Are the "Magnificent Seven" dead?
The seven trillion-dollar-plus tech stocks that produced market-crushing returns for years have had a rough year. Only two are outperforming the Nasdaq Composite so far in 2026, and only three are outperforming the S&P 500.
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But when a stock's price drops, it's a good time to take a second look. So let's check to see which of the Magnificent Seven has the best risk/reward profile right now.
We'll start at the bottom (from a market cap standpoint) and work our way to the top.
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is in limbo right now. The electric carmaker may not be (primarily) a carmaker for much longer. CEO Elon Musk seems intent on refocusing Tesla into an autonomous driving and robotics company, and rumors are swirling that he's planning a merger between Tesla and his new (and larger, at least on paper) company, Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) or SpaceX.
If Musk and Tesla can actually achieve their ambitious goals of creating self-driving taxis and a humanoid robot army, the company's stock is likely to go parabolic. But at the moment, that looks like a big "if."
Facebook parent Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) is struggling to define itself. CEO Mark Zuckerberg's dream of an online "Metaverse" seemed appealing when we were all stuck at home during the pandemic. But a few years and millions of unsold VR headsets later, the company is pivoting toward — what else? — AI.
Now trading at 18% off its highs, Meta's reward potential is high in part because expectations are so low. The company is late to the very expensive AI party, but it certainly has the cash flow to shake things up a bit. The risk here is whether the potential long-term gains will be worth the big upfront costs.
While people usually think of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) as an e-commerce company, most of its profits come from its AWS cloud computing arm. The big growth engine for the company is tech as opposed to online shopping.
Amazon's risk rating is moderate because neither its e-commerce business nor its dominant cloud computing arm are going anywhere. It has eagerly jumped into the AI race, with its AI-powered AWS services appearing to be bearing fruit. But the potential AI rewards may be more limited for Amazon than for some of the other players in the space, which could limit the stock's upside.
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