MFAANG - Performance Review of 6 Popular Tech Stocks

This article has been reviewed by Sumeet Sinha, MBA (Emory University Goizueta Business School). Should you have any inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact at sumeet@finlightened.com.

What is MFAANG or FAANG?

FAANG stocks, you might have heard about them. They are a group of 5 tech stocks, namely Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google. I like to include another tech giant in the group, Microsoft, and track them together as MFAANG.

So, why are these stocks famous and discussed very often? Because they have been leading the tech revolution for a while now.

Live FAANG Stock Prices

MFAANG (Microsoft + FAANG) Snapshot

The six stocks in MFAANG have a combined market cap worth a staggering $8.5+ TRILLION [March 2022].

MFAANG Latest Earnings Date

Microsoft Latest Earnings Data

Facebook (META) Latest Earnings Data

Amazon Latest Earnings Data

Apple Latest Earnings Data

NETFLIX Latest Earnings Data

Google (Alphabet) Latest Earnings Data

MFAANG stock performance

Let’s evaluate the performance of these stocks in the previous decade, from Jan 2010 to Jan 2020.

STOCK	% GAINS Jan 2010 – Jan 2020	VALUE OF $1000 INVESTED
MSFT	435%	$ 5,350
FB	470%	$ 5,700
AAPL	1027%	$ 11,270
AMZN	1364%	$ 14,640
NFLX	4541%	$ 46,410
GOOG	387%	$ 4,870
		Total $ 88,240
SP 500	188%	$ 2,880

FB start price as of May 2012

$6,000 invested in M-FAANG stock at the start of the decade ($1,000 in each stock) would be worth a total of $88,240 in Jan 2020.

For comparison, investing $6,000 in S&P 500 in Jan 2010 would be worth $17,280 in Jan 2020.

Microsoft Stock: From $30.66 to $165.04 in a decade

Facebook Stock: From $38.23 to $217.94 in less than a decade

Apple Stock: From $28.25 to $318.31 in a decade

Amazon Stock: From $127.14 to $1861.64 in a decade

Netflix Stock: From $7.61 to $353.16 in a decade

Alphabet Stock: From $301.01 to $1466.71 in a decade

All images are screenshots from google finance

Did you have any MFAANG stocks this decade? Let us know in the comment section below.

MFAANG 2020 YTD Performance

As of writing this section, Oct 19, 2020, let’s take a look at the 2020 Year to date performance of MFAANG stocks and how they compare against the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 Indexes. The best returns were on the Amazon stock (almost 69%) and the lowest return were on Alphabet (Google) stock (under 12%). Still, each MFAANG stock beat the S&P 500 returns (5.28%) YTD.

Stock / Index	2020 YTD Returns (as of Oct 19, 2020)
S&P 500 Index (ETF: SPY)	5.28%
Nasdaq 100 Index (ETF: QQQ)	31.29%
Microsoft (MSFT)	33.37%
Facebook (FB)	24.61%
Apple (AAPL)	54.45%
Amazon (AMZN)	68.98%
Netflix (NFLX)	60.92%
Alphabet (GOOG)	11.78%

YTD chart image screenshots from google finance

MFAANG Earnings by service and product segments

Apple Earnings by Segment (in million USD)

Apple Previous Earnings Data

Apple Quarterly Net Sales	Jul-Sep 2020	Jul-Sep 2019

iPhone	$ 26,444	$ 33,362
Mac	9,032	6,991
iPad	6,797	4,656
Wearables, Home and Accessories	7,876	6,520
Services	14,549	12,511
Total	$ 64,698	$ 64,040

Microsoft Earnings by Segment (in million USD)

Microsoft Previous Earnings Data

Microsoft Quarterly Revenue	Jul-Sep 2020	Jul-Sep 2019

Productivity and Business Processes	$ 12,319	$ 11,077
Intelligent Cloud	12,986	10,845
More Personal Computing	11,849	11,133
Total	$ 37,154	$ 33,055

Amazon Earnings by Segment (in million USD)

Amazon Previous Earnings Data

[update Feb 2021]

Q4 FY 2020 Earnings: Net Sales $125.6 Billion

Full Year FY 2020: Net Sales $386 Billion

Net sales increased 38% to $386.1 billion, compared with $280.5 billion in 2019. Excluding the $1.4 billion favorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the year, net sales increased 37% compared with 2019.
Operating income increased to $22.9 billion, compared with operating income of $14.5 billion in 2019.
Net income increased to $21.3 billion, or $41.83 per diluted share, compared with net income of $11.6 billion, or $23.01 per diluted share, in 2019.
– Amazon Investor Relations Website

Amazon Quarterly Revenue	Jul-Sep 2020	Jul-Sep 2019

Net Product Sales	$ 52,774	$ 39,726
Net Service Sales	43,371	30,255
Total	$ 96,145	$ 69,991

Is There an ETF for MFAANG?

While we could not find a readily available ETF to invest in the MFAANG stocks, the good news is you can easily create your own equivalent on M1 finance.

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Are There ETFs for Artificial Intelligence?

The MFAANG stocks have brought phenomenal returns for investors over the past few years. Do you believe the next phase of explosive growth would come from the companies working on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence? Here are some ETFs that you might want to look at.