Latin America Retail: LatAm Headline Monitor: MELI Funds Fintech; Warehouse Shortage Deepens; Lojas Cem Underperforms; Amazon New Rewards Program

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Latin America Retail: LatAm Headline Monitor: MELI Funds Fintech; Warehouse Shortage Deepens; Lojas Cem Underperforms; Amazon New Rewards Program

more intense and prolonged than previously anticipated,

limiting our ability to confidently forecast medium-term margins—despite maintaining conviction in the company’s capital

allocation and long-term growth profile.

The following factors could prevent MercadoLibre's shares from achieving our target price:

1) Complex reporting. The company operates in 18 different countries and territories, with financial reporting in USD. Therefore,

its financials are subject to foreign currency movements, which constitutes both upside and downside risks. Important

currencies for the company include the BRL, MXN, and ARS, which have demonstrated meaningful volatility in the context of

global currency markets.

2) Concentration. More than half of revenues are generated in Brazil; MELI is meaningfully exposed to conditions governing the

consumer environment in Brazil, which may constitute an upside or downside risk.

3) Growth expectations. Sales growth is dependent on the continuous growth of online commerce and Internet usage in Latin

America, as well as the company's ability to expand its operations, to adapt rapidly to changing technologies, to capture

consumer trends, to attract new customers, and to retain existing customers.

4) System stability. MercadoLibre's website is exposed to security breaches and illegal users of its services, as well as systems

interruptions or failures, which may constitute a downside risk.

5) Competition with other players in the marketplace sector, acquirers, fintechs, and banks.

If the impact on the company from any of these factors proves to be less than we anticipate, the stock could materially