Infuse Asset Management, an investment management company, released its fourth quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The goal of Infuse is to become the best-performing public equity fund over the next 50 years. After operating for just over two years, it was a slow beginning to the process of executing the audacious goal. However, it has enabled the firm to selectively recruit amazing partners and truly return to its core values. Since its start, the fund has outperformed the S&P, and established a strong basis for long-term compounding, and it is growing stronger every day. In addition, please check the fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2024.
Infuse Asset Management highlighted stocks like MercadoLibre, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELI), in Q4 quarter 2024 investor letter. MercadoLibre, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELI) is an online commerce platform that operates Mercado Libre Marketplace and Mercado Pago FinTech platforms. The one-month return of MercadoLibre, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELI) was -2.11%, and its shares gained 6.04% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On January 10, 2025, MercadoLibre, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELI) stock closed at $1,758.77 per share with a market capitalization of $89.165 billion.
Infuse Asset Management stated the following regarding MercadoLibre, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELI) in its Q4 2024 investor letter:
“Staying in Latin America, MercadoLibre, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELI) continues to spin its commerce/payments flywheel. While it started out as an e-commerce platform, its fintech business is now much larger. When management pulled back on giving out loans for fear of a worsening economy, overall revenue growth picked up with accelerating GMV in the core e-commerce business. Then, the finance business segment started to reaccelerate when the team realized nonperforming loan ratios were lowered than expected. But the segments aren’t fully independent. There is a beautiful synergy as on-platform payments lower the friction for the commerce business and faster delivery times lead to more orders and therefore more payments. Meanwhile, MELI also offers a plethora of tools for merchants in both commerce and finance. The company is still growing more than 30% and it has a leading brand in Latin America. Someday Nu and MercadoLibre will bump up against each other but I think we still have at least 5 years before they start competing head-on. For less than 30x forward earnings, the valuation is still reasonable for the company.”
A customer using their phone to access an online commerce platform.
MercadoLibre, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELI) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 87 hedge fund portfolios held MercadoLibre, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELI) at the end of the third quarter which was 84 in the previous quarter. MercadoLibre, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:MELI) net income rose by 11% year-over-year, reaching $397 million in the third quarter. While we acknowledge the potential of MercadoLibre, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELI) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
In another article, we discussed MercadoLibre, Inc. (NASDAQ:MELI) and shared Lakehouse Global Growth Fund’s views on the company. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q4 2024 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.
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