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DLocal Limited Class ADLOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Information Technology›Packaged Software

Lets global merchants accept local payment methods and get paid in emerging markets across Latin America, Africa and Asia.

Momentum neutral 48
Mkt cap
$3.94B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
50%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$35.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
14.4×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 9.4%
Hurdle
-58 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
6 days
12 Nov 2026
Close · USD$13.95
1D+4.0%
1W+7.6%
1M-7.0%
3M-2.9%
6M+1.8%
YTD-1.3%
1Y-1.6%
ATR %4.4%
Beta1.66
52w lowhigh13.6% off high

What DLocal does

Lets global merchants accept local payment methods and get paid in emerging markets across Latin America, Africa and Asia.

Takes a small cut of each payment it processes for global merchants in emerging markets, so payment volume and the mix of countries and merchants drive revenue; a small number of very large clients account for a big share. Payouts to local sellers and contractors use the same network. The company is based in Uruguay.

Products and services

  • Local payment method acceptance
  • Cross-border payouts
  • Fraud prevention/risk management

Customers

  • Global e-commerce/digital merchants (streaming, ri

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Information technology
  • Payments software
  • Emerging-market cross-border payment…

What could go right

  • E-commerce growth in emerging markets
  • New merchant/country expansion

What could go wrong

  • Emerging-market currency/regulatory risk
  • Merchant concentration risk

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, installed base, scale). Local banking licenses and payment-rail integrations across dozens of emerging markets are slow to replicate.

Headquarters: Montevideo, Uruguay · Founded: 2016 · Employees: 1,274

Named competitors

DLocal at a glance

Size DLocal (DLO) is a United States Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $3.94B, the 1356th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $13.95 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 1.8%, against +3.4% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 57.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +23.5%); the operating margin is 17.7% (peer median 5.7%).

Valuation It trades at 14.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 27.8× (3rd cheapest of 17).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +60%, so the hurdle is -58 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Short interest Short interest is 10.5% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 12 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026DLO 105Peer median 99
Six months, rebased to 100: DLocal against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

DLocal financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.36B$1.09B$746M$650M$419M
Revenue growth—+47%+15%+55%—
Gross profit$460M$402M$280M$256M$214M
EBITDA$271M$255M$151M$176M$154M
Net income$204M$197M$120M$149M$109M
Free cash flow$451M$422M-$9.95M$336M$167M
Capital expenditure$41.3M$36.8M$22.6M$18.2M$12.4M
Total debt$67.4M$90.3M$54.5M$3.96M$4.08M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

DLocal competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%+100%+150%-20%0%+20%MGNIKXSLIFFA300496CORZ68856860344400226136350268301396MNDYAPPNOPLN6005366460HUBDLO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. DLocal is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%+60%50×100×MGNIKXSLIFFA30049660344436350268301396MNDYAPPN600536SRADDLORevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. DLocal is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%+60%0%20%40%60%MGNIKXSFA60344436350268MNDYAPPNOPLN600536SRADHUBDLOGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. DLocal is the large dot.

DLocal competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (DLO vs ADYEN.AS vs PYPL vs PAYO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
DLocal DLO$3.94B+2%+57%18%14.4×2.4%
Adyen ADYEN.AS$32.0B0%+17%42%23.7×18.9%
PayPal PYPL$49.2B+31%+5%19%10.1×n/a
Payoneer Global PAYO$2.42B+39%+6%12%33.9×n/a
Paysafe PSFE$349M-28%+5%6%3.2×n/a
Global Payments GPN$25.8B+41%+7%21%6.3×n/a

How DLocal compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

DLocal against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureDLOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-7.0%+5.4%5th lowest of 21
6-month return+1.8%+3.4%10th lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-13.6%-40.8%6th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+57.0%+23.5%2nd highest of 21
Operating margin17.7%5.7%5th highest of 20
Forward P/E14.4×27.8×3rd cheapest of 17
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)2.4%20.8%4th least demanding of 14
Growth delivered (Del g)+60.0%+19.0%highest of 14
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-57.7 pp-4.6 ppleast demanding of 14
EV / EBITDA11.5×23.5×3rd cheapest of 10
Net debt / EBITDA-3.1×0.0×4th least indebted of 12

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
DLocal DLOUnited States$3.94B+2%+57%18%14.4×2.4%+60.0%
Magnite MGNIUnited States$3.93B+94%+8%16%20.9×31.9%+26.4%
Kinaxis KXS.TOCanada$4.01B+35%+16%18%30.9×12.9%+20.6%
Life360 LIFUnited States$3.86B+8%+34%1%33.9×n/an/a
Momenta Global 6880.HKHong Kong$4.02Bn/a+82%-32%n/an/an/a
First Advantage FAUnited States$4.04B+47%+33%11%17.4×20.8%+25.3%
Thunder Software Technology 300496.SZChina$3.83B-13%+40%6%40.0×n/an/a
Core Scientific CORZUnited States$3.78B-49%+26%-31%n/an/an/a
Geovis Technology 688568.SSChina$3.78B-45%-64%-70%n/an/an/a
G-Bits Network Technology (Xiamen) 603444.SSChina$3.77B-14%+35%40%12.5×-0.9%+17.7%
Talkweb Information System 002261.SZChina$4.11B-39%+9%1%n/an/an/a
Koei Tecmo 3635.TJapan$3.74B+15%+19%43%15.1×-5.7%+7.9%
Kingdee International Software 0268.HKHong Kong$4.16B+3%+17%2%65.4×45.4%+15.0%
Glory View Technology 301396.SZChina$3.72B-49%+53%n/a25.3×n/an/a
monday.com MNDYUnited States$3.72B+22%+24%3%14.2×23.6%+50.2%
Appian APPNUnited States$3.70B+135%+21%4%41.6×42.9%+19.0%
OPENLANE OPLNUnited States$4.22B-9%+13%17%20.7×11.1%-2.4%
China National Software & Service 600536.SSChina$4.22B-20%-16%0%131.0×49.7%-7.3%
Sportradar SRADUnited States$4.22B+4%+25%13%30.2×11.3%+25.8%
Sega Sammy 6460.TJapan$4.28B+46%+24%10%17.8×-2.3%+11.9%
HUB24 HUB.AXAustralia$4.39B-4%+23%29%42.6×35.6%+35.7%

Questions

Who are DLocal's main competitors?
Named competitors: Adyen (ADYEN.AS), PayU (private or unlisted), EBANX (private or unlisted), PayPal (PYPL), Payoneer (PAYO), Paysafe (PSFE). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Magnite (MGNI), Kinaxis (KXS.TO), Life360 (LIF), Momenta Global (6880.HK), First Advantage (FA), Thunder Software Technology (300496.SZ).
Is DLocal expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 14.4× against a peer median of 27.8×, 3rd cheapest of 17 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +60%, so the hurdle is -58 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has DLocal stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +1.8% against +3.4% for the median peer; over one year -1.6%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.