Wall Street's 'Magnificent 7' May Be Outdated as New Labels Emerge

Wall Street's most famous market label may be outdated.

The 'Magnificent 7' or 'Mag 7' defined the first phase of the AI rally, as it included Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Tesla, but a fresh grouping is now circulating among investors keen to capture its next leg.

In the wake of SpaceX's blockbuster listing, analysts are looking to add Elon Musk's company, as well as OpenAI and Anthropic, which are expected to IPO later this year, to a new market label.

Coined by the British financial firm Vanda Research, the 'FAB 10' stands for Frontier AI & Big Tech 10, and takes the original seven companies from 'Mag 7' together with the three new market darlings.

According to Vanda, last Friday's SpaceX IPO offered the clearest signal yet that attention is widening beyond the 'Magnificent 7'.

After Monday's close above $192 per share, Elon Musk's space and AI firm is now the sixth most valuable company in the world by market capitalisation.

What the new label captures

The term 'Magnificent 7' was coined in late 2023 by Michael Hartnett, who wanted a single term for the megacap stocks powering the market to records.

Their combined value now sits at roughly $22.6 trillion (€19.5tn), with Nvidia alone worth more than $5 trillion (€4.33tn) as the most valuable company in the world by market capitalisation.

The three newcomers represent a different flavour of the same AI boom.

SpaceX brings aerospace and satellite connectivity through its Starlink unit, while OpenAI and Anthropic are among the leading developers of frontier AI models.

According to Vanda, the ten companies collectively map the direction of the AI and technology sectors over the coming decade.

However, a wrinkle in the label is that two of the additions are not yet listed.

OpenAI and Anthropic remain private, though both have filed to approach public markets this year, potentially at valuations surpassing $1 trillion (€861bn) and making the 'FAB 10' as much a shorthand as a tradable basket.

The 'FAB 10' is also not the only contender.

Bank of America has floated an 'AI Big 10' that instead adds the chipmakers Broadcom, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Micron, reflecting the semiconductor rally.

Others have suggested smaller clusters, such as the rival 'MANGOS' label, which has surfaced and includes Meta, Anthropic, Nvidia, Google (Alphabet), OpenAI and SpaceX.

Strategists caution that none of the names signals the demise of the 'Magnificent 7', which still accounts for roughly a third of the S&P 500 index. Investors are not abandoning the originals but simply broadening the definition of who leads the AI era.

As Vanda frames it, the next decade's winners may simply need a bigger tent.