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Here is a look at the most-searched stocks on Benzinga Pro during May 2023. Year-to-date and 52-week ranges are based on June 7, 2023 prices.
1. SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF (NYSE:SPY)
Month End Price: $417.85
52-Week Range: $348.11 to $431.73
YTD Return: +12.3%
January/February/March/April Search Rank: 1st/1st/1st/1st
2022 Search Rank: 1st
2. Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)
Month End Price: $203.93
52-Week Range: $101.81 to $314.67
YTD Return: +109.8%
January/February/March/April Search Rank: 2nd/2nd/2nd/2nd
2022 Search Rank: 2nd
3. Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)
Month End Price: $378.34
52-Week Range: $108.13 to $419.38
YTD Return: +169.1%
January/February/March/April Search Rank: 6th/3rd/3rd/8th
2022 Search Rank: 4th
4. Advanced Micro Devices, inc. (NASDAQ:AMD)
Month End Price: $118.21
52-Week Range: $54.57 to $130.79
YTD Return: +89.5%
January/February/March/April Search Rank: 12th/Not in Top 20/9th/14th
2022 Search Rank: 5th
5. C3.ai Inc (NYSE:AI)
Month End Price: $40.01
52-Week Range: $10.16 to $44.02
YTD Return: +225.1%
January/February/March/April Search Rank: Not in Top 20/9th/Not in Top 20/6th
2022 Search Rank: Not in Top 20
6. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Month End Price: $177.25
52-Week Range: $124.17 to $184.95
YTD Return: +43.0%
January/February/March/April Search Rank: 3rd/4th/5th/10th
2022 Search Rank: 3rd
7. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)
Month End Price: $120.58
52-Week Range: $81.43 to $146.57
YTD Return: +44.2%
January/February/March/April Search Rank: 19th/7th/16th/4th
2022 Search Rank: 8th
8. PacWest Bancorp (NASDAQ:PACW)
Month End Price: $6.45
52-Week Range: $2.48 to $32.29
YTD Return: -62.8%
January/February/March/April Search Rank: Not in Top 20/Not in Top 20/Not in Top 20/Not in Top 20
2022 Search Rank: Not in Top 20
9. Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR)
Month End Price: $14.71
52-Week Range: $5.87 to $17.16
YTD Return: +150.9%
January/February/March/April Search Rank: Not in Top 20/Not in Top 20/Not in Top 20/Not in Top 20
2022 Search Rank: Not in Top 20
10. Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ)
Month End Price: $352.04
52-Week Range: $254.26 to $357.50
YTD Return: +33.2%
January/February/March/April Search Rank: 10th/5th/14th/12th
2022 Search Rank: 6th
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Honorable Mentions: The following stocks were the 11th to 20th most-searched tickers on Benzinga Pro in May 2023.
11. GSI Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSIT)
12. Top KingWin Ltd (NASDAQ:TCJH)
13. Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL)
14. Nano-X Imaging Ltd (NASDAQ:NNOX)
15. Top Financial Group Ltd (NASDAQ:TOP)
16. Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE:WAL)
17. Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META)
18. GD Culture Group Ltd (NASDAQ:GDC)
19. Upstart Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UPST)
20. Troika Media Group (NASDAQ:TRKA)
The top 10 most-searched tickers on Benzinga Pro in May saw six carryovers from the month of April. Dropping out of the top 10 from April were First Republic Bank, Guardforce AI Co Ltd (NASDAQ:GFAI), CXApp Inc (NASDAQ:CXAI) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT).
Most surprising might be the drop of Microsoft, which ranked in the top 10 in the previous four months before falling to 22nd place in the month of May.
The drop of GFAI and CXAI might also show that investors are paying less attention to artificial intelligence stocks outside of Nvidia and C3.ai.
Semiconductor stocks Nvidia and AMD both moved up the list ranking third and fourth for the month of May, respectively.
Palantir made a surprise entry in the top 10, after previously ranking outside the top 20 in all other months in 2023. The stock was previously ranked as a top ticker on Benzinga Pro in 2021.
The 11th through 20th tickers feature many names new to the list with names that may be unrecognizable to most investors outside of Alphabet, Meta Platforms and Upstart.
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