DLocal Limited (DLO) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
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Overview
The earnings call highlights strong financial performance, including significant growth in TPV, revenue, and net income. Despite some concerns about Argentina's FX volatility and G&A expenses, the company exhibits robust expansion plans and product innovation, such as the Buy Now, Pay Later Fuse and stablecoin adoption. The Q&A section reveals optimism about long-term growth and market expansion, particularly in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. The market cap of $2.36 billion suggests moderate stock price sensitivity. Overall, the positive financial results and strategic initiatives suggest a positive stock price movement of 2% to 8%.
Key Financial Performance
Total Payment Volume (TPV) $41 billion, up 60% year-over-year. Growth driven by sustained merchant relationships and emerging market opportunities.
Revenue Crossed $1 billion for the first time, reflecting strong TPV growth and merchant retention.
TPV Retention 158%, indicating strong merchant loyalty and growth alongside merchants.
Net Revenue Retention 145%, showcasing the value of services and merchant expansion.
Adjusted Free Cash Flow $191 million, up 110% year-over-year, with a 97% conversion ratio. Growth attributed to TPV growth and operational efficiency.
Gross Profit Grew 37% year-over-year, driven by TPV growth and merchant expansion.
Adjusted EBITDA as a Percentage of Gross Profit Expanded by 5 percentage points, reflecting operating leverage.
Net Income $197 million, up 63% year-over-year, driven by TPV growth and operational efficiency.
Q4 TPV Surpassed $13 billion, growing 70% year-on-year and 26% quarter-on-quarter. Growth was broad-based across key markets and verticals.
Q4 Revenue $338 million, up 65% year-on-year and 20% quarter-on-quarter, driven by TPV momentum.
Q4 Gross Profit $116 million, up 38% year-on-year and 12% quarter-on-quarter, reflecting strong seasonal and market-specific growth.
Q4 Net Income $56 million, up 87% year-on-year and 7% quarter-on-quarter, supported by a lower effective tax rate and favorable jurisdictional mix.
Return on Equity (ROE) 35% on a last 12-month basis, up 10 percentage points year-over-year, reflecting stronger profitability and capital return policy.
Adjusted Free Cash Flow (Q4) $65 million, doubling year-over-year with a 117% conversion ratio, driven by tax payment timing and operational efficiency.
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Operating Highlights
Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL): Launched across 6 countries with solid merchant adoption. Fuse product grew 88% quarter-on-quarter in Q4 2025, indicating strong demand for installment-based payments.
Stablecoin Suite: Completed launch of a full-service stablecoin suite, enabling merchants to on- and off-ramp fiat to stablecoins, settle in stablecoins, and collect at checkout in stablecoins.
Alternative Payment Methods (APMs): Expanded portfolio with SmartAPM platform, including biometric authentication, tokenized card on file, and instant payment rails.
Geographic Expansion: Now operating in 44 markets across the Global South, nearly doubling footprint over the last 5 years. Added licenses in Argentina, Chile, UAE, and the Philippines in 2025, with 16 additional applications in process, including the U.S.
Merchant Base Growth: Total merchant count reached over 760 in 2025, with broader platform adoption across geographies and verticals. Revenue concentration in top 3 markets and top 10 merchants declined, reflecting diversification.
TPV Growth: Total Payment Volume (TPV) reached $41 billion in 2025, up 60% year-over-year. Q4 TPV surpassed $13 billion, growing 70% year-on-year and 26% quarter-on-quarter.
Cash Flow and Profitability: Adjusted free cash flow was $191 million in 2025, up 110% year-over-year, with a 97% conversion ratio. Net income reached $197 million, up 63% year-over-year.
Efficiency Improvements: AI-driven automation delivered productivity equivalent to 7% of total headcount in 2025, enabling scaling without proportional cost increases.
Capital Allocation: Introduced a new share repurchase program of up to $300 million and confirmed a dividend policy of 30% of prior year's free cash flow.
Innovation and Partnerships: Collaborating with Google on AP2 open standard for AI engine payments to ensure local payment methods are integrated into emerging market infrastructure.
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Risk or Challenges
Regulatory Complexity: Emerging markets are characterized by fragmented payment infrastructure and regulatory complexity. The company holds 37 licenses across 26 markets and has 16 additional applications in process. Regulatory hurdles and compliance requirements could pose challenges to operations and expansion.
Economic Volatility: Election-related FX and rate volatility in Argentina negatively impacted gross profit despite strong underlying volume growth. This highlights the inherent volatility in emerging markets, which could affect financial performance.
Margin Pressure: Scaling volume with established merchants and into new payment methods, products, and countries has led to natural margin pressure. This could impact profitability as the company grows.
Market Concentration: While revenue concentration in top markets and merchants has declined, concentration remains a risk. The top 10 merchants still account for a significant share of total revenue, posing a risk if any major merchant reduces business.
Operational Complexity: The company operates in 44 markets with diverse payment methods and regulatory environments. Managing this complexity effectively is critical to maintaining operational efficiency and service quality.
Emerging Market Risks: Emerging markets are inherently volatile, with uncertainties that could impact projections and operations. The company acknowledges these risks in its guidance.
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Guidance & Outlook
Total Payment Volume (TPV) Growth: The company expects TPV growth in the range of 50% to 60% year-over-year for 2026, driven by greater volume, pricing leverage, improved FX liquidity, and better data for conversion rates.
Gross Profit Growth: Guidance for gross profit growth is set at 22.5% to 27.5% year-over-year, with gross profit dollars expected to reach $0.5 billion in 2026. This growth reflects volume-based discounting with existing merchants and scaling large clients.
Operating Profit Growth: Operating profit growth is projected at 27.5% to 32.5% year-over-year. Operating leverage acceleration is expected to become evident in the second half of 2026.
Capital Allocation and Shareholder Returns: The company plans to maintain a dividend policy of 30% of the prior year's free cash flow, translating to $57 million for 2026. Additionally, a new share repurchase program of up to $300 million has been approved.
Market Expansion and Merchant Growth: The company aims to expand geographically with existing merchants, particularly in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. New merchant contributions are expected to increase over the medium term, with a focus on verticals such as travel, crypto, gaming, and AI.
Innovation and Product Development: The company plans to launch new financial infrastructure products, including Buy Now Pay Later, enhanced merchant of record solutions, virtual accounts, and card-present offerings. These innovations are expected to contribute to multibillion TPV opportunities in the future.
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Shareholder Return Plan
Dividend Policy: The company confirmed its dividend policy of 30% of the prior year's free cash flow, which translates to $57 million for 2025.
Share Repurchase Program: The Board approved a new share repurchase program of up to $300 million of Class A common shares. This is part of a multiyear capital allocation model combining predictable dividends with additional share buybacks to enhance EPS.
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Key Q&A
Q:Where is the TPV growth expected to come from this year?
A:The TPV growth is expected to come from broad-based strength in Latin America, further consolidation in Africa, recovery in Egypt, and expansion into the Middle East and Asia. Growth will also come from taking existing merchants into new countries, new merchant impact, and new products that are take rate accretive.
Q:What caused the lower gross profit in Argentina despite good revenues?
A:The lower gross profit in Argentina was caused by significant FX volatility leading into the elections, which affected the cost of funding sources for the attachment business. However, Argentina remains a high-growth, high-return market.
Q:Will the gross margin in Argentina recover to previous levels?
A:Management avoided making forward-looking statements about Argentina's gross margin recovery due to the country's volatility. However, they expressed optimism about Argentina's long-term potential.
Q:When will stablecoins and Buy Now Pay Later become significant contributors?
A:Stablecoins and Buy Now Pay Later are unlikely to move the needle in 2026 but could become material by 2027 with compounding growth.
Q:What is the status of stablecoin adoption?
A:Stablecoin adoption at checkout is not significant yet. Most volume comes from pay-ins and payouts for digital asset marketplaces and growing interest from corporate treasuries for cost, speed, and settlement benefits.
Q:What is the purpose of the U.S. licenses?
A:The U.S. licenses facilitate settlements to merchants and allow the company to operate on its own licenses in a compliant way, rather than relying on licensed partners.
Q:Why did Brazil show strong gross profit growth compared to revenues?
A:Brazil showed strong gross profit growth due to TPV growth, strong monetization, higher take rates from mid-tier merchants, and strong performance in advertising. However, this level of growth is not expected to continue.
Q:What caused the increase in G&A expenses this quarter?
A:The increase in G&A expenses was due to backloaded hiring in the second half of the year, investments in engineers, commercial teams, and operational teams, as well as annual merit cycle increases.
Q:What is the company's plan for card-present transactions?
A:The company plans to launch a card-present platform to capture share of wallet in the card-present market, focusing on global international merchants. This is still in the early stages and will be built alongside client demand.
Q:Why did a large merchant in Egypt return to dLocal?
A:The large merchant in Egypt returned to dLocal due to performance improvements. Initially, the merchant reduced dLocal's share of wallet to introduce redundancy but has since regained confidence in dLocal's services.
Q:What is the contribution of new merchants to growth in 2026?
A:New merchants are expected to contribute 10% to growth in 2026. However, not all new merchants come in at higher take rates, as it depends on the vertical and potential of the merchant.
Q:What are the risks to the company's guidance?
A:The main risks to guidance include global macroeconomic and geopolitical factors, FX volatility, and the need to deliver on new merchant contracts and market expansions. Upside risks include stronger-than-expected volume growth from large merchants.
Q:Review of Unclear Management Responses
A:Management avoided making direct forward-looking statements about Argentina's gross margin recovery due to the country's volatility.
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The earnings call highlights strong financial performance, including significant growth in TPV, revenue, and net income. Despite some concerns about Argentina's FX volatility and G&A expenses, the company exhibits robust expansion plans and product innovation, such as the Buy Now, Pay Later Fuse and stablecoin adoption. The Q&A section reveals optimism about long-term growth and market expansion, particularly in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. The market cap of $2.36 billion suggests moderate stock price sensitivity. Overall, the positive financial results and strategic initiatives suggest a positive stock price movement of 2% to 8%.
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