How much are stocks swinging?
Volatility sets how much a position can move against you in a week, and how big a position should be. When stocks also move together, owning many of them protects less; when the spread between them is wide, stock choice matters more.
Updated Oct 9, 2026
Calm
Over the past month the S&P 500 has moved about 0.6% a day, less than on 82% of days in the last five years. The typical stock moves about 1.5% a day, and 11% of stocks are swinging more than usual for them.
Over time
Select any measure or stock. Score compares today with the last five years; Value is the volatility itself.
Stocks swinging most against their own normal
Each stock’s past-month volatility scored against its own last five years. Select a column to sort.
| Stock | vs its normal | Daily move now | Usual | 1M change | Sector | Volatility, past year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCI Crown Castle | 100Stormy | 3.6% | 1.8% | +8% | Real Estate | |
| TMUS T-Mobile US | 100Stormy | 3.6% | 1.7% | −16% | Communication Services | |
| PTC PTC Inc. | 100Stormy | 6.5% | 2.2% | +51% | Information Technology | |
| GEN Gen Digital | 100Stormy | 4.1% | 2.2% | −22% | Information Technology | |
| FICO Fair Isaac | 99Stormy | 7.6% | 3.1% | −31% | Information Technology | |
| T AT&T | 99Stormy | 2.8% | 1.5% | −13% | Communication Services | |
| VZ Verizon | 98Stormy | 2.6% | 1.4% | −17% | Communication Services | |
| ACN Accenture | 98Stormy | 4.4% | 2.7% | +18% | Information Technology | |
| PAYX Paychex | 98Stormy | 2.5% | 1.9% | −10% | Industrials | |
| CBOE Cboe Global Markets | 97Stormy | 2.6% | 1.7% | +6% | Financials | |
| JBHT J.B. Hunt | 96Stormy | 3.5% | 2.1% | −14% | Industrials | |
| HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 95Stormy | 4.5% | 3.2% | +33% | Information Technology | |
| SWKS Skyworks Solutions | 95Stormy | 4.9% | 2.9% | −9% | Information Technology | |
| GDDY GoDaddy | 93Stormy | 3.6% | 2.5% | +8% | Information Technology | |
| AKAM Akamai Technologies | 93Stormy | 3.9% | 3.5% | 0% | Information Technology | |
| CHRW C.H. Robinson | 93Stormy | 3.3% | 2.1% | −7% | Industrials | |
| AMT American Tower | 92Stormy | 2.4% | 1.6% | +5% | Real Estate | |
| GLW Corning Inc. | 92Stormy | 4.7% | 4.5% | −4% | Information Technology | |
| ROL Rollins, Inc. | 92Stormy | 2.4% | 1.5% | −7% | Industrials | |
| HPQ HP Inc. | 91Stormy | 3.4% | 2.6% | −8% | Information Technology | |
| SNPS Synopsys | 91Stormy | 3.4% | 2.7% | +28% | Information Technology | |
| IT Gartner | 90Stormy | 3.3% | 3.0% | +12% | Information Technology | |
| JBL Jabil | 90Stormy | 3.4% | 2.9% | +1% | Information Technology | |
| SBAC SBA Communications | 89Stormy | 2.4% | 1.8% | +1% | Real Estate | |
| PANW Palo Alto Networks | 88Stormy | 3.7% | 2.8% | +24% | Information Technology | |
| CTSH Cognizant | 88Stormy | 2.9% | 2.3% | +2% | Information Technology | |
| RVTY Revvity | 88Stormy | 2.8% | 2.3% | +27% | Health Care | |
| GIS General Mills | 88Stormy | 1.8% | 1.6% | −10% | Consumer Staples | |
| ETN Eaton Corporation | 88Stormy | 2.6% | 2.3% | +5% | Industrials | |
| STX Seagate Technology | 87Stormy | 4.3% | 4.5% | −9% | Information Technology | |
| CSCO Cisco | 87Stormy | 2.2% | 1.8% | +10% | Information Technology | |
| NTAP NetApp | 87Stormy | 2.8% | 2.2% | +29% | Information Technology | |
| FDS FactSet | 87Stormy | 2.8% | 2.9% | +9% | Financials | |
| MCD McDonald's | 87Stormy | 1.5% | 1.2% | −7% | Consumer Discretionary | |
| YUM Yum! Brands | 87Stormy | 1.8% | 1.4% | +1% | Consumer Discretionary | |
| QCOM Qualcomm | 87Stormy | 3.5% | 2.5% | −1% | Information Technology | |
| LDOS Leidos | 87Stormy | 2.2% | 1.9% | −6% | Industrials | |
| CDW CDW Corporation | 87Stormy | 2.9% | 2.7% | 0% | Information Technology | |
| KDP Keurig Dr Pepper | 87Stormy | 1.8% | 1.6% | +1% | Consumer Staples | |
| LEN Lennar | 87Stormy | 2.8% | 2.3% | −2% | Consumer Discretionary | |
| CIEN Ciena | 86Stormy | 4.6% | 4.6% | +34% | Information Technology | |
| VRSK Verisk Analytics | 86Stormy | 2.2% | 2.3% | +1% | Industrials | |
| CEG Constellation Energy | 85Stormy | 3.8% | 3.0% | +4% | Utilities | |
| MPC Marathon Petroleum | 85Stormy | 2.5% | 2.3% | +16% | Energy | |
| GNRC Generac | 85Stormy | 4.4% | 3.2% | +24% | Industrials | |
| COHR Coherent Corp. | 84Stormy | 5.6% | 5.3% | +7% | Information Technology | |
| HUM Humana | 84Stormy | 3.2% | 2.6% | +8% | Health Care | |
| TER Teradyne | 84Stormy | 4.5% | 4.5% | +9% | Information Technology | |
| ON ON Semiconductor | 83Stormy | 4.2% | 3.5% | +10% | Information Technology | |
| JKHY Jack Henry & Associates | 83Stormy | 2.0% | 1.9% | −8% | Financials | |
| AZO AutoZone | 82Stormy | 1.8% | 1.7% | +2% | Consumer Discretionary | |
| INTC Intel | 81Stormy | 4.3% | 4.6% | +4% | Information Technology | |
| DELL Dell Technologies | 81Stormy | 3.9% | 3.9% | +16% | Information Technology | |
| EME Emcor | 80Stormy | 2.5% | 2.4% | +5% | Industrials | |
| CPRT Copart | 80Stormy | 2.2% | 1.8% | −11% | Industrials | |
| CLX Clorox | 80Choppy | 2.0% | 1.9% | −6% | Consumer Staples | |
| META Meta Platforms | 80Choppy | 3.2% | 2.8% | +12% | Communication Services | |
| AJG Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | 80Choppy | 1.9% | 1.9% | −4% | Financials | |
| PEG Public Service Enterprise Group | 79Choppy | 1.4% | 1.2% | 0% | Utilities | |
| WDC Western Digital | 79Choppy | 4.0% | 4.7% | −14% | Information Technology |
How to read this page
How it’s measured. Daily moves over the past month, annualized, for the S&P 500 and its members as they stood on each day. Scores compare each reading with its own last five years; 100 is the highest.
Sources. Daily prices from Financial Modeling Prep.
Volatility is the standard deviation of daily moves over the past month, annualized. Dividing by about 16 gives the typical daily move. Correlation is estimated from the index’s volatility against the average stock’s, so it is approximate.
In our research, where the VIX sits in its own five-year history is the best single gauge of future market risk; it predicts risk, not direction. These readings are descriptive.
This page is information, not investment advice. About our data and methods ›