EXCLUSIVE: Top 12 Most-Searched Tickers In May On Benzinga Pro — Micron, SanDisk, Qualcomm Surge Up Leaderboard

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Below is a look at the most-searched tickers for May, along with how interest compares to recent months.

Current prices and year-to-date performance are based on June 1 closing prices and do not include dividends.

1. Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU)

• Current Price: $1,034.74
• 52-Week Range: $96.96 to $1,046.97
• Year-to-Date Return: +228.1%
• January/February/March/April Search Rank: 11^th/4^th/6^th/4^th
• 2025 Search Rank: Not in Top 12

2. SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY)

• Current Price: $758.54
• 52-Week Range: $591.06 to $760.28
• Year-to-Date Return: +11.0%
• January/February/March/April Search Rank: 1^st/1^st/1^st/1^st
• 2025 Search Rank: 1st

3. Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)

• Current Price: $224.36
• 52-Week Range: $137.95 to $236.54
• Year-to-Date Return: +18.8%
• January/February/March/April Search Rank:4^th/2^nd/9^th/6^th
• 2025 Search Rank: 3^rd

4. Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)

• Current Price: $415.88
• 52-Week Range: $273.21 to $498.83
• Year-to-Date Return: -5.1%
• January/February/March/April Search Rank: 2^nd/6^th/11^th/2^nd
• 2025 Search Rank: 2^nd

5. SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK)

• Current Price: $1,761.43
• 52-Week Range: $36.87 to $1,804.00
• Year-to-Date Return: +540.0%
• January/February/March/April Search Rank: 12^th/10^th/Not in Top 12/10^th
• 2025 Search Rank: Not in Top 12

6. Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD)

• Current Price: $510.13
• 52-Week Range: $113.28 to $527.20
• Year-to-Date Return: +128.3%
• January/February/March/April Search Rank: Not in Top 12/7^th/Not in Top 12/Not in Top 12
• 2025 Search Rank: 6^th

7. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL)

• Current Price: $306.31
• 52-Week Range: $195.07 to $315.00
• Year-to-Date Return: +13.0%
• January/February/March/April Search Rank: 9^th/11^th/Not in Top 12/Not in Top 12
• 2025 Search Rank: 7^th

8. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)

• Current Price: $109.33
• 52-Week Range: $18.96 to $132.75
• Year-to-Date Return: +177.6%
• January/February/March/April Search Rank: 8^th/Not in Top 12/Not in Top 12/7^th
• 2025 Search Rank: Not in Top 12

9. Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS)

• Current Price: $264.51
• 52-Week Range: $35.72 to $274.80
• Year-to-Date Return: +194.1%
• January/February/March/April Search Rank: Not in Top 12 in Any
• 2025 Search Rank: Not in Top 12

10. IREN Ltd. (NASDAQ:IREN)

• Current Price: $65.33
• 52-Week Range: $8.61 to $76.87
• Year-to-Date Return: +53.0%
• January/February/March/April Search Rank: Not in Top 12 in Any
• 2025 Search Rank: Not in Top 12

Just missing the top 10 for May were Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ:QCOM) and Rocket Lab Corp (NASDAQ:RKLB), which ranked 11^th and 12^th, respectively. This marked the first time either of these two stocks ranked in the top 12 in 2026.

Search Interest Changes

New to the top 12 for May were Qualcomm, Rocket Lab, Advanced Micro Devices, Apple, Nebius and Iren. Of those six, Qualcomm, Rocket Lab, Nebius and Iren had not appeared in any of the top lists for 2026.

Advanced Micro Devices returns to the top 12 after two months outside the leaderboard and a February appearance in seventh place. The stock ranked sixth for searches in 2025, but has proven less popular with Benzinga Pro users this year.

Apple rejoined the top 12, ranking 7^th for May. The stock was not in the top 12 the last two months, after ranking 9^th and 11^th for January and February, respectively. The stock was the seventh-most-searched ticker in 2025.

Several stocks that were only in the top 12 for the month of April dropped out of the list for the month of May.

A notable exception is the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ), which had ranked in the top 12 in three of the four previous months and was out of the rankings in May.

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) also missed the top 12 rankings once again after previously ranking third in February. The stock was the fourth-most-popular ticker on Benzinga Pro in 2025 but has since dropped in popularity.

The latest top 12 list shows that chip stocks and semiconductors remain popular with readers. Micron ranked 11th in January and has surged up the leaderboard to its first-place ranking in the month of May.

SanDisk has also moved up the leaderboard, ranking 12^th in January, then 10th in February and April, before reaching its highest ranking of 5th in 2026.

With a potential SpaceX IPO in June, space stocks like Rocket Lab, which ranked 12^th in May, could surge up the leaderboard.

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