While cryptocurrency may be a fitting investment for some portfolios, you don't need to put your hard-earned cash into speculative investments in order to pursue market-beating returns. If you have money to put into the stock market right now, there are plenty of companies just begging to be bought with tremendous growth potential to tap into in the years ahead. 

These are three such stocks to consider adding to your portfolio right now. 

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) is coming off of another robust year of growth in 2022. The company delivered approximately $9 billion on the top line in the 12-month period, paired with earnings of $3.3 billion and operating income of $4.3 billion. These three metrics represented increases of 18%, 42%, and 66%, respectively, from the prior year.  

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