{"id":4655,"date":"2022-01-13T00:31:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T00:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=4655"},"modified":"2022-01-13T00:31:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T00:31:18","slug":"2-growth-stocks-im-buying-instead-of-bitcoin-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=4655","title":{"rendered":"2 Growth Stocks I&#8217;m Buying Instead of Bitcoin in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/stock-market\/market-sectors\/financials\/cryptocurrency-stocks\/digital-currency\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital currencies<\/a> have great potential in a world that is increasingly going digital. This part of the economy is booming, so it&#8217;s no surprise to see demand for these currencies continue to grow. <\/p>\n<p>I bought some <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong>\u00a0last year, but one thing that bothers me is the volatility. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/stock-market\/types-of-stocks\/growth-stocks\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Growth stocks<\/a> can be volatile, too, but at least when the share price of a good business plummets, I can look at the company&#8217;s revenue and profit potential to get an idea where the stock is going over the long term. On the other hand, analyzing cryptocurrencies after a steep drop in price can feel like trying to find the flashlight when the power goes out.<\/p>\n<p>For 2022, I&#8217;ve identified two beaten-down growth stocks that I&#8217;m ready to buy. Here&#8217;s what I like about\u00a0<strong>DocuSign<\/strong> <span class=\"ticker\" data-id=\"340047\">(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/quote\/nasdaq\/docu\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ:DOCU<\/a>)<\/span> and <strong>The Trade Desk<\/strong> <span class=\"ticker\" data-id=\"338635\">(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/quote\/nasdaq\/ttd\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ:TTD<\/a>)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A business person signing a digital document on a tablet.\" src=\"https:\/\/g.foolcdn.com\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F660911%2Fbusiness-digital-signing.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g.foolcdn.com\/image\/?url=https%3A\/\/g.foolcdn.com\/editorial\/images\/660911\/business-digital-signing.jpg&amp;w=300&amp;op=resize 300w, https:\/\/g.foolcdn.com\/image\/?url=https%3A\/\/g.foolcdn.com\/editorial\/images\/660911\/business-digital-signing.jpg&amp;w=1000&amp;op=resize 1000w, https:\/\/g.foolcdn.com\/image\/?url=https%3A\/\/g.foolcdn.com\/editorial\/images\/660911\/business-digital-signing.jpg&amp;w=2000&amp;op=resize 2000w\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Image source: Getty Images.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>DocuSign<\/h2>\n<p>DocuSign is a popular service that helps businesses electronically prepare, sign, and manage contracts and other agreements. It has over 1 billion users who rely on its cloud document solutions,\u00a0and it&#8217;s been growing at a brisk pace. Revenue increased 179% over the last three years to reach $1.9 billion,\u00a0but the stock recently collapsed after a disappointing earnings report.<\/p>\n<p>Investors were spooked over decelerating revenue and billings growth.\u00a0As CEO Dan Springer said in a statement, &#8220;After six quarters of accelerated growth, we saw customers return to more normalized buying patterns.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But we need to remember what a &#8220;normalized buying pattern&#8221; for DocuSign looks like. Before the pandemic, in fiscal 2020, the company reported a robust growth rate of 39% in revenue. That doesn&#8217;t mean forward growth will match fiscal 2020&#8217;s rate, but there was clearly a blip during the pandemic as businesses rushed to operate digitally. DocuSign&#8217;s growth accelerated to 57% year over year during the fiscal fourth quarter of 2021. Even if it doesn&#8217;t maintain that breakneck pace beyond the pandemic, the long-term opportunity of more organizations shifting to digital services provides plenty of upside for the stock price.<\/p>\n<p>As Springer noted on the most recent earnings call, &#8220;Even as the pandemic subsides and people begin to return to the office, they are not returning to paper.&#8221;\u00a0Management estimates the long-term addressable market for its services at $50 billion,\u00a0so it can grow for a long time. Plus, its dollar retention rate was 121% last quarter, showing that existing customers are spending on additional services.<\/p>\n<p>In the near term, DocuSign will step up spending on sales capacity, training, and field enablement to speed up expansion of its customer base.\u00a0It shouldn&#8217;t have a problem doing that given the time savings and improved efficiency businesses gain by using DocuSign&#8217;s cloud platform to manage pesky paperwork.<\/p>\n<p>With the stock down 45% in the last three months since the earnings report,\u00a0much of the air has been let out of the stock&#8217;s high valuation. But the stock won&#8217;t stay down forever with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/2021\/12\/09\/should-you-buy-docusign-stock-right-now\/\" rel=\"noopener\">growth opportunities<\/a> in DocuSign&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two people looking at a computer display.\" src=\"https:\/\/g.foolcdn.com\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F660911%2Fbusiness-analysis-2.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" srcset=\"https:\/\/g.foolcdn.com\/image\/?url=https%3A\/\/g.foolcdn.com\/editorial\/images\/660911\/business-analysis-2.jpg&amp;w=300&amp;op=resize 300w, https:\/\/g.foolcdn.com\/image\/?url=https%3A\/\/g.foolcdn.com\/editorial\/images\/660911\/business-analysis-2.jpg&amp;w=1000&amp;op=resize 1000w, https:\/\/g.foolcdn.com\/image\/?url=https%3A\/\/g.foolcdn.com\/editorial\/images\/660911\/business-analysis-2.jpg&amp;w=2000&amp;op=resize 2000w\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Image source: Getty Images.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The Trade Desk<\/h2>\n<p>The Trade Desk is an advertising management platform that is seeing explosive growth as media increasingly becomes digital. The stock returned 539% over the last three years but has underperformed over the last year &#8212; up 5.8% at the time of writing. An acceleration in the digital advertising market, particularly with increasing interest from advertisers to get ads in front of video streaming viewers, could be a boon for The Trade Desk over the next few years, considering the company has access to a broad portfolio of premium connected TV ad inventory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The platform launched in 2011 after founder and CEO Jeff Green recognized a lot of inefficiency in internet advertising.\u00a0Green previously worked at <strong>Microsoft<\/strong>, where he oversaw the software giant&#8217;s AdECN online advertising exchange business. The Trade Desk basically helps large ad agencies and technology companies know what they are buying and provides a data-driven platform that helps advertisers manage their campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>As advertising spending picked up last year, revenue growth accelerated to 55% year over year through the first three quarters of the year. The Trade Desk cited strength in connected TV platforms. The company recently expanded its partnership with <strong>Comcast<\/strong>&#8216;s NBCUniversal, which will allow advertisers to access Peacock&#8217;s video-on-demand inventory on The Trade Desk&#8217;s platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The total advertising market is estimated to increase from $750 billion to over $1 trillion in the next three years, according to IDC.\u00a0Green believes all advertising will be digital one day. His company has enormous growth potential, with just $1.1 billion in trailing-12-month revenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/2022\/01\/10\/is-the-trade-desk-stock-too-expensive\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Trade Desk stock is expensive<\/a>, trading at a price-to-earnings ratio of 93 based on adjusted earnings over the last four quarters.\u00a0But if the stock market dipped in the near term, I would rather buy shares of a fast-growing business that produces a profit than a digital currency that doesn&#8217;t produce anything and is difficult to value with any degree of confidence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n                                            This article represents the opinion of the writer, who may disagree with the \u201cofficial\u201d recommendation position of a Motley Fool premium advisory service. We\u2019re motley! 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