3 Brilliant Growth Stocks to Buy Now and Hold for the Long Term

Nvidia has a long growth track as it continues to build its AI infrastructure.
Meta Platforms used AI to drive growth.
Dutch Bros is one of the best growth stories in the restaurant space.
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For more than a decade, growth stocks have been the driving force behind market growth. As long as the bull market lasts, this trend is likely to continue.

Let’s look at three brilliant growth stocks that you might want to consider buying today and holding for the long term.

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Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) it was the ultimate growth stock, with the company producing insane revenue growth for a company of its size. Last quarter, it grew its revenue by 62% to $57 billion. That’s more than 3 times the $18.1 billion in revenue it generated just two years ago.

As spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure continues to grow, the company is one of the best positioned to take advantage of this opportunity. Nvidia’s graphics processing units (GPUs) have become the backbone of AI infrastructure given their robust parallel processing capabilities that can perform many calculations simultaneously. Meanwhile, it carved out a wide moat with its CUDA software platform, locking in developers with its long-standing set of libraries and core code that optimizes its GPUs for AI workloads.

While competition is heating up with ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits), these preprogrammed chips have higher initial costs and lack the flexibility of GPUs, which can be reprogrammed. Nvidia’s chips are also more readily available, and it has capacity at fabs (chip manufacturing facilities) locked down. This will keep it a long-term winner.

Another company that is experiencing strong growth is Meta platforms (NASDAQ: META)the owner of Facebook and Instagram. Last quarter, it saw revenue growth accelerate to 26% year-over-year, up from 22% year-over-year growth in Q2 and 16% in Q1.

Meta Growth is powered by AI, which helps keep users on its platform longer by providing them with more personalized content they’re interested in. At the same time, it has created AI-based tools that can improve user targeting and improve ad creation. Combined, this leads to more ad space and better performing ads, which drives up prices. Last quarter, Meta saw a 14% increase in ad impressions, while ad prices rose 10%.

The company is investing heavily in AI, so these improvements should improve over time. Meanwhile, it has just started running ads on its popular messaging platform WhatsApp and its newest social networking site, Threads, which it continues to build. This should help increase power in the future.

Stepping outside the technology sector, Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) is one of the best growth stories in the consumer space. The coffee shop operator grew rapidly through a combination of same-store sales growth and store expansion. Last quarter, its revenue rose 25% year over year to $423.6 million.

While some restaurants have struggled recently to grow same-store sales, Dutch Bros continues to fire on all cylinders. In Q3, its comparable restaurant sales rose 5.7%, with a 4.7% increase in transactions. Growth is supported by menu innovation, increased advertising and the introduction of mobile ordering. Meanwhile, the company is just starting to roll out hot food in three-quarters of its stores, which should be a big factor.

The most exciting part of the Dutch Bros story, however, is the long expansion road ahead of it. The company has less than 1,100 stores, with plans to expand to more than 2,000 stores by 2029 and 7,000 in the long term. The company, which originated in Oregon, is now in 24 states and has gradually expanded eastward. With its stores typically having a small footprint with no indoor seating, they are relatively cheap to build and have quick payback periods.

Between growth and expansion opportunities in the same store, this is a growth stock to own.

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Geoffrey Seiler has positions in Dutch Bros. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Meta Platforms and Nvidia. The Motley Fool recommends Dutch Bros. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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