MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — MercadoLibre SA (MELI) on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings of $359 million.
The Montevideo, Uruguay-based company said it had net income of $7.16 per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $5.85 per share.
The operator of an online marketplace and payments system in Latin America posted revenue of $3.76 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.57 billion.
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