πππIn 2024, The Magnificent 7 stocks had a magnificent year. The group which includes Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta Platforms and Tesla averaged a gain of 65% in 2024. The Magnificent 7 made up 57% of the S&P500's market cap gain in 2024.
$The Magnificent Seven ETF(MAGS)$
Let's check out the Magnificent 7 stocks by their annual share price growth.
The Top performer is Nvidia $NVIDIA(NVDA)$
Nvidia had a phenomenal year and trades like the undisputed proxy for the AI market as the world's biggest tech firms ramp up spending on the AI sector.
In Q3 24, Nvidia reported revenue of USD 35.1 billion, up 17% from Q2 24 and up a massive 94% from previous year quarter.
For the quarter, GAAP earnings per diluted share was USD 0.78, up 16% from previous quarter and up 111% from a year ago. Non GAAP earnings per diluted share was USD 0.81, up 19% from previous quarter and up 103% from previous year.
According to CEO Jensen Huang, the age of AI is in full steam, propelling a global shift to Nvidia computing. Demand for Hopper and anticipation for Blackwell are incredible as foundation model makers scale pretraining, post training and inference.
AI is transforming every industry, company and country. Enterprises are adopting agentic AI to revolutionise workflows. Industrial Robotics investments are surging with breakthroughs in physical AI and countries are realising the importance of developing their national AI and infrastructure.
Nvidia has regained the top spot as the World's most valuable company with a market capitalisation of USD 3.46 trillion above Apple's USD 3.35 trillion in market capitalisation recently.
$Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$
In Q3 24, Meta's revenue was USD 40.6 billion, up 19% from previous year quarter. Income from operations rose by 36% to USD 17.35 billion compared to previous year quarter. Net Income was USD 15.68 billion, up 35% quarter on quarter.
Total costs and expenses were USD 23.24 billion, an increase of 14% year over year. Daily active people (DAP) was 3.29 billion on average for September 2024, an increase of 5% year over year.
Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Meta had a good quarter driven by AI progress across their apps and business. Meta also has strong momentum with Meta AI, Llama adoption and AI powered glasses. Meta had more than 1 million advertisers used its Generative AI tools to create more than 15 million ads in October alone.
JMP Securities has an Outperform rating on Meta with a 12 month share price target of USD 750, an upside potential of 28% in 2025.
$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$
Tesla had a roller coaster ride in 2024 as it did not do well in the first part of the year. Tesla was down by 32% but after the US Presidential Election in November it really jumped by 70% as CEO Elon Musk's strong support of President Donald Trump reaped huge rewards in market capitalisation for Tesla's loyal investors.
In 2025, Tesla plans to introduce several cheaper EVs including Model Q, Model 2 and a lower cost Model Y.
Model Q will be a new entry model that will be cheaper to produce than Model 3 and expected to be priced at less than USD 30,000.
Model 2, a compact EV is expected to be Tesla's cheapest model ever.
Lower cost Model Y is also known as Baby Y, is designed to be less expensive than Model Y.
CEO Elon Musk has also projected a 20% to 30% vehicle growth in 2025. In October 2024, Elon Musk unveiled Tesla Cybercab self driving Robotaxi that is expected to be ready before 2027 with a price tag of less than USD 30,000.
Tesla also plans to mass produce its humanoid robot Optimus sometime in 2025.
Piper Sandler has called Tesla its Top Buy and Hold stock, raising its target price to USD 500.
$Amazon.com(AMZN)$
In Q3 24, Amazon reported better than expected earnings and revenue driven by growth in its cloud computing and advertising business. Amazon's net sales rose 11% to USD 158.9 billion for the quarter. This growth shows consistent demand for Amazon's products and services across various markets, improving its position as a leading player on the ECommerce sector.
AWS remains a cornerstone of Amazon's profitability with revenue up 19% and operating income reaching USD 10.4 billion.
Amazon's shares hit an all time high after Amazon's annual cloud conference where the company said that its Trainium 2 chips would hit the market.
4 of the Magnificent 7 will be reporting their Q4 24 earnings next week. Microsoft, Tesla and Tesla reports are scheduled on Wednesday followed by Apple on Thursday.
The Federal Open Market Committee will announce a policy decision on Wednesday. Markets are pricing in no change in interest rates. Focus will be on Feds Chairman Jerome Powell.
I like MAGS ETF as it allows me to gain access to the best and strongest Big Tech stocks at a low cost. At the last closing price of USD 56.32, it is a lot cheaper than say investing in Meta Platforms which closed at USD 636.45 or Tesla at USD 406.58.
MAGS' expense ratio is 0.29% which is rather low for an actively managed ETF. MAGS also pays an annual dividend. The current dividend yield is 2.01%. It goes ex dividend on December 30 2025.
Performance wise, MAGS is up 1.31% on the last 5 days, and in 2024 it has risen 61% outperforming SPY ETF which is up 24%.
Wall Street Analysts are bullish on MAGS with a Buy rating, Target price of USD 60.88, an upside potential of 8% according to Tipranks.
Even though MAGS only started trading on April 11 2023, it quickly gained popularity with Assets Under Management of USD 2.04 billion.
2025 could still be the Year of Big Tech especially the Magnificent 7 amidst a less restrictive regulatory environment under Donald Trump and the continuation of the AI frenzy.
I believe that MAGS ETF is a great way to capture the upward momentum of the Magnificent 7 stocks as they are undoubtedly market leaders in their respective fields.
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