Here Are My Top 3 Growth Stocks to Buy Now | The Motley Fool

Growth stocks are a great option for long-term investors due to their potential for high capital appreciation. These companies typically operate in innovative and dynamic industries and reinvest their earnings back into the business to fuel further expansion. This can lead to significant stock price increases through the years that can enrich your portfolio through the beauty of compounding returns. If you're looking for top growth stocks to buy right now, here are three no-brainer names to consider. Image source: Getty Images. 1. MercadoLibre MercadoLibre ( MELI +0.50%) is quickly becoming the digital backbone of Latin America, as its integrated e-commerce , logistics, and fintech ecosystem continues to thrive. By handling 95% of its own deliveries through its Mercado Envíos network, MercadoLibre achieves faster and more reliable shipping than its competitors, which remains a critical advantage amid the region's often-challenging infrastructure. The company's Mercado Pago division provides essential financial services in an underbanked region. Its total credit portfolio has reached $11 billion as of the end of the third quarter of 2025, up 83% from a year ago, and a large portion of its payment volume is coming from outside the e-commerce platform. MercadoLibre has been cash-flow positive every year since 2007 and has demonstrated an ability to fund its own expansion without excessive reliance on external capital. Newer ventures like digital advertising are high-margin businesses that can leverage the company's vast user data to drive growth and improve overall profitability in the years ahead. NASDAQ: MELI Key Data Points In Q3 2025, MercadoLibre's net revenue popped 39% year over year to $7.4 billion, the 27th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth greater than 30%. Brazil is immensely important to MercadoLibre as the company's single largest and most crucial market, which accounts for over half of its total revenues. Management has emphasized a focus on long-term value creation over short-term margin improvements, making significant investments in logistics and expanding free shipping in Brazil. The lowered free shipping threshold in Brazil led to a surge in items sold in Q3 (up 42% year over year in Brazil) and the largest quarterly addition of unique buyers in the company's history. Unique buyers in Brazil were up 29% year over year in Q3. MercadoLibre delivered about $718 million in adjusted free cash flow in the first nine months of 2025 alone. If you want to invest in a top-notch e-commerce and fintech stock, MercadoLibre looks like a no-brainer buy. 2. Eli Lilly Eli Lilly ( LLY +0.07%) briefly reached a $1 trillion market cap earlier this year, becoming the first healthcare company to achieve that milestone thanks to the explosive growth and global adoption of its obesity and diabetes treatments. In Q3 2025, Lilly reported 54% year-over-year revenue growth to $17.6 billion. Combined sales of its GLP-1 products Mounjaro (diabetes) and Zepbound (obesity) totaled over $10 billion in a single quarter and now account for more than 50% of the company's total revenue. Lilly has unseated its rival Novo Nordisk as the market leader...

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