The Magnificent 7 stocks have made headlines in recent years for their eye-popping returns. In fact, taken as a whole, Amazon (AMZN), Google parent company Alphabet (GOOGL), Nvidia (NVDA), Apple (AAPL), Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT) and Tesla (TSLA) have been credited with propping up the entire market — and that’s not much of an exaggeration.
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According to J.P. Morgan, those seven stocks alone contributed a whopping 55% of the S&P 500’s entire return in 2024. But their outperformance was even greater in 2023, when they made up an incredible 63% of the S&P 500’s return, helping them earn their “magnificent” nickname.
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In a nutshell, if you had the foresight to invest in the Magnificent 7 stocks at the beginning of 2023, you would have done quite well. How well? Read on to see how this statistical performance translates into real dollars and cents.
Closing price on Dec. 30, 2022: $87.70
Closing price on June 16, 2025: $176.77
Total percentage return: 101.6%
Current value of $10,000 invested on Dec. 30, 2022: $20,160
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Closing price on Dec. 30, 2022: $84.00
Closing price on June 16, 2025: $216.10
Total percentage return: 157.3%
Current value of $10,000 invested on Dec. 30, 2022: $25,730
Closing price on Dec. 30, 2022: $128.27
Closing price on June 16, 2025: $198.42
Total percentage return: 54.7%
Current value of $10,000 invested on Dec. 30, 2022: $15,470
Closing price on Dec. 30, 2022: $14.60
Closing price on June 16, 2025: $144.69
Total percentage return: 891.0%
Current value of $10,000 invested on Dec. 30, 2022: $99,100
Closing price on Dec. 30, 2022: $119.78
Closing price on June 16, 2025: $702.12
Total percentage return: 486.2%
Current value of $10,000 invested on Dec. 30, 2022: $58,620
Closing price on Dec. 30, 2022: $235.04
Closing price on June 16, 2025: $479.14
Total percentage return: 103.9%
Current value of $10,000 invested on Dec. 30, 2022: $20,390
Closing price on Dec. 30, 2022: $123.18
Closing price on June 16, 2025: $329.13
Total percentage return: 167.2%
Current value of $10,000 invested on Dec. 30, 2022: $26,720
Total return in 2023: 76%
Total return in 2024: 48%
Year-to-date return in 2025 as of June 16: 0%
Current value of $10,000 invested on Dec. 30, 2022: $26,048
