What if you invested in MercadoLibre in 2020?
MELI · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in MercadoLibre in 2020
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $2,540(+154%)
The S&P 500 returned $2,540 on the same $1,000. MercadoLibre beat the market by $20.
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What if MercadoLibre keeps this up?
Project forward at MercadoLibre's 15.3% historical growth rate. See 5-30 year scenarios.
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MercadoLibre vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2020 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in MercadoLibre starting January 2020
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $663.00 | $1,000 | - |
| 2021 | $1,779.51 | $2,684 | +168.4% |
| 2022 | $1,132.06 | $1,707 | -36.4% |
| 2023 | $1,181.69 | $1,782 | +4.4% |
| 2024 | $1,711.81 | $2,582 | +44.9% |
| 2025 | $1,922.19 | $2,899 | +12.3% |
| 2026 | $2,147.79 | $3,240 | +11.7% |
What this return means
$1,000 invested in MercadoLibre (MELI) in 2020 is worth $2,560 today. That is a +156.0% gain, a little over 2.6x your money, measured to 2026-06-01.
In compound terms that is roughly 15.3% a year, well above what a broad index has historically returned. A plain S&P 500 fund would have turned that $1,000 into about $2,540 instead, leaving MercadoLibre ahead by around $20. The index compounded at about 15.2% a year over that period.
Getting here meant sitting through real volatility. The best single year was 2021 at +168.4%, and the worst was 2022 at -36.4%. At its lowest point the position was down about 36% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
Treat this as history rather than advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
What if you invested $100 a month instead?
Most people do not drop a lump sum in on day one. They add a fixed amount every month. Putting $100 into MercadoLibre at the close of every month from January 2020 through June 2026 means 78 buys and $7,800 contributed over about 6.5 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$10,188
+30.6% on $7,800 in
Same $7,800, all in at the start
$19,969
+156.0% on $7,800 in
Going all in at the start beat spreading the buys out by $9,781. That is the usual result when a stock trends up: each monthly buy pays a higher price than the last, so the average cost climbs. Averaging in also meant an average buy price of $1,299.56 per share across the whole stretch, so the monthly buyer never had to time a single low. Neither number counts dividends, taxes, or trading costs.
Illustrative fixed $100/month example, not a recommendation. Figures are computed from MELI split-adjusted monthly closes through June 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. All calculations are based on split-adjusted closing prices from Yahoo Finance and do not account for dividends, taxes, or trading fees. See our methodology and full disclaimer.