EXCLUSIVE: Prime 20 Most-Searched Tickers On Benzinga Professional In 2024 — The place Do Tesla, Nvidia, GameStop, Trump Media Shares Rank?

Every buying and selling day options a whole lot of headlines and press releases on Benzinga Professional, a supply for merchants to see the newest information on the general market and particular person tickers.

Here’s a take a look at the most-searched shares on Benzinga Professional for 2024. Present costs and year-to-date efficiency are based mostly on Dec. 31 and don’t embrace dividends. Information for the month of November was not tracked.

1. NVIDIA Company NVDA

2. Tesla Inc TSLA

• Present Worth: $403.84
• 52-Week Vary: $138.80 to $488.54
• 2024 Return: +62.5%
• September/October/December Ranks: 3^rd/1^st/1st
• First Half 2024 Rank: 3^rd

3. SPDR S&P 500 ETF Belief SPY

• Present Worth: $586.08
• 52-Week Vary: $466.44 to $609.07
• 2024 Return: +24.0%
• September/October/December Ranks: 2^nd/4^th/4th
• First Half 2024 Rank: 2^nd

4. Tremendous Micro Laptop SMCI

• Present Worth: $30.48
• 52-Week Vary: $17.25 to $122.90
• 2024 Return: +6.8%
• September/October/December Ranks: 7^th/5^th/2nd
• First Half 2024 Rank: 5^th

5. Apple Inc AAPL

• Present Worth: $250.42
• 52-Week Vary: $164.08 to $260.09
• 2024 Return: +34.9%
• September/October/December Ranks: 4^th/8^th/Not in Prime 20
• First Half 2024 Rank: 4^th

6. Superior Micro Units AMD

• Present Worth: $120.79
• 52-Week Vary: $117.91 to $227.30
• 2024 Return: -12.8%
• September/October/December Ranks: Not in Prime 20/7^th/13^th
• First Half 2024 Rank: 6^th

7. Palantir Applied sciences PLTR

• Present Worth: $75.63
• 52-Week Vary: $15.67 to $77.98
• 2024 Return: +356.2%
• September/October/December Ranks: 12^th/14^th/6^th
• First Half 2024 Rank: 10^th

8. Invesco QQQ Belief QQQ

• Present Worth: $511.23
• 52-Week Vary: $395.35 to $539.15
• 2024 Return: +27.0%
• September/October/December Ranks: 6^th/15^th/twentieth
• First Half 2024 Rank: 9^th

9. Amazon.com Inc AMZN

• Present Worth: $219.39
• 52-Week Vary: $144.05 to $233.00
• 2024 Return: +46.3%
• September/October/December Ranks: Not in Prime 20/eleventh/Not in Prime 20
• First Half 2024 Rank: 12^th

10. GameStop Company GME

• Present Worth: $31.34
• 52-Week Vary: $9.95 to $64.83
• 2024 Return: +88.0%
• September/October/December Ranks: Not in Prime 20/Not in Prime 20/Not in Prime 20
• First Half 2024 Rank: 7^th

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Honorable Mentions: The next shares had been the 11^th to twenty^th most-searched tickers on Benzinga Professional in 2024 and their rating within the first half of 2024.

11. Meta Platforms META: 11^th

12. MARA Holdings MARA: 8^th

13. Trump Media & Know-how Group DJT: Not in Prime 20

14. Microsoft Company MSFT: 14^th

15. SoundHound AI SOUN: 13^th

16. Coinbase World COIN: 17^th

17. Boeing Co BA: 18^th

18. Micron Know-how MU: Not in Prime 20

19. MicroStrategy Inc MSTR: Not in Prime 20

20. Intel Corp INTC: Not in Prime 20

Why It is Essential: Nvidia takes the crown because the most-searched ticker on Benzinga Professional in 2024, which comes because the inventory typically ranked within the prime three on a month-to-month foundation. With a achieve of over 170% in 2024, Nvidia was one of many prime performing S&P 500 shares. Nvidia additionally briefly turned essentially the most worthwhile firm on the planet a number of occasions in 2024.

Tesla ranked second for searches, which is not an enormous shock given the corporate’s loyal fan base and the inventory rating among the many prime three most months, together with a number of months in first month.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Belief, which is the most important ETF, ranked third for the 12 months, which comes after the ETF ranked second within the first half of 2024 and was handed by Tesla to finish the 12 months. The ETF has typically been a prime performer on Benzinga Professional searches over time.

Tremendous Micro Laptop ranked fourth for the 12 months because it was some of the extensively adopted tales of a hovering inventory that later attracted brief experiences and issues for fraud and accounting irregularities.

Apple ranked fifth, however the inventory might transfer down the listing in 2025 if traits maintain. Apple was ranked exterior of the highest 20 within the month of December, which is somewhat uncommon for the world’s most dear firm.

Palantir rose within the second half of 2024 for Benzinga Professional searches going from 10^th within the first half of the 12 months to finish the 12 months ranked seventh. An enormous achieve within the firm’s share worth probably contributed.

One other prime storyline in 2024 was the return of Roaring Kitty, aka Keith Gill, to social media, which despatched shares of GameStop hovering in a number of months of 2024. The inventory ranked seventh for searches within the first half. Whereas the inventory has not been as in style within the later months of 2024, GameStop ended the 12 months as the ten^th most-searched ticker and shares had been up 88%.

A hovering worth of Bitcoin BTC/USD in 2024 helped result in a number of crypto associated shares soar in curiosity within the later half of 2024 and total on the 12 months. Bitcoin hit new all-time highs after the 2024 election and hit the $100,000 milestone in December 2024. MARA Holdings, Coinbase and MicroStrategy all ranked among the many prime 20 searched tickers for the 12 months.

Trump Media & Know-how, which is a media firm co-founded by President-elect Donald Trump, ranked 13^th on the 12 months. The inventory noticed a surge in worth and big curiosity because the 2024 election neared earlier than shares fell and curiosity minimized after his win.

Total, the 2024 12 months noticed 9 of the highest 10 most-searched tickers within the first six months of 2024 stay the most-searched tickers for the 12 months with Amazon.com shifting into the highest 10 and MARA shifting all the way down to 12^th place.

Of the highest 20 most-searched tickers for the complete 12 months, 16 had been among the many 20 most-searched tickers for the primary half of the 12 months.

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