The “Magnificent Seven” (M7) is a group of US tech companies that have each enjoyed stratospheric growth (albeit over differing timeframes) and now represent some of the most valuable companies in the world. These seven stocks make up about 30.9% of the S&P 500 based on the combined value of their shares – an unfathomable $15.1 trillion.
Given their status and their growth curve, they’re understandably popular with hobby traders and day traders alike. But that can mean that their stock price can be over-inflated, and prone to wild movements based on the latest news. Here’s how they’re tracking right now, the returns they’ve provided and how to buy their shares.
M7 stock |
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1-year performance (to Mar. '25) |
5-year performance (to Mar. '25) |
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| Amazon.com (AMZN) |  |
13.49% | 134.38% | More info |
| Apple (AAPL) |  |
23.68% | 252.57% | More info |
| Alphabet Class A (GOOGL) |  |
17.22% | 208.46% | More info |
| Meta Platforms (META) |  |
25.51% | 316.14% | More info |
| Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) |  |
-6.69% | 186.93% | More info |
| NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) |  |
38.52% | 519.50% | More info |
| Tesla (TSLA) |  |
52.83% | 68.50% | More info |
All investing should be regarded as longer term. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. If you’re not sure which investments are right for you, please seek out a financial adviser. Capital at risk.
An ETF (“exchange traded fund”) is a pool of stocks in several companies. You can buy shares in the ETF itself, just as if it was a company. This means you don’t have to buy shares in all seven of the companies individually. But if there’s one of the seven that you don’t like, well… tough: with the ETF you’re in for a penny, in for a pound!
ETF |
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1-year performance (to Mar. '25) |
5-year performance (to Mar. '25) |
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| Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (MAGS) |  |
25.25% | N/A | Invest Capital at risk |
If you're interested in investing in one or all of these behemoths, let's take a closer look at who they are and why they're so darned successful. Keep in mind – perhaps more so than usual – that positive past performance doesn't guarantee that a stock will continue to rise in the future.
Also a "FAANG" stock (a cool acronym that was ruined when Facebook became Meta and Google became Alphabet), Amazon has doubled down on it's monumental success as a retail platform by being rather good at TV streaming and cloud computing too. On top of that, the huge amounts of data at its disposal make it well placed to excel at AI, given that AI models typically require training on vast datasets. Like many in the M7 club, it has a founder (Jeff Bezos) who's a divisive household name... vilified by some but lauded in every self-help business book (acquired mostly on Amazon). Amazon represents 4.2% of the S&P 500 and 13.6% of the Magnificent Seven.
Amazon-com is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 638 billion and employs 1,556,000 staff.
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Apple is a dinosaur by M7 standards, having been founded in 1976 – just one year after M7's oldest, Microsoft. It was the first publicly-traded company to crack a $1 trillion market cap, in 2018, and then it was the first to crack $2t just two years later (and $3t two years later again). Apple represents 6.4% of the S&P 500 and 20.9% of the Magnificent Seven.
Apple is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $395.8 billion and employs 150,000 staff.
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Alphabet is the mothership for Google and YouTube and a bunch of lesser-known entities. Along with M7 peers Meta, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft it's been referred to as a "Big 5" tech stock. It's controversially dominant, but in the new AI world order, it's going to have to battle hard to maintain that dominance. Alphabet represents 4.1% of the S&P 500 and 13.2% of the Magnificent Seven.
Alphabet Inc Class A is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $350 billion and employs 183,323 staff.
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Meta Platforms is the only M7 member to have a Hollywood movie dramatising its inception... we think... probably. Back then it was plain old "Facebook" – the big rebrand came in 2021, at a time when everybody was very excited about the "metaverse" – not least Mark Zuckerberg. But in fairness, the name had become a bit reductive, given the huge success of WhatsApp and Instagram. Meta now represents 3.1% of the S&P 500 and 9.9% of the Magnificent Seven.
Meta Platforms is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $164.5 billion and employs 74,067 staff.
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Microsoft is the granddaddy of the group, having existed before all the others (OK, it was only a year ahead of Apple, in terms of founding dates). The OG PC-maker was the third company in the word to a crack a $1 trillion valuation. You could perhaps be forgiven for questioning whether Microsoft really belongs in the same list as these other companies that have so clearly changed the way we do things in the last decade or so, but don't forget that Microsoft owns just a smidge under 50% of OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT. We've also got Microsoft to thank for the Xbox, LinkedIn, GitHub, and Bing, amongst other things, so it's not just all about Windows! Microsoft represents 5.8% of the S&P 500 and 18.6% of the Magnificent Seven.
Microsoft Corporation is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $261.8 billion and employs 228,000 staff.
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Chip-maker Nvidia joined the $1 trillion valuation club in 2023. The company could be considered emblematic of the AI boom that really caught global attention in around 2022. The components it produces are relied on by many big tech companies for the training and running of generative AI models. Its stock became so popular and grew so fast that in June 2024 it split each share into 10 shares, as you can see in our chart. Nvidia represents 5.8% of the S&P 500 and 18.7% of the Magnificent Seven.
NVIDIA Corporation is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $130.5 billion and employs 36,000 staff.
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So much more than just gopping trucks, Tesla is a "clean energy company". So while it's best known for its electric vehicles, it's really a pioneer in battery energy storage products. Tesla is headquartered somewhat ironically in oil heartland, Texas. In 2021, under CEO Elon Musk, it became the seventh company to surpass a trillion dollar valuation. But Musk wasn't actually there from the get-go, interestingly enough – he joined one year in. Tesla represents 1.6% of the S&P 500 and 5.1% of the Magnificent Seven.
Tesla is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $97.7 billion and employs 125,665 staff.
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