as market uncertainty grows with the ongoing banking crisis investors can look to certain stocks to beat the street when there are stressful conditions investor confidence has wavered following the collapse of silicon valley bank and signature bank  the cboe volatility index vix  wall streets preferred fear gauge reached a level not seen since late 2022 and neared territory considered highly risky  the volatility index is already up seven points this month putting it on pace for one of the biggest pops in the last 10 years if the trend continues to find volatility winners cnbc pro screened for stocks that tend to rise when the volatility index gains this is not normal as most stocks fall when fear is high on wall street and the vix pops we screened the 1500 largest us stocks and looked at their performance during the 10 biggest monthly moves higher in the vix during the last 10 years these stocks had a median advance of at least 1 during those months when volatility surged what came back were stocks that have stable businesses with steady cash flows the companies sell things like beer food and electricity utilities company pg  e made the list of biggest risers amidst instability on the street with a median 46 gain analysts are bullish on pg  e shares with eight out of 13 analysts covering the stock giving it a buy rating the average price target for the stock is 1873 implying 178 upside from fridays close price shares have dropped 2 in 2023 but have rallied almost 42 during the past 12 months the two energy groups on the list are coterra energy and eqt  coterra energy has the highest median gain of 46 on the list shares have remained flat in 2023 while gaining 6 in a 12month period beer manufacturer molson coors is another stock that beats the market during times of volatility shares have risen 16 yeartodate and 3 over the last 12 months meanwhile analysts are mixed on the stock with the majority of those covering the stock issuing a hold rating and anticipate shares having a 46 upside other consumer names to make the list were bath  body works  jm smucker flowers foods  and stride  bath  body works has a median gain of 23 its shares have fallen 12 so far in 2023 amidst a 203 decline during the past 12 months however analysts believe the stock is a buy and estimate almost 39 upside this year —cnbcs michael bloom contributed to this report