The first few months of the year have been concerning for the US stock market. There has been no shortage of macroeconomic struggles and geopolitical concerns that have hindered major gains to be had. However, most of them have begun a steady rebound in the past month.

Alphabet (GOOGL), Tesla (TSLA), Amazon (AMZN), and more are in the green in a major turnaround for Wall Street. The only Mag-7 member not in the green on Monday was Apple (AAPL), which fell 2.4%. With the second fiscal quarter of 2025 closing at the end of this month, each of the magnificent seven stocks has strong potential, but which will be at the top of the mountain come June 30?

As hinted earlier, there is one clear Mag-7 stock that won’t be the winner of this fiscal quarter, and that’s Apple (AAPL). The stock has underperformed in 2025 so far, with its stock down over 20% year-to-date and even lower at certain periods. So which is it?

Which Magnificent-Seven Stock Will Win Q2 2025?

The seven magnificent companies in the US have raced into the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector. AI has been a promising avenue for revenue and growth in the tech industry, and several companies have already captured their share of the market. Microsoft has embedded generative AI into Office, Windows, and Azure. The Windows developer is also working on the next frontier, agentic AI. Meanwhile, Google has rolled out Gemini across just about all of its products, and Meta is pivoting from the metaverse to machine learning. All the while, Nvidia’s chips have become the mainstay leader powering the AI industry.

However, in part thanks to efforts in AI, it is Meta Platforms (META) that could end up the top Mag-7 member by the end of this quarter. Year-to-date, META is up 19%, leading the way for gains among the grouping this year. That is expected to continue this year, with many experts now looking at the Facebook/Instagram developer as the top choice amongst the magnificent seven in 2025.

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Microsoft (MSFT) is a close second in the race. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant earned $3.46 a share on sales of $70.07 billion in the quarter ended March 31. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected earnings of $3.22 a share on sales of $68.44 billion. On a year-over-year basis, Microsoft earnings rose 18% while sales increased 13%.