All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

MELI: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

MELI real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, MELI returned −30.20% over the past year and −14.30% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 10, 2007, MELI is up +3,915.61% in real purchasing-power return, or +21.32%/yr, and is currently −34.33% below its real total-return high on May 22, 2025.

Data ending Fri Sep. 18, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2007-08-10💬 to Fri 2026-09-18 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
MELI
×
+3,915.61%
+21.32%/yr
+26.37%/yr
R2=0.930
MercadoLibre Inc. NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2007-08-10💬 to Fri 2026-09-18 Start
Value
End
Value
MELI
×
$10,000.00
2007-08-10
$401,561.23
2026-09-18

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-18

  YTD YoY
MELI
×
−14.30% −30.20%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
MELI
×
−34.33%
on 2026-09-18
from 2025-05-22 peak
−89.68%
on 2008-11-20
from 2007-12-28 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-09-18 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
MELI
×
−30.20% −20.17%
−10.65%/yr
+18.37%
+5.78%/yr
−22.29%
−4.92%/yr
+627.94%
+21.96%/yr

Annual Returns

Year MELI
2026 (YTD) −14.30%
2025 +15.37%
2024 +5.17%
2023 +79.69%
2022 −41.05%
2021 −24.80%
2020 +188.97%
2019 +90.94%
2018 −8.67%
2017 +97.81%
2016 +34.36%
2015 −10.77%
2014 +18.31%
2013 +35.91%
2012 −2.41%
2011 +16.42%
2010 +26.59%
2009 +207.71%
2008 −77.81%
2007 +156.93%