What companies have the most clever or funny stock symbols?

Dan Leveille

·         CAKE = The Cheesecake Factory

·         BUD = Anheuser-Busch (Budweiser)

·         LUV = Southwest Airlines (company) ("love" / "luv" is part of their branding)

·         BID = Sotheby's, the auction company

·         FUN = Cedar Fair, the amusement park operator

·         FIZZ = National Beverage (company)

·         BUNZ = Schlotzsky's, the deli chain

·         EAT = Brinker International, Inc., a company that owns Chili's Grill & Bar and several 

other restaurant chains

·         PZZA = Papa John's Pizza

·         BEAT = BioTelemetry, developer of a heartbeat monitoring technology

·         LVB = Steinway Pianos (reference to Ludwig van Beethoven's initials)

·         CAR = Avis Budget Group, Inc, a rental car company

·         BOOM = Dynamic Materials Corporation, a metalworking company that utilizes 

explosives

·         ROCK = Gibraltar Industries, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of building 

products

·         TAN = Guggenheim Solar, a solar energy ETF

·         FAN = Global Wind Energy, a wind energy ETF

·         CUT = Claymore/Clear Global Timber Index, a lumber ETF

·         BPJ = PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage, a food and beverage ETF

·         MOO = Market Vectors Agribusiness, an agriculture ETF

·         OMG =  OM Group, Inc. (that's just their name though)

·         HOG = Harley-Davidson Motorcycles ("Hog" is slang for a Harley Davidson Motorcycle)

·         GRR =  Asia Tigers Fund

·         COOL = Majesco Entertainment, a video game company

·         ZZ = Sealy Corporation, a bedding products company

·         ZEUS = Olympic Steel, Inc. (reference to Zeus, one of the Twelve Olympians)

·         WOOF = VCA Antech, Inc, a veterinary medicine company

·         BEN = Franklin Resources, Inc. (reference to Benjamin Franklin)

·         MMM = 3M Co.