Dividends on MercadoLibre (MELI) stocks are a part of the profit that shareholders receive from the company. In order to pay dividends to shareholders and investors, the company must receive a net profit, for further distriburing among shareholders or have free cash flow.

Besides, in order to pay you dividends, it is necessary that the Board of Directors recommends dividends and the closing date of the register. Then at the shareholders' meeting the amount of MercadoLibre dividends and the date is approved by shareholders.

For receiving MercadoLibre’s dividends it’s necessary to buy the stocks of the company (MELI) no more than 2 days before the closing of the register on 31.12.2017, since stock exchange trading takes place in the T+2 mode. Thus, the last date when you need to buy stocks to receive MercadoLibre dividends will be 29.12.2017

For dividends you can track the date of the last day for purchasing MercadoLibre stocks (MELI) in Dividend Calendar.

To receive MercadoLibre (MELI) dividends, you must own stocks on the date of preparing the list of persons entitled to receive dividend or the so-called register date.

The register is a list of MercadoLibre shareholders (MELI) with information on the number of stocks owned by the investor. Due to the fact that someone is constantly buying and selling company’s stocks on the stock exchange, it is necessary to fix the date of the register.

The closing date of the register for MercadoLibre (MELI) dividends was set for 31.12.2017.

Due to the T+2 trading mode, for receiving MercadoLibre’s dividends you must buy the stocks within at least two working days before the date, so that the last day to buy MercadoLibre stocks is to be 29.12.2017.

See the event caledar and the dividend calendar, as well as upcoming MercadoLibre events in order not to miss the dividends.

As a rule, investors receive dividends to a brokerage or bank account within the next 25 working days after the record date – 31.12.2017 at latest! Thus, MercadoLibre’s dividends should arrive no later than 0.15sDate.

Remember that after the cut-off date, MercadoLibre’s stocks usually decrease by the amount of the dividend paid per share. When the company is doing well and the market is positive, MercadoLibre’s dividend gap may be less than the dividend.

By the law, MercadoLibre is obliged to pay within the next 25 working days from the date of the 31.12.2017. Thus, the deadline for dividend payment on MercadoLibre stocks can be considered as 0.15sDate, but the company usually pays earlier than 25 working days.

For receiving MercadoLibre’s dividends, it is enough to buy or to own 1 share. If you buy 100 MercadoLibre’s stocks, you will receive dividends in the amount of 15 $ for it. Last time, the board of directors recommended to pay 0.15 $ per share.

According to the last recommendations of MercadoLibre’s board of directors, you will receive 0.15 $ as dividend payment.

The history of MercadoLibre’s dividend payment is reflected in the MercadoLibre’s card in the tab Dividends.

The dividend yield of MercadoLibre’s stocks is the ratio of the dividend amount per share to the current market price, and is expressed as a percentage. Thus, the recommended dividend is 0.15 $, that means that your current dividend yield on MercadoLibre’s stocks is 0.0475%.

It is important to remember that a high dividend yield is not a reason to buy MercadoLibre stocks! Therefore, before making an investment decision, we recommend to analyze the dynamics of financial indicators and MercadoLibre’s multipliers. You should also compare rivals, as you may find a much more profitable investment idea.

Lately MercadoLibre has been paying dividends 0 time a year. See the history of MercadoLibre’s dividends in order to check and verify the frequency of dividend payments as MercadoLibre’s dividend policy may change or the company may pay special dividends. The more often a company pays dividends, the more stable the investor's cash flow is.

All information and dividend data for MercadoLibre stocks you may see on a given page above.