Dubbed the Magnificent Seven stocks, Apple, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon.com, Nvidia, Meta Platforms and Tesla lived up to their name in 2023 with big gains. But the third quarter of 2024 showed their returns diverging and the whole group came under selling in recent months before rebounding.
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Due to their outsized market capitalizations, Magnificent Seven stocks hold a disproportionate influence on the market-cap weighted Nasdaq composite and S&P 500 indexes.
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Magnificent Seven Stocks Performance
| Company Name | Symbol | 2024 YTD Performance |
|---|---|---|
| Alphabet | (GOOGL) | +17.2% |
| Amazon | (AMZN) | +9.9% |
| Apple | (AAPL) | +12.3% |
| Meta Platforms | (META) | +46.3% |
| Microsoft | (MSFT) | +8.0% |
| Nvidia | (NVDA) | +111.5% |
| Tesla | (TSLA) | -19.5% |
Source: IBD Data as of Aug. 12
Nvidia Stock Hits Buy Trigger
Nvidia stock rallied 2.4% Wednesday, adding to Tuesday’s gains. The stock has a 131.26 buy point from an irregular handle. Investors also could use the Sept. 12 high of 120.79 as a much smaller handle and an early buy trigger.
In recent weeks, Nvidia beat Wall Street’s targets for its fiscal second quarter and guided higher than views for the current period.
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company earned an adjusted 68 cents a share on sales of $30.04 billion in the quarter ended July 28. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected earnings of 65 cents a share on sales of $28.74 billion. On a year-over-year basis, Nvidia earnings soared 152% while sales jumped 122%.
Nvidia stock is having a strong year, and soared after the AI giant beat Wall Street’s targets for its fiscal first quarter and guided higher than views for the current period. It also announced a 10-for-1 stock split that took effect on June 10.
The tech titan is an IBD Leaderboard stock.
Magnificent Seven Stocks: Amazon Regains Key Level
Amazon.com (AMZN) is back above its 50-day line and approaching a 201.20 buy point following recent gains. Shares fell 0.7% Wednesday.
In late July, the e-commerce giant reported mixed second quarter results.
Earnings beat expectations but revenue came in short of projections, despite a stronger-than-expected contribution from Amazon’s cloud computing division. The tech giant’s sales forecast was also lower than expected.
Through its Amazon Bedrock platform, the e-commerce and cloud giant provides a fully managed service offering a choice of high-performing foundation models (FMs) from leading AI companies like AI21 Labs, Anthropic, Cohere, Meta and Stability AI.
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Dow Jones Stocks In Magnificent 7: Apple, Microsoft
Two Dow Jones names are among the Magnificent Seven: Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT).
Apple stock fell 0.7% Wednesday, still close to a cup-with-handle’s buy point at 232.92.
In recent weeks, Apple beat expectations for its fiscal third quarter thanks to record services revenue and strong iPad sales.
On July 30, software giant Microsoft reported fiscal fourth-quarter results that edged above Wall Street’s targets. But Azure cloud-computing growth disappointed. Also, Microsoft’s sales guidance for the current quarter was light.
Shares moved up 0.6% in Wednesday’s trading, still above their 50-day line and near a 441.85 cup-with-handle entry.
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