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Magnificent Seven

7 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
67.63
+38.06 (+128.71%)
MAGS 67.63 · +38.1 pts (+128.71%) 3Y
79.5566.0652.5839.0925.60EW +148.11%H 70.94 · May 14L 28.91 · Oct 25
Aug 18, 2023May 21, 2024Feb 24, 2025Nov 19, 2025Aug 25, 2026
Breadth
7 / 7
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
57%
of the gain from NVDA, GOOGL, AAPL
Biggest driver
NVDA +8.85
NVIDIA Corporation, +392.99%
Biggest drag
none
all 7 members advanced

What drove it

7 members · drivers first · 3Y · residual 1687.6bp exceeds 60bp gate

The MAGS rose 128.71% (+38.06 pts) over three years in a broad advance: 7 of 7 stocks rose, with NVDA out front at +8.85 points.

Read the latest market-close note: Nvidia and Goldman Sachs Lead a Narrow Advance as Energy and Staples Slide

+38.1 pts from 7 gainers0.0 pts from 0 losers
net +38.1 pts · gainers outweigh losers 381.0 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
MAGSsum of all 7 stocks
+38.1
100%
+128.71%
NVDANVIDIA Corporation
+8.9
23%
+392.99%
GOOGLAlphabet Inc.
+6.5
17%
+174.64%
AAPLApple Inc.
+6.2
16%
+79.83%
MSFTMicrosoft Corporation
+6.2
16%
+58.70%
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.
+5.9
15%
+95.96%
TSLATesla, Inc.
+3.7
10%
+62.54%
METAMeta Platforms, Inc.
+0.7
2%
+103.00%
Cap weighting, illustrated

Amazon.com, Inc. and Meta Platforms, Inc. moved almost identically (+95.96% vs +103.00%), yet AMZN moved the MAGS 8.5× as much. In a cap-weighted index, the bigger company's weight turns the same percentage move into far more points.

Attribution map

slicing the +38.06 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
NVDA+8.9 pts(+393.0%)
GOOGL+6.5 pts(+174.6%)
AAPL+6.2 pts(+79.8%)
MSFT+6.2 pts(+58.7%)
AMZN+5.9 pts(+96.0%)
TSLA+3.7 pts(+62.5%)

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +38.06 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%2457stocks:3 stocks = 57%100% covered at 7

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0NVDA +8.85GOOGL +6.51AAPL +6.21Aug 18Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
+50%+150%+250%+350%
From +58.70% (MSFT) to +392.99% (NVDA). Equal-weight, the MAGS would be +148.11% vs the actual +128.71%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +38.06 pts
Unknown7
+38.1

The year, session by session

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