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Here is a look at the stocks that were searched for most on Benzinga Pro for the month of February.
1. SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY (NYSE:SPY))
- YTD Return: -8.1%
- 52-Week Range: $371.88 to $479.88
- Price: $436.63
With cycles of news stories of inflation, fed meetings and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the SPDR S&P 500 remains one of the tickers on Benzinga Pro to get the latest macro news and themes.
2. Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)
- YTD Return: -17.6%
- 52-Week Range: $539.49 to $1,243.49
- Price: $870.43
3. NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:NVDA)
- YTD Return: -17.1%
- 52-Week Range: $115.67 to $346.47
- Price: $243.85
4. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: FB)
- YTD Return: -37.3%
- 52-Week Range: $190.22 to $384.33
- Price: $211.03
Meta Platforms reported fourth-quarter financial results in early February and was not well received by investors; shares lost over $230 billion in value, marking the biggest one-day loss in U.S. history for a stock. The decline in the share price has also taken CEO Mark Zuckerberg out of the top 10 richest people in the world.
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5. Apple Inc (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:AAPL)
- YTD Return: -7.0%
- 52-Week Range: $116.21 to $182.94
- Price: $165.12
6. Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:AMD)
- YTD Return: -14.3%
- 52-Week Range: $72.50 to $164.46
- Price: $123.34
7. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:AMZN)
- YTD Return: -7.9%
- 52-Week Range: $2,707.04 to $3,773.08
- Price: $3,071.26
8. Peloton (NASDAQ:PTON) Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON)
- YTD Return: -18.7%
- 52-Week Range: $22.81 to $129.70
- Price: $29.06
9. Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ)
- YTD Return: -12.8%
- 52-Week Range: $297.45 to $408.31
- Price: $346.80
10. Affirm Holdings (NASDAQ: AFRM)
- YTD Return: -58.4%
- 52-Week Range: $32.29 to $176.65
- Price: $41.84
Honorable Mention: The following tickers ranked as the next 10 most searched tickers on Benzinga Pro for the month of February.
Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL)
Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:QCOM)
AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE: AMC)
Roblox Corp (NYSE: RBLX)
Snap Inc (NYSE: NYSE:SNAP)
Walt Disney Co (NYSE: NYSE:DIS)
Digital World Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: DWAC)
Ford Motor Co (NYSE: NYSE:F)
Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:MRNA)
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)
Key Takeaways: Five of the most searched tickers in the month of January were once again ranked as top 10 searched tickers in the month of February for Benzinga Pro, with the top two remaining the same.
Three tickers moved from the top 20 searches to top 10 in February and two stocks moved from outside the top 20 into the top 10.
Ford fell from the top 10 down to number 18 for February. Digital World Acquisition, which is taking Trump Media & Technology Group public, fell from 10th to 17th for February, despite the launch of the Truth Social platform on Feb. 21.
Three stocks fell from the top 10 off the top 20 list completely with Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:MSFT), Vinco Ventures Inc (NASDAQ: BBIG) and Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) dropping out.
Another big news item was Bitcoin being the 20th most searched “ticker” in the month of February. This was the first time a cryptocurrency was among the most searched tickers since this article series began.
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