Bristol-Myers Squibb Co

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (BMY) Historical Volatility

BMY 30-day historical volatility is 23%. This ranks in the 10th percentile of readings over the past year.

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Tracking BMY historical volatility helps you see how much Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's stock price has actually moved over past periods, giving you a baseline to judge whether current option premiums are fair, cheap, or expensive. While implied volatility tells you what the market expects, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's HV tells you what really happened. Use our scanner to monitor BMY 30 day historical volatility alongside longer lookback windows and spot the moments when realized and implied diverge.

Historical volatility is the annualized standard deviation of an underlying's past returns, typically measured over rolling windows like 10, 20, 30, or 60 days. The BMY 30 day historical volatility is one of the most widely watched readings because it balances responsiveness with stability. Comparing Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's HV to its implied volatility reveals the volatility risk premium — when IV sits well above HV, option sellers tend to have an edge; when HV runs hot relative to IV, buyers may be underpaying for movement.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company discovers, develops, licenses, manufactures, and markets biopharmaceutical products worldwide. It offers products for hematology, oncology, cardiovascular, immunology, fibrotic, neuroscience, and covid-19 diseases. The company's products include Revlimid, an oral immunomodulatory drug for the treatment of multiple myeloma; Eliquis, an oral inhibitor for reduction in risk of stroke/systemic embolism in NVAF, and for the treatment of DVT/PE; Opdivo for anti-cancer indications; Pomalyst/Imnovid indicated for patients with multiple myeloma; and Orencia for adult patients with active RA and psoriatic arthritis.

It also provides Sprycel for the treatment of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia; Yervoy for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma; Abraxane, a protein-bound chemotherapy product; Reblozyl for the treatment of anemia in adult patients with beta thalassemia; and Empliciti for the treatment of multiple myeloma. In addition, the company offers Zeposia to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis; Breyanzi, a CD19-directed genetically modified autologous T cell immunotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma; Inrebic, an oral kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of adult patients with myelofibrosis; and Onureg for the treatment of adult patients with AML. It sells products to wholesalers, distributors, pharmacies, retailers, hospitals, clinics, and government agencies. The company was formerly known as Bristol-Myers Company. The company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Sizing a long premium trade, modeling a covered call, or hunting volatility arbitrage all come back to one question: how much has the stock actually moved? Our scanner puts Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's historical volatility side-by-side with implied readings across every lookback window, so you can see exactly where BMY HV is running hot, cold, or in line. Make the BMY 30 day historical volatility — and every other window — work for your edge instead of against it.

IV vs HV
Implied Volatility (IV) vs Historical Volatility (HV) over the past month.

As of September 28, 2026

IV - HV Difference
Difference between IV and HV over time. Positive values indicate IV > HV.

As of September 28, 2026

See how volatility has moved over time

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