Dubbed the Magnificent Seven stocks, Apple, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta Platforms and Tesla lived up to their name in 2023 with big gains. But the middle part of the second quarter of 2024 showed a big divergence of returns.
While Nvidia continues to wow Wall Street, fellow artificial intelligence leader Palantir takes aim at an early breakout.
The three members each boast a market value above $3 trillion through Wednesday’s close, while Alphabet’s is hovering around $2.177 trillion, according to Dow Jones Market Data. There are two classes of Alphabet stock that trade significant volume, but they trade for similar prices, around $181, and overall there are about 12.4 billion shares outstanding. Stock prices, and market values, are a function of earnings and valuation multiples.