2 Stocks That Could Be Easy Wealth Builders
Key Points
MercadoLibre's e-commerce and fintech businesses continue to grow rapidly each quarter.
Dutch Bros sees the opportunity to increase its store count sevenfold.
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There are no guarantees in the stock market, but there are stocks that look like no-brainer picks. When a company has massive opportunities and is demonstrating the skills and capabilities to capture them, its stock could be an easy wealth builder.
Consider MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) and Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS), two stocks that could be multibaggers over the next few years.
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1. MercadoLibre
MercadoLibre is a Latin American e-commerce and fintech giant, and it reports high growth quarter after quarter. Its regions are still in the early innings of a shift toward digital, and MercadoLibre is well positioned to benefit.
The 2025 fourth quarter was an excellent example of what's happening. Revenue increased 47% year over year (currency neutral), with a 37% increase in gross merchandise volume and a 53% increase in total payment volume.
In e-commerce, unique active buyers increased 24% to more than 83 million, and items sold rose 43%. The lower free-shipping threshold in Brazil continues to draw new business, creating a flywheel effect where as more consumers participate, more merchants want to be on the platform, offering more products. Items sold per unique buyer increased 15%, indicating that total volume is that much higher than the number of new buyers.
On the fintech side, the total credit portfolio increased 90% year over year, while monthly active users were up 27% to nearly 78 million.
MercadoLibre has years of continued growth ahead and investors can expect that to be reflected in its stock.
2. Dutch Bros
Dutch Bros is a relatively young coffee shop chain, and the reason it could be an easy wealth builder is simple. It operates more than 1,000 stores today, and management sees the opportunity to reach 7,000 stores over the next few years. The company's immediate goal is to reach 2,029 stores by 2029, and it plans to open 181 new stores in 2026.
If it can increase its store count by sevenfold, revenue should skyrocket. Over the past few years, revenue growth has outpaced expenses, leading to scale and profitability. If Dutch Bros can keep that up, margins should widen, and profits should keep rising, too.
It ended the year with a robust fourth quarter. Sales increased 29% year over year, and comparable sales were up 7.7%. Net income rose from $6.4 to $29.2 million.
Buying into Dutch Bros today is buying into its long-term growth story, and if you can buy now and hold for many years, it offers an easy path toward wealth creation.
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Jennifer Saibil has positions in Dutch Bros and MercadoLibre. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Dutch Bros and MercadoLibre. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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