Top 100 Funniest Stock Ticker Symbols

AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF

A cannabis ETF literally named You Only Live Once. The portfolio manager knew exactly what they were doing.

The fund launched in 2019 and immediately became the most meme-able ETF in existence.

Del Taco Restaurants

Because naming your ticker after the only thing on your menu is a power move.

Del Taco merged with Jack in the Box in 2022, but the ticker lived rent-free in our hearts.

Cedar Fair Entertainment

An amusement park company with a ticker that is literally what they sell. No notes.

Cedar Fair merged with Six Flags in 2024. RIP to the most on-brand ticker in history.

The Cheesecake Factory

Their menu is 5,000 pages long, but at least the ticker is simple.

The Cheesecake Factory menu has over 250 items. The ticker symbol has four letters. Efficiency.

Southwest Airlines

Headquartered at Dallas Love Field, Southwest turned their airport into a ticker symbol and a whole brand personality.

Southwest's NYSE ticker has been $LUV since 1977. Forty-plus years of sending love to shareholders.

VanEck Agribusiness ETF

An ETF that tracks agribusiness companies. The ticker is the sound a cow makes. Finance is fun.

If you own $MOO and $CORN you're basically a digital farmer.

DMC Global

They make explosion-welded metal products. The ticker is not subtle about it.

DMC Global literally uses explosions in their manufacturing process. $BOOM is the most honest ticker on the market.

Petco Health and Wellness

A pet company that sounds like a dog greeting you at the door. Good boy, Petco.

Petco went public (again) in 2021 and chose $WOOF over presumably less fun alternatives.

BARK Inc. (BarkBox)

The dog subscription box company that went public and picked the other dog sound.

$BARK and $WOOF trading on the same exchange is the cutest rivalry in finance.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment

Arcade games, overpriced drinks, and a ticker that tells you everything you need to know.

Dave & Buster's is where adults go to pretend they're kids. The ticker respects that.

National Beverage Corp.

The parent company of LaCroix. The ticker sounds like what happens when you open a can.

National Beverage's CEO once wrote a press release calling LaCroix 'innocent, which is Legally Legally Legally true.' Real quote.

Papa John's International

When $PIZZA is too many letters, you improvise. Better ingredients, better ticker.

Papa John's picked $PZZA because $PIZZA would have been five letters. NYSE tickers max out at four.

Spark Networks

An online dating company with a ticker that promises what their app delivers approximately 2% of the time.

Spark Networks owns Zoosk and other dating sites. $LOVE is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

Mama's Creations

A deli-prepared foods company with the warmest ticker on Wall Street. Call your mother.

Mama's Creations makes meatballs and prepared Italian foods. Nonna would be proud.

Datadog

A cloud monitoring platform worth billions, but every time you say the ticker it sounds like you're calling a pet.

Datadog's mascot is actually a dog named Bits. The ticker checks out.

ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF

A cybersecurity ETF called $HACK. It's either very confident or very ironic.

Imagine a cybersecurity fund getting hacked. The headlines would write themselves.

Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Bull 2X ETF

A leveraged oil ETF named after what oil does when it comes out of the ground. Subtle.

$GUSH is a 2x leveraged ETF, which means it goes up twice as fast — and down twice as fast. Gushing in both directions.

Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Bear 2X ETF

The inverse of $GUSH. When oil gushes, this one drips. When oil drips, this one gushes. Poetry.

$GUSH and $DRIP are literally opposites. Whoever named these deserves a raise.

Teucrium Corn Fund

It tracks the price of corn. The ticker is corn. Sometimes finance is refreshingly honest.

Teucrium also offers $WEAT (wheat), $SOYB (soybeans), and $CANE (sugar). The whole farm.

VanEck Social Sentiment ETF

An ETF that picks stocks based on social media buzz. The ticker is self-aware.

Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports was involved in promoting this ETF. Of course he was.

TrueShares Active Craft Beer ETF

An ETF focused on craft beer companies. Finally, a way to invest in your weekend hobby.

The fund holds companies like Constellation Brands and Boston Beer. Your portfolio can have a drinking problem.

Direxion Daily Homebuilders & Supplies Bull 3X ETF

A 3x leveraged homebuilder ETF. They nailed the ticker, pun fully intended.

At 3x leverage, $NAIL either builds your portfolio or demolishes it. There is no in between.

Invesco S&P SmallCap Utilities & Communication Services ETF

A utilities ETF with the ticker for sleeping. Wall Street admits utilities are boring.

Small-cap utilities might be the sleepiest corner of the market. The ticker is a public service announcement.

China Recycling Energy Corp. (former OTC)

A real ticker that traded on the OTC markets. Investors saw the ticker and still bought it.

Some people bought $CRAP just to screenshot it in their portfolio. Respect.

Harley-Davidson

The motorcycle company whose bikes are literally called Hogs. Ticker perfection.

Harley-Davidson has used $HOG since they listed on NYSE. No one has ever been confused.