MarketsSep 25, 2024
Mag 7 More Profitable, Have Stronger Balance Sheets Than 2000s Tech Stocks
What We’re Showing
This graphic compares today’s Magnificent Seven stocks with seven of the top stocks from the 2000s Tech Bubble. Data was accessed from Goldman Sach’s Global Strategy Paper (Sept 5, 2024).
Strength of the Magnificent Seven
In terms of market cap, the Mag 7 represents over 30% of the U.S. market, which is significantly more than the 19% held by the seven leading tech stocks in the 2000s.
Such a high concentration among very few companies could be a source of risk, though as this dataset shows, Mag 7 stocks are relatively strong.
Compared to the 2000s group, they have higher profit margins, larger cash reserves, and are more attractively priced (as evidenced by their lower forward P/E ratios).
Dataset
Magnificent 7 (2024) | % of U.S. Market Cap | Cash as % of Market Cap | 24-month Fwd P/E | Net Profit Margin |
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Microsoft | 6.6 | 3 | 25.7 | 35 |
Apple | 7.3 | 1.8 | 26.5 | 27 |
Nvidia | 5.7 | 3.7 | 24.1 | 53 |
Amazon | 4 | 8.6 | 25.4 | 9 |
Alphabet | 3.9 | 4 | 16.6 | 28 |
Meta | 2.4 | 4.2 | 19.2 | 34 |
Tesla | 1.4 | 4.3 | 55.4 | 9 |
Aggregate | 31.3 | 4.2 | 23.9 | 28 |
Tech Bubble Leaders (2000) | % of U.S. Market Cap | Cash as % of Market Cap | 24-month Fwd P/E | Net Profit Margin |
Microsoft | 4.5 | 3 | 53.2 | 39 |
Cisco Systems | 4.2 | 0.4 | 101.7 | 17 |
Intel | 3.6 | 2.5 | 42.1 | 25 |
Oracle | 1.9 | 1 | 84.6 | 15 |
IBM | 1.7 | 2.7 | 23.5 | 9 |
Lucent | 1.6 | 0.9 | 37.9 | 9 |
Nortel Networks | 1.5 | 1.1 | 86.4 | -1 |
Aggregate | 19 | 1.7 | 52 | 16 |
Data sources
Data for Tech Bubble stocks as of March 24, 2000. Mag 7 data as of Sept 2024.
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