Better Buy: MercadoLibre vs. Facebook
Building a diversified stock portfolio introduces an individual investor to an array of different businesses big and small in a variety of industries. Looking at Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) might seem like comparing apples and oranges, but it's a good exercise to analyze two great companies with an eye to finding the better buy. Before we look at the case for each stock, let's take a look at some metrics to understand how different these two really are.
These two companies serve very different audiences. Facebook makes money selling advertisements on its popular global social media platforms. MercadoLibre makes money operating as an e-commerce retailer and payments processor in Latin America.
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Source Fool.com
