Magnificent Seven power ahead as earnings outpace rest of S&P 500 by nearly 3-to-1

The Magnificent Seven giants—Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL), Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)—have historically been a strong force in driving U.S. market gains. Their Q1 Y/Y earnings growth was again proof of that when compared to the remaining 493 members of the S&P 500 (SP500).

In the first quarter of 2025, the Magnificent 7 group posted year-over-year earnings growth of 27.7%, which is nearly three times higher than the combined growth of the remaining 493 S&P 500 companies, according to FactSet.

For more on the Magnificent Seven group, see how each stock matches up with each other in accordance to Seeking Alpha’s quant metrics as markets kick off the month of June.

• Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), quant grade of 2.60.
• Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), quant grade of 3.02.
• Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), quant grade of 3.38.
• Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), quant grade of 3.96.
• Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), quant grade of 4.06.
• Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), quant grade of 4.12.
• Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL), quant grade of 4.20.

Year-to-date price action: TSLA -12.1%, AAPL -18.8%, NVDA +5.5%, META +14.7%, MSFT +9.8%, AMZN -5.3%, and GOOG -11%.

Magnificent Seven ETFs: (BATS:MAGS) (BATS:MAGX) (NYSEARCA:QQQU) and (NYSEARCA:QQQD).