Which stocks are the most volatile? Least volatile? Will your stock's volatility rise or fall over the next month? A stock's historical volatility is measured as the standard deviation of its past returns (annualized).

In the table below, we list historical volatility (standard deviation) estimates over the past year and past 5 years. Current volatility estimates from our volatility models, and the average volatility forecast over the next month. All estimates are annualized and computed using daily stock returns.

Volatility Estimates and Forecasts (Standard Deviation) for Large-Cap Stocks

Data updated through market close on 05/22/2020

Ticker	5-Year Historical	1-Year Historical	Month Ago (Model)	Current Estimate (Model)	Next Month Average Forecast
SLB	36.91	55.69	107.43	92.28	72.93
GE	35.40	54.44	79.98	78.74	55.66
OXY	48.67	79.60	98.76	78.59	52.54
FDX	29.91	43.40	72.27	64.32	56.46
BA	38.04	59.28	88.82	63.66	44.53
WFC	28.63	40.96	50.69	58.16	35.35
COF	34.76	50.99	51.52	56.86	37.29
AXP	29.65	43.37	73.39	55.85	42.16
SPG	36.02	57.97	80.36	55.06	39.26
XOM	25.44	35.89	62.77	53.34	36.12
DIS	25.01	35.39	35.79	52.80	32.47
GM	32.68	45.22	65.07	52.17	39.73
COP	39.49	52.45	86.68	51.73	43.95
USB	26.35	38.77	61.76	51.73	34.14
C	33.35	47.64	72.57	51.69	39.43
MMM	23.12	32.70	53.98	50.36	46.39
RTX	26.23	39.37	55.35	49.45	34.37
BKNG	30.09	37.78	40.47	48.08	34.38
MS	32.41	43.12	39.75	47.91	34.74
F	29.46	40.16	39.96	47.34	32.20
AIG	32.49	50.55	48.24	46.84	32.35
BAC	31.60	41.75	60.86	45.53	35.83
QCOM	34.37	44.22	38.92	45.42	35.65
FB	30.79	37.30	53.36	45.27	33.96
CAT	29.80	38.20	55.56	43.89	38.42
HON	23.23	33.08	43.45	43.83	31.09
EXC	26.31	35.99	63.50	43.10	32.59
TXN	28.68	38.32	48.76	43.03	33.54
ALL	23.03	33.15	51.48	40.93	33.76
BLK	27.93	38.57	42.59	40.50	30.75
NFLX	42.20	43.24	42.18	40.45	42.35
NVDA	44.62	56.22	58.17	40.17	43.59
BIIB	39.30	47.47	59.42	39.83	40.54
CVX	30.77	43.86	65.01	38.99	33.10
JPM	27.62	38.22	58.35	38.41	30.26
EMR	28.78	40.98	45.39	37.92	30.76
KHC	32.86	44.85	31.59	37.80	34.46
CMCSA	24.46	31.12	52.37	37.48	31.36
UNH	27.03	37.95	63.83	37.18	31.71
GS	28.88	39.40	47.40	36.67	30.68
GD	22.86	30.88	42.07	35.78	28.20
BK	26.70	35.65	31.70	35.71	27.55
KMI	35.66	41.42	64.69	35.52	34.18
MET	31.97	43.19	37.07	35.51	31.32
TGT	29.12	36.88	42.97	34.80	31.83
LOW	30.12	42.54	29.69	34.58	30.41
INTC	30.97	42.36	51.73	34.48	30.83
MDT	22.81	29.92	46.90	33.77	26.62
LMT	22.74	32.36	47.32	32.06	25.97
SO	23.51	35.34	42.95	31.94	24.43
UPS	23.00	31.95	39.74	31.48	26.66
T	21.85	29.63	43.96	31.31	26.07
AMGN	26.09	30.44	31.89	30.96	26.91
MA	27.18	38.68	51.00	30.69	26.88
V	25.33	34.54	42.91	29.76	25.41
DUK	21.73	30.42	52.37	29.51	24.23
GILD	29.00	31.98	54.24	29.37	29.02
UNP	27.32	35.03	36.29	29.00	26.66
ABT	24.35	31.51	38.11	28.79	24.93
WBA	29.06	36.46	24.58	28.70	28.41
CSCO	25.99	34.82	38.08	28.67	25.78
AMZN	30.02	34.38	31.56	28.44	30.37
NEE	21.98	30.80	49.94	27.93	23.56
ACN	23.69	31.58	43.16	27.84	23.65
IBM	24.48	32.67	32.26	27.82	24.40
CVS	26.38	33.85	43.64	27.54	26.50
MO	23.26	31.93	39.56	26.35	23.74
PG	19.50	27.71	25.43	26.18	20.28
KO	18.71	26.70	28.83	25.32	19.21
TMO	24.21	31.44	43.66	25.27	23.55
BMY	26.71	29.26	21.27	25.13	25.76
CHTR	28.52	31.13	31.38	25.09	26.93
ABBV	30.15	33.48	31.64	25.03	29.48
MRK	22.04	26.30	33.61	25.02	22.31
MCD	22.28	31.33	44.32	24.94	21.93
BRKB	20.20	27.40	26.84	24.84	20.46
LLY	24.71	29.89	36.18	24.76	24.30
HD	25.03	35.59	39.60	24.69	23.21
SBUX	25.70	35.00	48.55	23.69	23.88
GOOGL	26.08	32.92	36.03	23.38	25.28
ADBE	30.09	40.18	40.59	22.92	27.02
GOOG	26.17	32.95	35.89	22.67	25.38
MDLZ	23.16	26.83	32.44	22.56	21.86
ORCL	25.26	32.65	30.43	22.45	23.62
MSFT	27.04	34.97	38.78	22.14	25.66
DHR	20.67	28.04	33.55	21.85	20.33
AAPL	28.08	37.19	35.74	21.25	24.92
CL	20.34	27.29	21.88	20.88	19.62
VZ	18.75	22.24	23.37	20.51	18.73
PEP	19.89	29.12	28.59	20.23	18.68
PM	24.72	33.80	34.71	20.11	23.75
PFE	20.72	26.98	25.03	19.59	19.77
NKE	26.84	33.73	35.72	19.49	24.91
WMT	21.68	25.35	32.18	18.41	22.20
COST	20.79	25.92	31.12	18.26	20.09

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