SPX

S&P 500

Rank every S&P 500 stock by beta. Lower values indicate less price volatility relative to the market. Part of our free stock indices.

Top 5

Beta

  • KHC
    0.05
  • HSY
    0.07
  • LMT
    0.11
  • COP
    0.15
  • OXY
    0.17

Constituents (494)

*Excluding stocks with a negative or zero Beta
KHC
The Kraft Heinz CompanyNASDAQ
0.05
HSY
The Hershey CompanyNYSE
0.07
LMT
Lockheed Martin CorporationNYSE
0.11
COP
ConocoPhillipsNYSE
0.15
OXY
Occidental Petroleum CorporationNYSE
0.17
BIIB
Biogen Inc.NASDAQ
0.18
XOM
Exxon Mobil CorporationNYSE
0.18
MRK
Merck & Co., Inc.NYSE
0.20
ALL
The Allstate CorporationNYSE
0.21
VZ
Verizon CommunicationsNYSE
0.22
REGN
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.NASDAQ
0.24
SJM
The J. M. Smucker CompanyNYSE
0.25
BMY
Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyNYSE
0.26
CME
CME Group Inc.NASDAQ
0.26
JNJ
Johnson & JohnsonNYSE
0.26
BDX
Becton, Dickinson and CompanyNYSE
0.28
EOG
EOG Resources, Inc.NYSE
0.28
DG
Dollar General CorporationNYSE
0.28
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.NYSE
0.29
ED
Consolidated Edison, Inc.NYSE
0.29
PCG
PG&E CorporationNYSE
0.29
PGR
The Progressive CorporationNYSE
0.30
RTX
RTX CorporationNYSE
0.30
VRTX
Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncNASDAQ
0.30
CL
Colgate-Palmolive CompanyNYSE
0.30

Frequently asked questions

The 5 S&P 500 companies with the lowest beta are: The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC, 0.05), The Hershey Company (HSY, 0.07), Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT, 0.11), ConocoPhillips (COP, 0.15) and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY, 0.17). The Kraft Heinz Company ranks first at 0.05.

A beta of 0.39 or lower places a S&P 500 stock in the top 10% on this metric. That covers the strongest 50 of the 494 ranked constituents.

There is no fixed threshold, so the index itself is the benchmark. Across the 494 ranked S&P 500 constituents, the median beta is 0.93. A stock below that level ranks ahead of the typical S&P 500 company, though it stays a relative gauge, not a full verdict.

Carvana Co. (CVNA) has the highest beta in the S&P 500, at 3.45. The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) has the lowest, at 0.05.

Carvana Co. (CVNA, 3.45) reports the highest beta in the S&P 500, followed by Coinbase (COIN, 3.32), Block, Inc. (XYZ, 2.57), AppLovin Corporation (APP, 2.46) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD, 2.40).