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Here is a look at the most-searched stocks on Benzinga Pro during the first half of 2023, which comes from tracking the first six months of the year.
Year-to-date and 52-week ranges are based on June 30, 2023 prices.
1. SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY
Month End Price: $443.28
52-Week Range: $348.11 to $444.30
YTD Return: +16.4%
Q1 Search Rank: 1st
Q2 Search Rank: 1st
2. Tesla Inc TSLA
Month End Price: $261.77
52-Week Range: $101.81 to $314.67
YTD Return: +142.2%
Q1 Search Rank: 2nd
Q2 Search Rank: 2nd
2022 Search Rank: 2nd
3. Nvidia Corp NVDA
Month End Price: $423.02
52-Week Range: $108.13 to $439.90
YTD Return: +195.5%
Q1 Search Rank: 3rd
Q2 Search Rank: 3rd
2022 Search Rank: 4th
4. Apple Inc AAPL
Month End Price: $193.97
52-Week Range: $124.17 to $194.48
YTD Return: +55.1%
Q1 Search Rank: 4th
Q2 Search Rank: 7th
2022 Search Rank: 3rd
5. C3.ai Inc AI
Month End Price: $36.43
52-Week Range: $10.16 to $48.87
YTD Return: +229.1%
Q1 Search Rank: Not in Top 20
Q2 Search Rank: 5th
2022 Search Rank: Not in Top 20
6. Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN
Month End Price: $130.36
52-Week Range: $81.43 to $146.57
YTD Return: +51.8%
Q1 Search Rank: 8th
Q2 Search Rank: 6th
2022 Search Rank: 8th
7. Advanced Micro Devices AMD
Month End Price: $113.91
52-Week Range: $54.57 to $132.82
YTD Return: +77.9%
Q1 Search Rank: 6th
Q2 Search Rank: 4th
2022 Search Rank: 5th
8. Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 QQQ
Month End Price: $369.42
52-Week Range: $254.26 to $372.85
YTD Return: +39.7%
Q1 Search Rank: 7th
Q2 Search Rank: 8th
2022 Search Rank: 6th
9. Meta Platforms Inc META
Month End Price: $286.98
52-Week Range: $88.09 to $300.18
YTD Return: +130.1%
Q1 Search Rank: 5th
Q2 Search Rank: 9th
2022 Search Rank: 7th
10. First Republic Bank FRCB
Month End Price: $0.55
52-Week Range: $0.16 to $171.09
YTD Return: -99.6%
Q1 Search Rank: Not in Top 20
Q2 Search Rank: 20th
2022 Search Rank: Not in Top 20
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Honorable Mentions: The following stocks were the 11th to 20th most-searched tickers on Benzinga Pro in the first half of 2023.
11. Microsoft Corp MSFT
12. Carvana Co CVNA
13. Bed Bath & Beyond BBBYQ
14. Genius Group Ltd. GNS
15. Alphabet Inc GOOGGOOGL
16. Netflix Inc NFLX
17. Alibaba Group Holding BABA
18. Troika Media Group inc TRKA
19. Coinbase Global Inc COIN
20. Palantir Technologies Inc PLTR
In the first half of 2023, many of the top searched tickers remained the same from 2022. The lone newcomer to the top 10 in 2023 was C3.ai, which was up over 200% in the first half of 2023.
The strong search results for C3.ai point to the theme of artificial intelligence stocks soaring in interest and valuation in 2023.
Stocks that made the top 10 previously in the first quarter include AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc AMC and Moderna Inc MRNA. The stocks ranked ninth and 10th respectively in the first quarter of 2023 but fell out of the top 10 in the second quarter and didn’t rank in the top 10 in the first half of 2023.
Both AMC and Moderna ranked in the top 20 in 2022 for searched tickers, ranking ninth and 11th, respectively.
Microsoft ranked 10th in 2022 and continued to hover around the 10 and 11 mark for searches by Benzinga readers.
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