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 01/17/2020

Ticker	5-Year Historical	1-Year Historical	Month Ago (Model)	Current Estimate (Model)	Next Month Average Forecast
BK	21.71	22.89	24.89	60.62	28.69
TGT	26.55	30.45	24.32	49.33	32.72
BIIB	37.24	43.07	37.62	39.99	37.56
NFLX	41.25	39.37	38.97	37.22	40.54
WFC	20.43	20.70	17.60	36.47	24.62
FDX	24.55	31.18	31.31	34.24	32.06
NVDA	40.32	45.25	25.79	32.12	39.38
GE	28.29	40.81	29.25	31.55	29.80
MS	25.74	24.82	19.47	29.85	26.60
QCOM	30.30	34.18	27.00	26.64	30.44
SLB	26.00	30.16	28.66	26.57	26.34
KHC	29.12	36.52	28.12	26.03	30.64
GM	25.41	27.81	24.18	24.34	24.47
BKNG	26.10	24.82	24.75	24.07	26.05
FB	28.70	33.40	26.77	23.99	29.22
GILD	26.47	23.20	23.71	23.73	26.66
AMZN	29.38	29.64	18.43	23.00	29.12
ABBV	28.31	28.38	23.45	22.91	28.00
BA	24.47	29.23	29.06	22.55	24.31
BAC	25.13	23.28	17.43	22.23	23.77
WBA	25.53	27.42	25.96	22.21	25.32
INTC	25.33	28.46	22.46	21.98	24.97
MMM	19.16	24.26	24.02	21.96	21.49
USB	17.67	16.66	14.38	21.57	18.66
F	24.17	26.90	22.08	21.33	24.13
CHTR	26.48	26.84	23.74	21.28	22.48
COP	30.61	28.48	23.67	20.87	24.18
CAT	25.99	29.26	20.91	20.73	22.37
OXY	25.44	28.49	30.70	20.60	23.03
SBUX	20.11	21.32	18.39	20.04	20.38
TXN	24.37	27.38	20.67	19.49	22.08
MET	24.42	22.11	19.83	19.38	24.05
JPM	20.58	19.74	15.21	19.33	19.63
AIG	20.86	23.73	17.77	19.08	20.67
LOW	23.32	26.30	20.72	19.06	24.76
MSFT	22.59	22.99	17.35	19.02	22.12
NKE	23.11	24.60	17.45	18.98	22.32
UNH	21.35	23.64	15.94	18.92	20.18
GOOGL	23.28	25.06	17.96	18.89	22.90
COF	23.73	23.49	19.46	18.61	22.83
ORCL	20.83	21.16	25.03	18.51	20.56
C	24.09	24.05	16.50	18.51	21.43
AMGN	23.40	21.18	16.88	18.32	21.36
GOOG	23.46	25.19	17.98	18.31	23.09
UNP	22.99	24.01	21.35	18.19	19.73
MA	21.80	25.02	14.46	18.17	20.79
BMY	25.48	26.12	14.62	17.46	19.44
MRK	19.42	18.61	16.29	17.41	18.62
ADBE	26.16	29.60	18.27	17.35	22.52
AAPL	24.39	27.65	16.24	17.34	21.30
IBM	20.23	22.33	17.19	17.33	19.82
CVS	22.89	27.27	19.92	17.16	18.56
CVX	21.63	20.40	18.49	17.09	19.52
SPG	18.78	18.90	18.68	16.88	17.48
T	17.89	21.14	16.57	16.60	17.71
PM	20.46	26.83	18.94	16.60	20.37
MO	19.85	24.54	15.65	16.31	19.79
BLK	21.67	22.37	15.60	16.30	19.63
EMR	21.25	22.45	16.45	16.28	18.46
ACN	18.80	19.05	16.87	16.24	18.18
UPS	19.41	24.04	18.44	16.17	19.33
CMCSA	20.73	22.86	21.35	15.96	17.38
CSCO	21.88	24.65	16.48	15.96	20.49
DIS	19.34	21.23	17.13	15.83	18.90
LMT	17.53	20.38	14.53	15.80	16.35
ABT	20.19	20.54	15.31	15.70	17.67
SO	15.67	16.33	17.64	15.61	15.98
NEE	16.17	14.99	15.69	15.60	16.07
LLY	21.59	20.87	16.12	15.59	19.35
GD	18.71	20.70	17.57	15.50	17.02
GS	23.01	23.95	19.70	15.49	19.47
MDLZ	19.90	16.20	16.34	15.49	19.10
XOM	18.83	19.53	17.87	15.45	17.84
WMT	18.85	17.41	15.27	15.30	20.12
PFE	17.79	18.65	16.58	14.99	17.03
HD	18.65	19.44	17.90	14.76	16.95
VZ	16.81	17.94	13.92	14.76	16.30
COST	18.20	18.83	16.81	14.60	17.90
TMO	20.70	22.19	16.62	14.26	17.09
EXC	19.60	15.67	16.90	14.06	16.03
CL	16.77	18.37	18.32	14.05	16.20
MDT	18.45	17.68	14.01	14.02	16.83
KMI	29.21	19.76	15.64	13.75	21.65
RTN	19.22	22.16	14.98	13.74	15.87
UTX	18.41	20.77	15.18	13.65	16.23
PEP	14.27	16.15	13.20	13.31	14.12
HON	17.19	18.00	15.48	13.01	14.87
MCD	16.36	17.33	15.34	12.96	15.99
KO	14.42	16.03	13.30	12.85	14.07
ALL	16.76	17.71	16.60	12.73	12.94
BRKB	16.14	17.44	12.45	12.61	14.95
JNJ	16.14	18.31	13.45	12.24	14.40
V	20.43	21.32	14.36	11.92	18.63
DUK	15.74	14.50	13.36	11.83	12.85
DHR	17.56	20.00	15.91	11.59	13.39
AXP	20.21	19.62	13.77	11.12	14.50
PG	15.23	17.76	11.03	10.75	14.51

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