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By Jennifer Saibil – Feb 28, 2026 at 5:15AM ESTKey PointsMercadoLibre's e-commerce and fintech businesses continue to grow rapidly each quarter.Dutch Bros sees the opportunity to increase its store count sevenfold.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 (MELI +1.01%) and Dutch Bros (BROS 0.45%), two stocks that could be multibaggers over the next few years. Image source: Getty Images. 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. ExpandNASDAQ: MELIMercadoLibreToday's Change(1.01%) $17.61Current Price$1758.49Key Data PointsMarket Cap$89BDay's Range$1721.76 - $1775.0052wk Range$1654.24 - $2645.22Volume33KAvg Vol567KGross Margin44.50% 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. ExpandNYSE: BROSDutch BrosToday's Change(-0.45%) $-0.24Current Price$53.67Key Data PointsMarket Cap$6.8BDay's Range$51.39 - $53.7052wk Range$46.52 - $80.62Volume96KAvg Vol4.5MGross Margin25.68% 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.Read NextFeb 27, 2026 •By Matt Frankel, CFPDown 33%, Is MercadoLibre a Buy After Earnings?Feb 27, 2026 •By Josh Kohn-LindquistWhy MercadoLibre Stock Dipped This WeekFeb 25, 2026 •By Will HealySQUADRA Loads Up MercadoLibre With 89,000 Shares in New PositionFeb 25, 2026 •By Lawrence NgaHas Competition Permanently Changed MercadoLibre's Economics?Feb 24, 2026 •By Lawrence NgaIs Mercado Pago a Growth Engine or a Hidden Risk in 2026?Feb 23, 2026 •By James Brumley3 Brilliant Growth Stocks to Buy Now and Hold for the Long TermAbout the AuthorJennifer Saibil has been a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst covering the consumer goods and financial sectors since 2019. She previously worked in the financial sector and has written for other finance publications. She holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Yeshiva University and a master’s degree in public administration from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service.TMFanibirdStocks MentionedMercadoLibreNASDAQ: MELI$1,757.58(+0.96%)+$16.70Dutch BrosNYSE: BROS$53.67(-0.45%)-$0.24*Average returns of all recommendations since inception. Cost basis and return based on previous market day close.
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