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The FAANG stocks, in these uncertain times, are expected to rise as much as 35% over the next year

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Amazon’s shares fell 8.5% for the three-week period through the close March 5.</p>\n<p>Investors are used to “big tech” being associated with the FAANG stocks: Facebook Inc.FB,-3.39%,Apple Inc.,Amazon, Netflix Inc.&nbsp;and Google holding company Alphabet Inc..But Microsoft Corp.,the second-largest company in the S&amp;P 500,is often lumped in with the FAANGs.</p>\n<p><b>FAANG pullback</b></p>\n<p>For three weeks through March 5, the S&amp;P 500 pulled back only 2.3%, but the Nasdaq-100 Index,which is tracked by the Invesco QQQ Trust,fell 8.3%. Here’s how the FAANG+Microsoft group fared during that period:</p>\n<table>\n <thead>\n  <tr>\n   <th>COMPANY</th>\n   <th>TICKER</th>\n   <th>PRICE CHANGE - FEB. 12, 2021 THROUGH MARCH 5, 2021</th>\n   <th>DECLINE FROM ALL-TIME INTRADAY HIGH</th>\n   <th>DATE OF ALL-TIME INTRADAY HIGH</th>\n  </tr>\n </thead>\n <tbody>\n  <tr>\n   <td>FACEBOOK INC. CLASS A</td>\n   <td>FB</td>\n   <td>-2.3%</td>\n   <td>-13.3%</td>\n   <td>08/26/2020</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Apple Inc.</td>\n   <td>AAPL</td>\n   <td>-10.3%</td>\n   <td>-16.3%</td>\n   <td>01/25/2021</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Amazon.com Inc.</td>\n   <td>AMZN</td>\n   <td>-8.5%</td>\n   <td>-15.5%</td>\n   <td>09/02/2020</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Netflix Inc.</td>\n   <td>NFLX</td>\n   <td>-7.2%</td>\n   <td>-13.0%</td>\n   <td>01/20/2021</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Alphabet Inc. Class C</td>\n   <td>GOOG</td>\n   <td>0.2%</td>\n   <td>-2.1%</td>\n   <td>02/16/2021</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Microsoft Corp.</td>\n   <td>MSFT</td>\n   <td>-5.5%</td>\n   <td>-5.9%</td>\n   <td>02/16/2021</td>\n  </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\n<p>FactSet</p>\n<p>So Apple fared worst, with a 10.3% decline, followed by Amazon, while Microsoft was down 5.5%.</p>\n<p><b>Loving Microsoft</b></p>\n<p>On March 8, Goldman Sachs analyst Kash Rangan added Microsoft to his “conviction buy list,” with a price target of $315, which would be a 36% increase above the stock’s closing price of $231.60 on March 5.</p>\n<p>In a note to clients, Rangan wrote that Microsoft’s “strong presence across all layers of the cloud stack” was providing “a pathway for sustained double-digit topline growth alongside continued margin expansion.”</p>\n<p>“Moreover, our conversations [with corporate chief information officers] point to&nbsp;Microsoft Azure increasingly short-listed as a strategic cloud vendor within large&nbsp;enterprise customers,” he added.</p>\n<p><b>Sales growth estimates</b></p>\n<p>Here’s a summary of consensus estimates among analysts polled by FactSet for the FAANG+Microsoft group’s sales growth in calendar 2021 and 2022. All the figures, even those for prior years, are marked “estimated” because not every company’s fiscal year matches the calendar year. (Apple’s fiscal 2020 ended Sept. 26.)</p>\n<table>\n <thead>\n  <tr>\n   <th>COMPANY</th>\n   <th>TICKER</th>\n   <th>EXPECTED SALES GROWTH - 2022</th>\n   <th>EXPECTED SALES GROWTH - 2021</th>\n   <th>ESTIMATED SALES GROWTH - 2020</th>\n   <th>ESTIMATED TOTAL REVENUE - CALENDAR 2022 ($BIL)</th>\n   <th>ESTIMATED TOTAL REVENUE - CALENDAR 2021 ($BIL)</th>\n   <th>ESTIMATED TOTAL REVENUE - CALENDAR 2020 ($BIL)</th>\n   <th>ESTIMATED TOTAL REVENUE - CALENDAR 2019 ($BIL)</th>\n  </tr>\n </thead>\n <tbody>\n  <tr>\n   <td>FACEBOOK INC. CLASS A</td>\n   <td>FB</td>\n   <td>20%</td>\n   <td>25%</td>\n   <td>22%</td>\n   <td>$128,724</td>\n   <td>$107,693</td>\n   <td>$85,967</td>\n   <td>$70,697</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Apple Inc.</td>\n   <td>AAPL</td>\n   <td>4%</td>\n   <td>16%</td>\n   <td>10%</td>\n   <td>$351,682</td>\n   <td>$336,632</td>\n   <td>$289,469</td>\n   <td>$263,600</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Amazon.com Inc.</td>\n   <td>AMZN</td>\n   <td>18%</td>\n   <td>23%</td>\n   <td>38%</td>\n   <td>$558,756</td>\n   <td>$474,035</td>\n   <td>$386,069</td>\n   <td>$280,500</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Netflix Inc.</td>\n   <td>NFLX</td>\n   <td>16%</td>\n   <td>20%</td>\n   <td>24%</td>\n   <td>$34,672</td>\n   <td>$29,978</td>\n   <td>$24,996</td>\n   <td>$20,156</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Alphabet Inc. Class C</td>\n   <td>GOOG</td>\n   <td>17%</td>\n   <td>24%</td>\n   <td>12%</td>\n   <td>$262,736</td>\n   <td>$225,424</td>\n   <td>$181,678</td>\n   <td>$161,853</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Microsoft Corp.</td>\n   <td>MSFT</td>\n   <td>12%</td>\n   <td>13%</td>\n   <td>14%</td>\n   <td>$193,813</td>\n   <td>$173,210</td>\n   <td>$153,681</td>\n   <td>$134,301</td>\n  </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\n<p>FactSet</p>\n<p>Scroll the table to see all the data.</p>\n<p>During the pandemic year of 2020, Amazon showed the best sales growth, by far. But for 2021 and 2022, Facebook is expected to achieve the most rapid increases in revenue.</p>\n<p>All six companies are expected to increase sales by double digits during 2021, but Apple’s sales growth is expected to slow to only 4% in 2022.</p>\n<p><b>Free-cash-flow growth estimates</b></p>\n<p>A company’s free cash flow is its remaining cash flow after planned capital expenditures. It is money that can be used to fund expansion or acquisitions, or buy back shares, increase dividends for for any other corporate purpose. Here’s a summary analysts’ expectations for the group’s free cash flow this year and in 2022:</p>\n<table>\n <thead>\n  <tr>\n   <th>COMPANY</th>\n   <th>TICKER</th>\n   <th>EXPECTED FCF GROWTH - 2022</th>\n   <th>EXPECTED FCF GROWTH - 2021</th>\n   <th>ESTIMATED FCF GROWTH - 2020</th>\n   <th>ESTIMATED FREE CASH FLOW - CALENDAR 2022 ($BIL)</th>\n   <th>ESTIMATED FREE CASH FLOW - CALENDAR 2021 ($BIL)</th>\n   <th>ESTIMATED FREE CASH FLOW - CALENDAR 2020 ($BIL)</th>\n   <th>ESTIMATED FREE CASH FLOW - CALENDAR 2019 ($BIL)</th>\n  </tr>\n </thead>\n <tbody>\n  <tr>\n   <td>FACEBOOK INC. CLASS A</td>\n   <td>FB</td>\n   <td>30%</td>\n   <td>16%</td>\n   <td>13%</td>\n   <td>$34,862</td>\n   <td>$26,796</td>\n   <td>$23,029</td>\n   <td>$20,380</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Apple Inc.</td>\n   <td>AAPL</td>\n   <td>7%</td>\n   <td>11%</td>\n   <td>21%</td>\n   <td>$89,389</td>\n   <td>$83,522</td>\n   <td>$75,342</td>\n   <td>$62,157</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Amazon.com Inc.</td>\n   <td>AMZN</td>\n   <td>48%</td>\n   <td>34%</td>\n   <td>9%</td>\n   <td>$58,143</td>\n   <td>$39,323</td>\n   <td>$29,297</td>\n   <td>$26,925</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Netflix Inc.</td>\n   <td>NFLX</td>\n   <td>N/A</td>\n   <td>N/A</td>\n   <td>N/A</td>\n   <td>$1,094</td>\n   <td>-$20</td>\n   <td>$1,923</td>\n   <td>-$3,257</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Alphabet Inc. Class C</td>\n   <td>GOOG</td>\n   <td>20%</td>\n   <td>18%</td>\n   <td>43%</td>\n   <td>$63,463</td>\n   <td>$52,744</td>\n   <td>$44,673</td>\n   <td>$31,193</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Microsoft Corp.</td>\n   <td>MSFT</td>\n   <td>13%</td>\n   <td>14%</td>\n   <td>18%</td>\n   <td>$63,306</td>\n   <td>$56,034</td>\n   <td>$49,028</td>\n   <td>$41,557</td>\n  </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\n<p>FactSet</p>\n<p>Again, scroll to the right to see all the figures. For Netflix, the free cash flow numbers underscore how important it is not to lump a group of stocks together, simply because of a clever acronym. For Netflix, subscriber growth has been an important driver.</p>\n<p>Amazon.com is expected to be show the best increases in free-cash-flow generation over the next two years.</p>\n<p><b>Price targets</b></p>\n<p>Here’s a summary of Wall Street analysts’ opinions about the FAANG+Microsoft group of stocks:</p>\n<table>\n <thead>\n  <tr>\n   <th>COMPANY</th>\n   <th>TICKER</th>\n   <th>SHARE \"BUY\" RATINGS</th>\n   <th>SHARE NEUTRAL RATINGS</th>\n   <th>SHARE \"SELL\" RATINGS</th>\n   <th>CLOSING PRICE - MARCH 5</th>\n   <th>CONSENSUS PRICE TARGET</th>\n   <th>IMPLIED 12-MONTH UPSIDE POTENTIAL</th>\n  </tr>\n </thead>\n <tbody>\n  <tr>\n   <td>FACEBOOK INC. CLASS A</td>\n   <td>FB</td>\n   <td>86%</td>\n   <td>10%</td>\n   <td>4%</td>\n   <td>$264.28</td>\n   <td>$340.40</td>\n   <td>29%</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Apple Inc.</td>\n   <td>AAPL</td>\n   <td>69%</td>\n   <td>24%</td>\n   <td>7%</td>\n   <td>$121.42</td>\n   <td>$150.80</td>\n   <td>24%</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Amazon.com Inc.</td>\n   <td>AMZN</td>\n   <td>96%</td>\n   <td>4%</td>\n   <td>0%</td>\n   <td>$3,000.46</td>\n   <td>$4,035.95</td>\n   <td>35%</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Netflix Inc.</td>\n   <td>NFLX</td>\n   <td>68%</td>\n   <td>22%</td>\n   <td>10%</td>\n   <td>$516.39</td>\n   <td>$627.97</td>\n   <td>22%</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Alphabet Inc. Class C</td>\n   <td>GOOG</td>\n   <td>93%</td>\n   <td>7%</td>\n   <td>0%</td>\n   <td>$2,108.54</td>\n   <td>$2,382.17</td>\n   <td>13%</td>\n  </tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Microsoft Corp.</td>\n   <td>MSFT</td>\n   <td>94%</td>\n   <td>6%</td>\n   <td>0%</td>\n   <td>$231.60</td>\n   <td>$282.13</td>\n   <td>22%</td>\n  </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\n<p>FactSet</p>\n<p>The analysts as a group favor all six stocks, with the highest percentages of “buy” or equivalent ratings for Amazon, followed by Microsoft and Alphabet. For Microsoft, Goldman’s Rangan has the highest price target of $315 among analysts polled by FactSet. 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Amazon’s shares fell 8.5% for the three-week period through the close March 5.\nInvestors are used to “big tech” being associated with the FAANG stocks: Facebook Inc.FB,-3.39%,Apple Inc.,Amazon, Netflix Inc. and Google holding company Alphabet Inc..But Microsoft Corp.,the second-largest company in the S&P 500,is often lumped in with the FAANGs.\nFAANG pullback\nFor three weeks through March 5, the S&P 500 pulled back only 2.3%, but the Nasdaq-100 Index,which is tracked by the Invesco QQQ Trust,fell 8.3%. Here’s how the FAANG+Microsoft group fared during that period:\n\n\n\nCOMPANY\nTICKER\nPRICE CHANGE - FEB. 12, 2021 THROUGH MARCH 5, 2021\nDECLINE FROM ALL-TIME INTRADAY HIGH\nDATE OF ALL-TIME INTRADAY HIGH\n\n\n\n\nFACEBOOK INC. CLASS A\nFB\n-2.3%\n-13.3%\n08/26/2020\n\n\nApple Inc.\nAAPL\n-10.3%\n-16.3%\n01/25/2021\n\n\nAmazon.com Inc.\nAMZN\n-8.5%\n-15.5%\n09/02/2020\n\n\nNetflix Inc.\nNFLX\n-7.2%\n-13.0%\n01/20/2021\n\n\nAlphabet Inc. Class C\nGOOG\n0.2%\n-2.1%\n02/16/2021\n\n\nMicrosoft Corp.\nMSFT\n-5.5%\n-5.9%\n02/16/2021\n\n\n\nFactSet\nSo Apple fared worst, with a 10.3% decline, followed by Amazon, while Microsoft was down 5.5%.\nLoving Microsoft\nOn March 8, Goldman Sachs analyst Kash Rangan added Microsoft to his “conviction buy list,” with a price target of $315, which would be a 36% increase above the stock’s closing price of $231.60 on March 5.\nIn a note to clients, Rangan wrote that Microsoft’s “strong presence across all layers of the cloud stack” was providing “a pathway for sustained double-digit topline growth alongside continued margin expansion.”\n“Moreover, our conversations [with corporate chief information officers] point to Microsoft Azure increasingly short-listed as a strategic cloud vendor within large enterprise customers,” he added.\nSales growth estimates\nHere’s a summary of consensus estimates among analysts polled by FactSet for the FAANG+Microsoft group’s sales growth in calendar 2021 and 2022. All the figures, even those for prior years, are marked “estimated” because not every company’s fiscal year matches the calendar year. (Apple’s fiscal 2020 ended Sept. 26.)\n\n\n\nCOMPANY\nTICKER\nEXPECTED SALES GROWTH - 2022\nEXPECTED SALES GROWTH - 2021\nESTIMATED SALES GROWTH - 2020\nESTIMATED TOTAL REVENUE - CALENDAR 2022 ($BIL)\nESTIMATED TOTAL REVENUE - CALENDAR 2021 ($BIL)\nESTIMATED TOTAL REVENUE - CALENDAR 2020 ($BIL)\nESTIMATED TOTAL REVENUE - CALENDAR 2019 ($BIL)\n\n\n\n\nFACEBOOK INC. CLASS A\nFB\n20%\n25%\n22%\n$128,724\n$107,693\n$85,967\n$70,697\n\n\nApple Inc.\nAAPL\n4%\n16%\n10%\n$351,682\n$336,632\n$289,469\n$263,600\n\n\nAmazon.com Inc.\nAMZN\n18%\n23%\n38%\n$558,756\n$474,035\n$386,069\n$280,500\n\n\nNetflix Inc.\nNFLX\n16%\n20%\n24%\n$34,672\n$29,978\n$24,996\n$20,156\n\n\nAlphabet Inc. Class C\nGOOG\n17%\n24%\n12%\n$262,736\n$225,424\n$181,678\n$161,853\n\n\nMicrosoft Corp.\nMSFT\n12%\n13%\n14%\n$193,813\n$173,210\n$153,681\n$134,301\n\n\n\nFactSet\nScroll the table to see all the data.\nDuring the pandemic year of 2020, Amazon showed the best sales growth, by far. But for 2021 and 2022, Facebook is expected to achieve the most rapid increases in revenue.\nAll six companies are expected to increase sales by double digits during 2021, but Apple’s sales growth is expected to slow to only 4% in 2022.\nFree-cash-flow growth estimates\nA company’s free cash flow is its remaining cash flow after planned capital expenditures. It is money that can be used to fund expansion or acquisitions, or buy back shares, increase dividends for for any other corporate purpose. Here’s a summary analysts’ expectations for the group’s free cash flow this year and in 2022:\n\n\n\nCOMPANY\nTICKER\nEXPECTED FCF GROWTH - 2022\nEXPECTED FCF GROWTH - 2021\nESTIMATED FCF GROWTH - 2020\nESTIMATED FREE CASH FLOW - CALENDAR 2022 ($BIL)\nESTIMATED FREE CASH FLOW - CALENDAR 2021 ($BIL)\nESTIMATED FREE CASH FLOW - CALENDAR 2020 ($BIL)\nESTIMATED FREE CASH FLOW - CALENDAR 2019 ($BIL)\n\n\n\n\nFACEBOOK INC. CLASS A\nFB\n30%\n16%\n13%\n$34,862\n$26,796\n$23,029\n$20,380\n\n\nApple Inc.\nAAPL\n7%\n11%\n21%\n$89,389\n$83,522\n$75,342\n$62,157\n\n\nAmazon.com Inc.\nAMZN\n48%\n34%\n9%\n$58,143\n$39,323\n$29,297\n$26,925\n\n\nNetflix Inc.\nNFLX\nN/A\nN/A\nN/A\n$1,094\n-$20\n$1,923\n-$3,257\n\n\nAlphabet Inc. Class C\nGOOG\n20%\n18%\n43%\n$63,463\n$52,744\n$44,673\n$31,193\n\n\nMicrosoft Corp.\nMSFT\n13%\n14%\n18%\n$63,306\n$56,034\n$49,028\n$41,557\n\n\n\nFactSet\nAgain, scroll to the right to see all the figures. For Netflix, the free cash flow numbers underscore how important it is not to lump a group of stocks together, simply because of a clever acronym. For Netflix, subscriber growth has been an important driver.\nAmazon.com is expected to be show the best increases in free-cash-flow generation over the next two years.\nPrice targets\nHere’s a summary of Wall Street analysts’ opinions about the FAANG+Microsoft group of stocks:\n\n\n\nCOMPANY\nTICKER\nSHARE \"BUY\" RATINGS\nSHARE NEUTRAL RATINGS\nSHARE \"SELL\" RATINGS\nCLOSING PRICE - MARCH 5\nCONSENSUS PRICE TARGET\nIMPLIED 12-MONTH UPSIDE POTENTIAL\n\n\n\n\nFACEBOOK INC. CLASS A\nFB\n86%\n10%\n4%\n$264.28\n$340.40\n29%\n\n\nApple Inc.\nAAPL\n69%\n24%\n7%\n$121.42\n$150.80\n24%\n\n\nAmazon.com Inc.\nAMZN\n96%\n4%\n0%\n$3,000.46\n$4,035.95\n35%\n\n\nNetflix Inc.\nNFLX\n68%\n22%\n10%\n$516.39\n$627.97\n22%\n\n\nAlphabet Inc. Class C\nGOOG\n93%\n7%\n0%\n$2,108.54\n$2,382.17\n13%\n\n\nMicrosoft Corp.\nMSFT\n94%\n6%\n0%\n$231.60\n$282.13\n22%\n\n\n\nFactSet\nThe analysts as a group favor all six stocks, with the highest percentages of “buy” or equivalent ratings for Amazon, followed by Microsoft and Alphabet. For Microsoft, Goldman’s Rangan has the highest price target of $315 among analysts polled by FactSet. 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