The US market is a great place to look for solid growth stocks.
By owning such companies over the long term, you can increase the value of your portfolio, better preparing yourself for retirement.
To filter out these gems, you need to look for several characteristics in the stocks that you screen.
They should have a solid business model and dominant market position while also boasting an impressive track record of growing their revenue, profits, and free cash flows.
Here are three solid US growth stocks that you can consider adding to your buy watchlist.
Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI)
Badger Meter provides water solutions which include flow measurement, quality and other parameters.
These offerings provide data and analytics, allowing its customers to optimise their operations.
Badger Meter reported steady growth in its sales and net profit from 2022 to 2024.
Net sales increased from US$565.6 million in 2022 to US$826.6 million, while net profit nearly doubled to US$124.9 million over the same period.
Free cash flow went from US$76.6 million in 2022 to US$142.2 million.
The company continued its strong track record in the first quarter of 2025 (1Q 2025).
Sales increased by 13.2% year on year to US$222.2 million.
Operating profit shot up 35.1% year on year to US$49.4 million, and net profit climbed 31.8% year on year to US$38.4 million.
Badger Meter generated a positive free cash flow of US$30.1 million, 60% higher than the US$18.8 million churned out a year ago.
A quarterly dividend of US$0.34 was declared, and the company has raised its dividends for 32 consecutive years.
Badger Meter acquired SmartCover Systems in late January 2025 for US$185 million.
This acquisition helps to add real-time monitoring of utility water collection systems under the company’s BlueEdge suite of water management solutions, allowing it to provide a more comprehensive range of services to its customers.
The company plans to grow its dividend in line with earnings and accelerate acquisitions that align with its long-term strategy and that deliver target returns.
Roblox (NYSE: RBLX)
Roblox provides a virtual platform where users can create, share, and play games using the company’s game engine, Roblox Studio.
Users can generate games spanning various genres and interact in virtual worlds. They can also choose to spend Robux, a virtual currency that can be purchased with real money through Roblox.
The company reported growing revenue over the years, going from US$2.2 billion in 2022 to US$3.6 billion by 2024.
Free cash flow also turned positive, going from negative US$31.4 million in 2022 to positive US$641.3 million by 2024.
Roblox continued its streak of strong earnings in 1Q 2025 with revenue jumping 29.2% year on year to US$1 billion.
Free cash flow more than doubled year on year to US$426.5 million for the quarter.
Daily average users (DAUs) climbed 26% year on year to 97.8 million in 1Q 2025, the highest level in nine quarters.
Hours engaged also shot up 30% year on year to 21.7 billion, also the highest in nine quarters.
Roblox ended 1Q 2025 with bookings of US$1.2 billion, 31% higher than a year ago.
Back in April, the company launched rewarded video advertisements and partnered with Google to scale its immersive advertising.
This launch will enable the Roblox creator community to enjoy expanded earnings opportunities and see increased demand for the ads that they generate within their experiences.
Sea Limited (NYSE: SE)
Sea Limited is a technology company that operates three key divisions – digital entertainment (Garena), e-commerce (Shopee), and digital financial services (Monee).
The company pulled off an amazing turnaround in recent years as it continued to grow its top line.
Total revenue went from US$12.4 billion in 2022 to US$16.8 billion by 2024.
The business went from a net loss of US$1.65 billion in 2022 to a net profit of US444.3 million in 2024.
Free cash flow also went from negative US$2 billion to positive US$2.96 billion over the same period.
For 1Q 2025, Sea Limited reported revenue of US$4.8 billion, up nearly 30% year on year.
Operating profit leapt more than sixfold year on year to US$456.4 million, and the e-commerce outfit turned in a net profit of US$403 million, reversing the previous year’s net loss of US$23.7 million.
Sea Limited’s Garena division did well, with quarterly active users rising 11.3% year on year to 661.8 million.
Quarterly paying users climbed 33% year on year to 64.8 million.
Free Fire, Garena’s flagship game, continues to be the world’s largest mobile game by DAU and downloads.
As for Shopee, gross merchandise value for 1Q 2025 shot up 21.2% year on year to US$28.6 billion.
Gross orders on the platform climbed 19.2% year on year to 3.1 billion.
The number of average monthly active buyers grew by 15% year on year, while its advertisement revenue grew by 50% year on year.
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Disclosure: Royston Yang does not own shares in any of the companies mentioned.
