Southwest Airlines Co vs Mercadolibre Inc — how do they compare? Southwest Airlines Co trades at $48.24 (market cap $23.63B), while Mercadolibre Inc trades at $1,821.41 (market cap $92.90B). The key difference: Mercadolibre Inc is far larger — about 3.9× Southwest Airlines Co's market cap, and Southwest Airlines Co pays a 1.49% dividend while Mercadolibre Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LUV | MELI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $23.63B | $92.90B |
Sector | Industrials | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $54.80 | $2.51K |
52-Week Low | $29.06 | $1.55K |
Enterprise Value | $26.70B | $99.79B |
Dividend Yield | 1.49% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Southwest Airlines is the largest domestic carrier in the United States, as measured by the number of originating passengers boarded. Southwest operates over 700 aircraft in an all-Boeing 737 fleet. Despite expanding into longer routes and business travel, the airline still specializes in short-haul leisure flights, using a point-to-point network. Southwest operates a low-cost carrier business model.
Read more on LUV →MercadoLibre runs the largest e-commerce marketplace in Latin America, connecting a network of more than 140 million active users and 1 million active sellers as of the end of 2021 across an 18-country footprint. The company also operates a host of complementary businesses, with shipping solutions (Mercado Envios), a payment and financing operation (Mercado Pago), advertisements (Mercado Clics), classifieds, and a turnkey e-commerce solution (Mercado Shops) rounding out its arsenal. MercadoLibre generates revenue from final value fees, advertising royalties, payment processing, insertion fees, subscription fees, and interest income from consumer and small-business lending.
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