00Funds payable to customers+$58.00 MForeign currency losses, net: -$2,000,000.00Unrealized FX gain & loss−$2.00 MResults on digital assets at fair value: $12,000,000.00Digital asset fair value+$12.00 MDepreciation and amortization: $172,000,000.00Depreciation & amortization+$172.00 MDeferred income taxes: -$60,000,000.00Deferred taxes & credits−$60.00 MAccrued interest and financial income: -$157,000,000.00Accrued interest & other revenue−$157.00 MProvision for doubtful accounts: $603,000,000.00Credit loss provision+$603.00 MAmounts payable due to credit and debit card transactions: $87,000,000.00Card transaction payables+$87.00 MNon cash interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs and other charges: $68,000,000.00Non-cash interest & debt costs+$68.00 MInventories: -$46,000,000.00Inventories−$46.00 MNet income: $494,000,000.00Net income+$494.00 MOther assets: -$247,000,000.00Other operating assets−$247.00 MAccounts receivable: -$4,000,000.00Accounts receivable−$4.00 MCredit card receivables and other means of payments: -$67,000,000.00Credit card receivables and other means of payments−$67.00 MNet cash from operating activities: $1,031,000,000.00Operating cash+$1.03 BOperating adjustments reconciliation: $1,311,000,000.00Payments on loans payable and other financing liabilities: -$8,453,000,000.00Other long-term debt repaid−$8.45 BProceeds from loans payable and other financial liabilities: $8,931,000,000.00Other long-term debt issued+$8.93 BPayments of finance lease liabilities: -$13,000,000.00Finance lease payments−$13.00 MNet cash from financing activities: $465,000,000.00Financing cash+$465.00 Mfinancing reconciliation: $8,931,000,000.00Purchases of investments: -$4,242,000,000.00Investment purchases−$4.24 BProceeds from sale and maturity of investments: $3,905,000,000.00Investment sales & maturities+$3.91 BChanges in loans receivable, net: -$1,235,000,000.00Changes in loans receivable, net−$1.24 BInvestments in property and equipment, intangible assets and intangible assets at fair value: -$272,000,000.00Capital expenditures−$272.00 MReceipts from settlements of derivative instruments: $2,000,000.00Investing derivative proceeds+$2.00 MPayments from settlements of derivative instruments: $0.00Net cash used in investing activities: -$1,842,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Investing cash−$1.84 Binvesting reconciliation: $5,749,000,000.00Cash sources and uses: $6,340,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $4,699,000,000.00Beginning cash$4.70 BEnding cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $4,498,000,000.00Ending cash$4.50 BExchange-rate effect: $145,000,000.00FX effect+$145.00 MCASH RECONCILIATIONOperatingflowsFinancingflowsInvestingflowsFree cash flow$759.00 MOperating cash − cash spent on productive assetsCash flow / Net income2.09×Operating cash flow ÷ net incomeNet cash change−$201.00 MEnding cash − beginning cash
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MercadoLibre, Inc. cash flow reconciliation, Jan 1, 2025 through Mar 31, 2025

Cash flows for Jan 1, 2025 through Mar 31, 2025. Cash basis: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Beginning cash: Dec 31, 2024. Ending cash: Mar 31, 2025. Beginning and ending cash are dated balances. Positive cash flows add cash; negative cash flows reduce it.

Beginning cash on Dec 31, 2024
4,699,000,000 US dollars. Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Operating activities
1,031,000,000 US dollars. Net cash provided.
Net income
494,000,000 US dollars
Other liabilities
41,000,000 US dollars
Interest received from investments
127,000,000 US dollars
Provision for contingencies
23,000,000 US dollars
Results on derivative instruments
28,000,000 US dollars
Long term retention program (“LTRP”) accrued compensation
92,000,000 US dollars
Payables and accrued expenses
negative 191,000,000 US dollars
Funds payable to customers
58,000,000 US dollars
Foreign currency losses, net
negative 2,000,000 US dollars
Results on digital assets at fair value
12,000,000 US dollars
Depreciation and amortization
172,000,000 US dollars
Deferred income taxes
negative 60,000,000 US dollars
Accrued interest and financial income
negative 157,000,000 US dollars
Provision for doubtful accounts
603,000,000 US dollars
Amounts payable due to credit and debit card transactions
87,000,000 US dollars
Non cash interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs and other charges
68,000,000 US dollars
Inventories
negative 46,000,000 US dollars
Other assets
negative 247,000,000 US dollars
Accounts receivable
negative 4,000,000 US dollars
Credit card receivables and other means of payments
negative 67,000,000 US dollars
Investing activities
negative 1,842,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Purchases of investments
negative 4,242,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from sale and maturity of investments
3,905,000,000 US dollars
Changes in loans receivable, net
negative 1,235,000,000 US dollars
Investments in property and equipment, intangible assets and intangible assets at fair value
negative 272,000,000 US dollars
Receipts from settlements of derivative instruments
2,000,000 US dollars
Payments from settlements of derivative instruments
0 US dollars
Financing activities
465,000,000 US dollars. Net cash provided.
Payments on loans payable and other financing liabilities
negative 8,453,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from loans payable and other financial liabilities
8,931,000,000 US dollars
Payments of finance lease liabilities
negative 13,000,000 US dollars
Operating adjustment reconciliation
1,311,000,000 US dollars. Intermediate calculation joining the operating reconciliation branches. Its gross amount includes any portion of net income routed through this junction. It is not an additional cash source or use.
financing gross reconciliation
8,931,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
investing gross reconciliation
5,749,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
Exchange-rate effect
145,000,000 US dollars
Ending cash on Mar 31, 2025
4,498,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash sources and uses
6,340,000,000 US dollars. Opening cash plus net sources, equal to net uses plus ending cash.
Net cash change
negative 201,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash minus beginning cash.
Cash flow / Net income
2.09×. Operating cash flow divided by reconciliation net income for the same period. Black from 0.90× through 1.10×; green above 1.10×; red below 0.90×. Color uses the unrounded ratio.
Operating cash flow
1,031,000,000 US dollars. Operating cash flow used in the free cash flow calculation.
cash spent on productive assets
272,000,000 US dollars. These cash purchases are already included in investing activities above.
Free cash flow
759,000,000 US dollars. A supplemental measure; finance-lease payments are excluded from this definition.

Chart connections

  • Beginning cash plus operating, investing and financing cash flows plus the exchange-rate effect equals ending cash. Negative amounts reduce cash.
  • Financing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Investing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Operating reconciliation adjustments are not all independent cash receipts.
  • Net income enters operating cash directly in the reconciliation. The adjustment junction contributes the remaining $537.00M after reconciling the other positive and negative adjustments. These connections depict an accounting reconciliation, not traced cash receipts.
  • Each activity has one net cash bar connected to the shared cash pool. Positive activity totals enter the pool; negative activity totals leave the pool to fund that activity's net payments. The central pool does not assign a particular funding source to a particular payment.
  • The intermediate calculation bars include both sides of the displayed activity breakdowns; they are not additional cash flows.
  • Operating cash flow minus cash spent on productive assets equals free cash flow: 1,031,000,000 US dollars minus 272,000,000 US dollars equals 759,000,000 US dollars.
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