sport football: 📊 Analyzing The Mag 7

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This was a shorter week, with markets closed on Thursday for the holiday and a shortened trading session on Friday.

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Some key data bites from this week that you should know:

Dan Ives shared his list of the 10 "must own" AI stocks.
New York Times shared 100 notable books of 2025.
Chinese couple made $9B after their company partnered with Nvidia.
Bloomberg says Trump's $21T investment boom is actually closer to $7T.
OpenAI projects 220M paying ChatGPT users by 2030.
Amazon will invest up to $50B to expand AI infrastructure for U.S. government.
Apple will overtake Samsung as #1 smartphone maker for first time since 2011.
Wall Street's macro traders are having their best run in 16 years.
Gas prices have fallen below $3/gallon in more than half of U.S. states.
Tesla sales in China dropped to a 3-year low in October.
U.S. posted a $284B budget deficit in October.
MIT study found AI can already replace 12% of U.S. workforce.
Big Tech is raising almost $100B through bond offerings to fund AI investments.
U.S. banks saw profits jump 13.5% to $79.3B in Q3.
Medicare negotiated a 71% discount on Novo Nordisk's GLP-1 drugs.

Earnings & Financial Results:

Zoom raised FY26 outlook and increased share repurchase program by $1B.
Alibaba beat estimates and posted 34% growth in cloud business.
Dell topped earnings and raised AI server shipment guidance to $25B.

In today's newsletter:

🏷️ Mag 7 Forward Valuation
📈 Mag 7 Revenue Growth
💰 Mag 7 Net Income
🏦 Mag 7 Net Cash Positions
🚀 Mag 7 YTD Performance

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Meta is spending big, but the market isn't buying it.

The company now trades at a discount to the rest of the Magnificent 7, with a 21x forward earnings multiple.
It is even cheaper than the S&P 500, which trades at 22x.

Investor concern is rising that Meta is overspending on AI, particularly compared to hyperscalers that can monetize their infrastructure faster through cloud customers.

Meta, by contrast, must build its own compute capacity to support its AI roadmap.
The situation reminds many investors of Meta's heavy metaverse spending, which failed to generate meaningful ROI.
The company is also using off-balance-sheet funding through SPVs and spending billions to recruit top AI talent, adding to worries about long-term returns.

Who in the Magnificent 7 is growing the fastest?

Nvidia, and it's not even close.
The company posted 62% revenue growth in the most recent quarter, more than double the next Mag 7 name, Meta.

Most of the group is still comfortably growing at double-digit rates.

Tesla, which previously posted –9% and –12% revenue declines, delivered a sharp rebound this quarter.

This was driven largely by a rush of EV purchases ahead of a federal tax credit expiring in September 2025.

The only name to post single-digit growth was Apple.

However, in the last earnings call, they guided for 10–12% total revenue growth in the next quarter.

Profit growth across the Mag 7 remains exceptionally strong.

Most are delivering high double-digit net income growth.

The two "exceptions" are Meta and Tesla.

Meta's recent decline in net income was driven by a one-time non-cash tax charge that will actually reduce taxes in the future.

Tesla's reason, on the other hand, was more operational.

The company has seen a steep plunge in net income, driven by heightened competition, price cuts, higher R&D spending, and tariffs.

Meanwhile, 3 names in the Magnificent 7 have generated over $100B in profits in the last twelve months: Google, Apple, and Microsoft.

Many of the Magnificent 7 are holding deep pockets.

Google, Nvidia, Tesla, and Apple all hold more cash than debt, giving them net cash positions.

Companies with net cash have far more flexibility to invest, scale, and withstand macro volatility.

That said, a net debt position isn't a red flag by itself.

Many large companies operate efficiently with leverage, and those with reliable cash flow can comfortably manage a net debt position.

There's been one big winner of the Magnificent 7 this year.

And that is Google.

The stock has surged nearly 70% this year as sentiment reversed, supported by a favorable FTC decision, strong growth across segments, and rising confidence in its AI leadership.

Rapid adoption of Gemini, robust Google Cloud performance, and continued momentum at Waymo have all helped propel the stock.
As a result, Google has outperformed the S&P 500's return by 4x this year.

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The majority of the Magnificent 7 are actually underperforming the S&P 500 this year.
Amazon is the largest laggard, returning just 6% YTD.

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💾 Chip Shift^↗ - Meta is in talks to use Google's AI chips in a multibillion-dollar deal that would reduce its reliance on Nvidia.

🚀 Genesis Launch^↗ - President Trump signed an Executive Order launching the Genesis Mission, aimed at accelerating AI R&D.

🇺🇸 No Slowdown^↗ - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said there is no recession risk for U.S. economy after $11B government shutdown.

💊 Trial Failure^↗ - Novo Nordisk said its GLP-1 trials failed to slow Alzheimer's progression.

📨 Allegation Response^↗ - Nvidia sent a private memo to Wall Street analysts pushing back on accounting allegations.

🎵 Price Hike^↗ - Spotify is planning to increase U.S. subscription prices in the first quarter of 2026.

🇨🇳 Military Ties^↗ - Pentagon concluded that Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD should be added to list of companies that aid Chinese military.

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Major Trades Published 11/24 - 11/28. Trades may be those of family members. [Source: 2iQ]

Buys

Dave McCormick (R)
- Company: Bitwise Bitcoin ETF ($BITB)
  - Amount Purchased: $65K - $150K

Sells

Tina Smith (D)
- Company: Huntington Bancshares ($HBAN)
  - Amount Sold: $100K - $250K

Major Trades Published 11/24 - 11/28

Buys

DoorDash ($DASH)
- Insider: Alfred Lin (Director)
  - # of Shares Purchased: 514,047
  - $ Amount: $100,277,150
  - SEC Forms: [1]
Carrier Global ($CARR)
- Insider: David Gitlin (Chairman and CEO)
  - # of Shares Purchased: 19,300
  - $ Amount: $1,015,572
  - SEC Forms: [1]

Sells

Dutch Bros ($BROS)
- Insider: Travis Boersma (Executive Chairman of Board)
  - # of Shares Sold: 2,500,000
  - $ Amount: $136,924,542
  - SEC Forms: [1]
CoreWeave ($CRWV)
- Insider: Brian Venturo (Chief Strategy Officer)
  - # of Shares Sold: 281,250
  - $ Amount: $20,936,884
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