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Magnificent Seven

7 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
67.63
+7.82 (+13.07%)
MAGS 67.63 · +7.8 pts (+13.07%) 1Y
74.5169.4164.3259.2354.14EW +17.86%H 70.94 · May 14L 55.39 · Mar 30
Aug 22, 2025Nov 20, 2025Feb 24, 2026May 26, 2026Aug 25, 2026
Breadth
5 / 7
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
100%+
of the gain from GOOGL, AAPL, NVDA
Biggest driver
GOOGL +3.84
Alphabet Inc., +68.84%
Biggest drag
META −4.46
Meta Platforms, Inc., −24.23%

What drove it

7 members · drivers first · 1Y · residual 245.6bp exceeds 60bp gate

The MAGS rose 13.07% (+7.82 pts) over the past year, and more than all of that gain came from just three stocks: GOOGL, AAPL, NVDA.

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+13.0 pts from 6 gainers4.5 pts from 1 losers
net +7.8 pts · gainers outweigh losers 2.9 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
MAGSsum of all 7 stocks
+7.8
100%
+13.07%
GOOGLAlphabet Inc.
+3.8
49%
+68.84%
AAPLApple Inc.
+3.2
41%
+36.45%
NVDANVIDIA Corporation
+2.7
34%
+19.85%
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.
+2.5
31%
+14.08%
MSFTMicrosoft Corporation
+0.4
5%
−2.44%
TSLATesla, Inc.
+0.4
5%
+3.01%
METAMeta Platforms, Inc.
−4.5
−57%
−24.23%

Attribution map

slicing the +7.82 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
META−4.5 pts(−24.2%)
GOOGL+3.8 pts(+68.8%)
AAPL+3.2 pts(+36.5%)
NVDA+2.7 pts(+19.9%)
AMZN+2.5 pts(+14.1%)
MSFT+0.4 pts
TSLA+0.4 pts

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +7.82 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%2457stocks:3 stocks = 125%100% covered at 3

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0GOOGL +3.84AAPL +3.22NVDA +2.68META −4.46Aug 22Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−25%0%+25%+50%
From −24.23% (META) to +68.84% (GOOGL). Equal-weight, the MAGS would be +17.86% vs the actual +13.07%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +7.82 pts
Unknown7
+8.5

The year, session by session

every trading day of 2026 · hover for the move
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