MELI vs NU
MELI: Latin America's leading e-commerce and fintech ecosystem, combining marketplace transactions, digital payments, logistics, and advertising into a unified platform serving 650M+ regional consumers. NU: Nubank is one of the world's largest digital financial services platforms, offering banking, payments, credit, and investment products across Latin America with 115+ million customers primarily in Brazil.
Side-by-side fundamentals
| Metric | MELI | NU | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price as of 2026-07-22 close | $1,799.21 | $14.51 | |
| Market cap as of 2026-07-23 | $90.7B | $70.1B | |
| P/E as of 2026-07-23 | 47.25 | 22.02 | NU lower |
| PEG as of 2026-07-23 | 1.12 | 0.47 | NU lower |
| Net margin as of 2026-07-23 | +6.0% | +18.2% | NU higher |
| Gross margin as of 2026-07-23 | +43.9% | +41.0% | MELI higher |
| Operating margin as of 2026-07-23 | +9.6% | +23.0% | NU higher |
| ROE as of 2026-07-23 | +29.6% | +28.9% | MELI higher |
| ROA as of 2026-07-23 | +4.8% | +4.5% | MELI higher |
| Debt / equity as of 2026-07-23 | 1.36 | 3.83 | MELI lower |
| Revenue growth (YoY) as of 2026-07-23 | +42.1% | +45.4% | NU higher |
| Revenue CAGR (3y) SEC XBRL | +39.8% | n/a | |
| Dividend streak (yrs) SEC XBRL | 3 | n/a | |
| Beta as of 2026-07-23 | 1.34 | 0.94 | |
| 1-year return as of 2026-07-22 close | -24.6% | +13.4% | NU higher |
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-23. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-22.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date; "Edge" cells are a pure numeric comparison, not a recommendation.