How to invest in “Magnificent Seven” stocks

What they are, how they're tracking, and how to get involved. Saddle up!

The “Magnificent Seven” (M7) is a group of US tech stocks 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 32.1% of the S&P 500 based on the combined value of their shares – an unfathomable $15.1 trillion (as of May 2025).

Given their status and their growth curve, they’re understandably popular with hobby traders and pro traders alike. But that can mean that their stock prices 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.

The Magnificent Seven

M7 stock
5-year performance (to May. '25)
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Amazon.com (AMZN) Amazon.com icon 64.06% See chart
Apple (AAPL) Apple icon 180.19% See chart
Alphabet Class A (GOOGL) Alphabet Class A icon 147.99% See chart
Meta Platforms (META) Meta Platforms icon 190.86% See chart
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Microsoft Corporation icon 143.39% See chart
NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) NVIDIA Corporation icon 293.09% See chart
Tesla (TSLA) Tesla icon 465.98% See chart

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.


How to invest in M7 stocks

  1. Open a share dealing platform. The first step in finding the best trading app or platform that suits your needs.
  2. Fund your account. Once your share trading account is set up, you can deposit funds. Usually this can be done via a bank transfer, debit card, or any other means allowed by your trading platform.
  3. Research and choose your M7 stocks. Decide whether you’re buying one or all of the seven stocks, and then search them up on your chosen platform (by company name or stock ticker).
  4. Place your order! Once you’ve found the stock(s), select the amount you want to invest and create an order to buy shares. And just like that, you’re now officially an investor in the Magnificent Seven. Yeehaw, etc.
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What about a Magnificent Seven ETF?

An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a basket of stocks that can contain multiple companies. You can buy shares in the ETF itself, because they’re traded on stock exchanges, just as if it was a company. This means you don’t have to buy shares in all 7 of these magnificent companies individually. But if there’s one of the seven that you don’t like, well… tough: with ETFs you don’t get to customise who’s included, you have to take it how it comes!

The best-known ETF that lets you invest in the Magnificent Seven is the Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (MAGS). This ETF offers a portfolio entirely geared towards the Magnificent Seven companies with equal weight exposure to M7 stocks.

ETF
5-year performance (to May. '25)
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Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (MAGS) Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF icon 87.51% (2 years) Invest Capital at risk

Closer look at M7 companies: The good, the bad and the ugly

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. Tap or hover over the dots on the price charts to see what happened when!

Amazon (AMZN)

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). As of May 2025, Amazon represents 4.3% of the S&P 500 and 13.3% 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.

  • Market capitalization: $2,018,478,522,368
  • P/E ratio: 34.3942
  • PEG ratio: 1.4104
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Apple (AAPL)

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). As of May 2025, Apple represents 6.7% 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 164,000 staff.

  • Market capitalization: $3,156,744,077,312
  • P/E ratio: 33.3556
  • PEG ratio: 2.0885
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Alphabet (GOOGL)

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. As of May 2025, Alphabet represents 4.1% of the S&P 500 and 12.9% of the Magnificent Seven.

Alphabet Inc Class A is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $359.7 billion and employs 185,719 staff.

  • Market capitalization: $1,953,875,230,720
  • P/E ratio: 17.8829
  • PEG ratio: 0.9621
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Meta Platforms (META)

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. As of May 2025, Meta represents 3.1% of the S&P 500 and 9.5% of the Magnificent Seven.

Meta Platforms is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $170.4 billion and employs 76,834 staff.

  • Market capitalization: $1,444,515,676,160
  • P/E ratio: 22.3694
  • PEG ratio: 0.8858
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Microsoft (MSFT)

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 world 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! As of May 2025, Microsoft represents 6.2% of the S&P 500 and 19.4% 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.

  • Market capitalization: $2,938,355,056,640
  • P/E ratio: 31.8501
  • PEG ratio: 1.7466
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NVIDIA (NVDA)

Despite having arguably the worst logo of the companies featured here, 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. 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. The components it produces are relied on by many big tech companies for the training and running of generative AI models. As of May 2025, Nvidia represents 5.8% of the S&P 500 and 18% 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.

  • Market capitalization: $2,723,283,992,576
  • P/E ratio: 37.9626
  • PEG ratio: 1.5347
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Tesla (TSLA)

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. As of May 2025, Tesla represents 1.9% of the S&P 500 and 6% of the Magnificent Seven.

Tesla is listed on the NASDAQ, has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $95.7 billion and employs 125,665 staff.

  • Market capitalization: $903,543,652,352
  • P/E ratio: 160.2971
  • PEG ratio: 4.3501
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