Dow 30 (DJI)

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Rank every Dow 30 stock by beta. Lower values indicate less price volatility relative to the market. Part of our free stock indices.

Top 5

Beta

  • MRK
    0.20
  • VZ
    0.22
  • JNJ
    0.26
  • KO
    0.36
  • PG
    0.40

Constituents (30)

*Excluding stocks with a negative or zero Beta
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.NYSE
0.20
VZ
Verizon CommunicationsNYSE
0.22
JNJ
Johnson & JohnsonNYSE
0.26
KO
The Coca-Cola CompanyNYSE
0.36
PG
The Procter & Gamble CompanyNYSE
0.40
AMGN
Amgen IncNASDAQ
0.44
MCD
McDonald's CorporationNYSE
0.44
CVX
Chevron CorporationNYSE
0.50
TRV
The Travelers Companies, Inc.NYSE
0.51
IBM
International Business Machines CorporationNYSE
0.58
UNH
UnitedHealth Group IncorporatedNYSE
0.65
WMT
Walmart Inc.NYSE
0.65
V
Visa Inc.NYSE
0.78
HON
Honeywell International Inc.NASDAQ
0.81
CSCO
Cisco Systems, Inc.NASDAQ
0.91
HD
The Home Depot, Inc.NYSE
1.00
JPM
JPMorgan Chase & Co.NYSE
1.02
AAPL
Apple Inc.NASDAQ
1.07
AXP
American Express CompanyNYSE
1.08
MSFT
Microsoft CorporationNASDAQ
1.09
MMM
3M CompanyNYSE
1.10
NKE
NIKE, Inc.NYSE
1.12
CRM
Salesforce, Inc.NYSE
1.14
SHW
The Sherwin-Williams CompanyNYSE
1.16
BA
Boeing CompanyNYSE
1.21

Frequently asked questions

The 5 Dow Jones Industrial Average companies with the lowest beta are: Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK, 0.20), Verizon Communications (VZ, 0.22), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, 0.26), The Coca-Cola Company (KO, 0.36) and The Procter & Gamble Company (PG, 0.40). Merck & Co., Inc. ranks first at 0.20.

A beta of 0.26 or lower places a Dow Jones Industrial Average stock in the top 10% on this metric. That covers the strongest 3 of the 30 ranked constituents.

There is no fixed threshold, so the index itself is the benchmark. Across the 30 ranked Dow Jones Industrial Average constituents, the median beta is 0.91. A stock below that level ranks ahead of the typical Dow 30 company, though it stays a relative gauge, not a full verdict.

NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) has the highest beta in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, at 2.24. Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) has the lowest, at 0.20.

NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA, 2.24) reports the highest beta in the Dow 30, followed by Caterpillar Inc. (CAT, 1.63), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN, 1.47), The Walt Disney Company (DIS, 1.42) and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS, 1.27).