Jim Cramer, the host of Mad Money, on Tuesday walked viewers through how the Magnificent Seven stocks performed during 2025.
“Now that we’ve turned the page in the calendar to 2026, I want to talk about the Magnificent Seven. Like it or not, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Tesla weigh in at roughly 35% of the S&P 500. For three years now, these stocks have been the entire ball game for most people, even if some of them occasionally fail to please the trading-oriented hedge fund managers. In 2025, the Mag Seven still rallied 22% on average despite rolling over near the end of the year. Not as good as the past, but still better than the S&P’s gain of 16%. Of course, that’s down from 111% gain in 2023 and a 60% average gain in 2024.”
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Cramer also said that there is a clearer separation among individual names within the group. He highlighted that Alphabet jumped 65% last year, while Amazon managed only a 5% gain. He added that the bulk of the outperformance came from Alphabet and NVIDIA, while the other five members of the Magnificent Seven trailed the S&P 500.
“Here’s the bottom line: Even the laggards of the Magnificent Seven have a lot going for them, which is why we own six of the seven for the Charitable Trust. As I say in my new book, How to Make Money in Any Market, they are still the best companies our nation has to offer.”
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Jim Cramer Recently Reviewed the Magnificent Seven Stocks
7. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 332
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is one of the Magnificent Seven stocks Jim Cramer recently reviewed. Cramer noted that he is quite optimistic about the stock for 2026, as he commented:
“Finally, there’s Amazon, another Charitable Trust name… It finished last year up just over 5%… Muted overall performance, missed some very positive things. When Amazon reported its latest quarter at the end of October, that was a major positive catalyst as their web service business put up terrific numbers, that was one I was worried about, growth accelerating to more than 20%, the highest level since the third quarter 2022. I feel very good about that business after speaking with Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman about a month ago… He was terrific. On top of that, Amazon made a big investment in Anthropic, one of my absolute faves. They’re already using AI and robotics to enhance the retail business. I was on Rufus maybe 20 times in the last three days. Rufus has really improved, and I’ve gotta tell you, Anthropic is great. It’s a business-to-business service. It’s going to be wildly profitable very soon. The retail business continues to do well with double-digit growth both domestically and internationally for the past two quarters. Yes, Amazon’s still spending heavily on AI infrastructure like many of the Magnificent Seven compadres, but it’s very clear how these investments can directly make them money. So to me, that spending is easier to swallow. I’m looking for Amazon to put up much bigger gains in 2026 and it seems like I’m not alone because… the stock soared nearly 5% over the past three sessions. It’s been magnificent.”
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) sells consumer goods and digital content through online and physical stores, provides advertising and subscription services, operates Amazon Web Services for cloud computing, develops electronic devices, produces media content, and offers programs supporting third-party sellers and content creators.
6. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 166
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is one of the Magnificent Seven stocks Jim Cramer recently reviewed. Cramer noted how the company proved the doubters wrong, as he remarked:
“Apple’s next up… It only went up about 9% last year. This one’s different. Apple stock was beaten down in early 2025 because of the same worries we always hear about: can their growth re-accelerate? Will iPhone sales be weak? Will the China business ever turn around? And of course, last year, we also got the tariff worries with President Trump going after their two key sources of manufacturing, China and India. Ultimately, Apple took those tariff concerns off the table by announcing a massive domestic investment agenda that won the company some key exemptions and won over the president, and the stock came roaring back.
Apple also helped itself by posting several strong quarters with sales growth accelerating over the course of the year. But what really got this stock going this fall was the iPhone 17 launch. We all heard it was going to be weak from Wall Street over and over and over again. It was a huge hit. Plus, when Wall Street decided to start worrying about all the spending on AI data centers, the guys at Apple suddenly looked like geniuses for not getting involved in this game.
Remember, people thought they were doofuses before this. You know where I come down on Apple, as always I say own it, don’t trade it… I think the strong iPhone cycle can continue and it wouldn’t surprise me if Apple can sign a big deal to get billions of dollars in exchange for making some generative AI platform the default on the iPhone… Stock has quietly pulled back over 9% from its early December all-time highs, currently trading at 32 times this year’s earnings estimates. It’s not cheap, but I think Apple deserves a premium multiple given how great it is.”
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) manufactures and sells devices such as the iPhone, Mac, iPad, along with its line-up of wearables and accessories. The devices are supported by the company’s app ecosystem, AppleCare, and cloud tools.
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