EXCLUSIVE: Top 10 Most-Searched Tickers On Benzinga Pro In April, Including Tesla, First Republic Bank And Several AI Stocks
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Here is a look at the most-searched stocks on Benzinga Pro during March 2023. Year-to-date and 52-week ranges are through the month of April.
1. SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF (NYSE:SPY)
Month End Price: $415.93
52-Week Range: $348.11 to $431.73
YTD Return: +9.2%
January/February/March Search Rank: 1st/1st/1st
2022 Search Rank: 1st
2. Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)
Month End Price: $164.31
52-Week Range: $101.81 to $318.50
YTD Return: +52.0%
January/February/March Search Rank: 2nd/2nd/2nd
2022 Search Rank: 2nd
3. First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC)
Month End Price: $3.51
52-Week Range: $2.99 to $171.09
YTD Return: -97.1%
January/February/March Search Rank: Not in Top 20/Not in Top 20/Not in Top 20
2022 Search Rank: Not in Top 20
4. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN)
Month End Price: $105.45
52-Week Range: $81.43 to $146.57
YTD Return: +22.9%
January/February/March Search Rank: 19th/7th/16th
2022 Search Rank: 8th
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5. GuardforceAI (NASDAQ:GFAI)
Month End Price: $15.50
52-Week Range: $3.81 to $36.90
YTD Return: +137.7%
January/February/March Search Rank: Not in Top 20/Not in Top 20/Not in Top 20
2022 Search Rank: Not in Top 20
6. C3.ai Inc (NYSE:AI)
Month End Price: $17.82
52-Week Range: $10.16 to $34.68
YTD Return: +61.0%
January/February/March Search Rank: Not in Top 20/9th/Not in Top 20
2022 Search Rank: Not in Top 20
7. CXApp Inc (NASDAQ:CXAI)
Month End Price: $12.59
52-Week Range: $1.21 to $20.67
YTD Return: March IPO
January/February/March Search Rank: Not in Top 20/Not in Top 20/Not in Top 20
2022 Search Rank: Not in Top 20
8. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)
Month End Price: $277.49
52-Week Range: $108.13 to $281.10
YTD Return: +93.9%
January/February/March Search Rank: 6th/3rd/3rd
2022 Search Rank: 4th
9. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)
Month End Price: $307.26
52-Week Range: $213.43 to $308.93
YTD Return: +28.3%
January/February/March Search Rank: 4th/Not in Top 20/Not in Top 20
2022 Search Rank: 10th
10. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Month End Price: $169.68
52-Week Range: 124.17 to $176.15
YTD Return: +35.7%
January/February/March Search Rank: 3rd/4th/5th
2022 Search Rank: 3rd
Honorable Mentions: The following stocks were the 11th to 20th most-searched tickers on Benzinga Pro in April 2023.
11. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)
12. Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ)
13. CNS Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CNSP)
14. Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD)
15. U Power (NASDAQ:UCAR)
16. Petros Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PTPI)
17. Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL)
18. TOP Financial Group (NASDAQ:TOP)
19. Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX)
20. ContraFect Corporation (NASDAQ:CFRX)
The top ten most-searched tickers on Benzinga Pro in April saw only four carryovers from March: the SPY, Tesla, NVIDIA and Apple. The carryovers were among the five most-searched tickers in March, but NVIDIA and Apple dropped to eighth and tenth respectively last month.
Bank stocks and artificial intelligence stocks were also hot and highly volatile in April, which explains the inclusion of First Republic, GuardforceAI, C3.ai and CXAPP Inc.
Amazon, which typically hovers in the top 20, soared to fourth place after its quarterly earnings were reported in April. Microsoft also climbed to ninth after not being in the top 20 in February or March, following its report on its quarterly financial results in April.
Notable stocks that dropped out of the top 20 in April were Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA), which was in the top 20 in January, February and March, and AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE:AMC), which was also in the top 20 during that span.
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