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 for Individual Large-Cap Stocks

Data updated through market close on 12/07/2018

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Ticker	5-Year Historical	1-Year Historical	Month Ago (Model)	Current Estimate (Model)	Next Month Average Forecast
NVDA	37.53	46.33	40.38	65.36	48.51
GE	22.99	31.33	50.28	64.57	38.22
AMZN	29.74	28.77	45.77	53.52	39.01
NFLX	43.16	38.37	43.54	49.20	48.34
UPS	17.15	19.89	21.32	48.05	25.39
MET	25.02	22.67	24.12	44.54	27.96
AIG	20.81	19.11	23.79	42.45	26.06
MA	21.41	22.26	30.87	42.29	29.63
HAL	29.95	26.29	30.95	41.35	37.20
FB	32.23	29.78	40.85	40.59	39.90
COF	22.85	22.26	21.82	40.09	28.62
BA	22.81	25.35	31.33	39.72	29.12
MS	26.15	23.83	21.72	39.61	30.84
BLK	22.30	21.40	24.22	39.42	28.92
GOOG	22.87	22.93	29.33	38.82	27.61
CAT	24.54	27.74	35.74	38.73	35.76
BAC	24.84	22.82	21.60	38.12	31.58
C	23.86	20.83	23.03	37.85	30.96
AAPL	23.84	23.46	38.20	37.14	31.64
TGT	23.72	29.68	22.63	36.98	28.18
GOOGL	22.74	22.87	28.48	35.98	26.78
SLB	23.20	22.33	27.49	34.80	31.19
COP	28.67	25.98	33.82	34.79	32.35
ABBV	27.67	28.50	39.69	34.74	33.11
WFC	19.53	20.58	15.96	34.36	23.93
BIIB	34.76	29.55	32.48	33.94	35.28
ORCL	21.36	22.28	19.11	33.90	23.68
V	20.86	19.53	24.57	33.85	26.26
GS	22.30	22.63	23.45	33.85	27.92
TXN	22.74	24.72	37.14	33.58	31.68
INTC	23.85	27.16	31.94	32.62	32.00
KHC	24.09	20.39	42.67	32.46	30.43
DWDP	24.00	22.68	33.91	32.14	31.36
GM	25.37	26.52	26.13	31.30	26.31
OXY	22.99	21.99	29.73	31.29	28.88
JPM	20.61	19.19	18.04	31.11	25.24
BRKB	15.98	17.88	26.38	30.56	20.73
BK	20.89	19.32	19.41	30.24	23.69
F	23.36	22.97	22.39	29.86	24.37
CHTR	27.39	28.78	30.19	29.75	30.62
EMR	20.44	20.57	25.70	29.65	26.68
GD	18.51	19.49	27.91	29.12	24.50
MSFT	23.32	22.18	20.88	28.87	27.55
CELG	30.54	29.93	35.77	28.78	31.52
CVS	21.20	25.99	34.52	28.61	27.13
KMI	29.37	20.57	25.27	28.48	28.06
FDX	21.75	22.02	25.57	27.99	29.87
UNP	21.70	21.85	23.67	27.69	27.08
RTN	18.37	18.69	25.84	27.55	21.88
CMCSA	20.88	24.85	29.81	27.47	25.71
QCOM	26.62	27.21	23.85	27.39	27.61
AMGN	24.56	20.28	27.45	27.05	27.79
LOW	22.52	25.67	18.50	27.01	23.55
AGN	28.37	25.04	31.61	26.96	28.88
GILD	28.00	23.88	26.59	26.87	29.16
BKNG	25.81	23.88	32.36	26.85	26.23
HD	18.25	18.33	21.88	26.67	22.10
IBM	19.86	> 20.89	30.55	26.63	22.92
CSCO	21.75	21.69	22.19	26.46	25.34
WBA	24.55	23.39	19.06	26.44	25.44
ACN	19.28	18.50	19.62	26.38	22.50
COST	17.53	20.09	16.54	26.27	20.10
CVX	20.80	19.60	25.56	26.16	23.49
NKE	22.57	24.74	22.45	26.11	24.15
BMY	25.05	22.61	28.28	25.10	25.07
UNH	20.24	18.86	23.51	25.09	24.92
T	17.27	21.09	24.68	24.79	24.60
HON	16.94	15.50	22.11	24.57	21.93
ALL	16.65	17.55	22.03	24.26	23.76
XOM	17.89	16.89	19.08	24.14	20.72
UTX	17.28	18.06	23.07	23.84	20.36
ABT	19.87	18.28	19.43	23.62	23.47
LMT	17.10	18.14	26.09	22.88	20.34
MMM	16.88	19.33	21.48	22.40	20.49
USB	17.03	16.41	15.82	22.31	19.37
LLY	20.92	18.91	30.58	22.08	22.07
WMT	18.41	21.26	15.18	21.57	20.14
FOXA	23.53	23.6 > 9	21.15	21.48	23.49
DIS	18.64	18.16	22.25	20.86	19.92
VZ	17.02	18.75	18.72	20.71	17.73
FOX	23.06	23.39< > /td>	20.55	20.60	23.04
MO	17.81	21.36	15.61	20.34	18.10
PEP	14.10	14.69	17.77	19.82	15.06
SPG	18.47	19.92	21.29	19.67	19.37
MDT	18.27	17.50	17.45	19.43	19.68
MDLZ	20.55	17.13	20.00	19.36	20.54
PFE	17.26	15.87	21.29	19.07	18.92
AXP	20.16	18.87	18.67	18.89	20.31
DHR	16.74	17.13	19.10	18.64	19.73
SBUX	20.22	20.62	26.35	17.84	20.42
MRK	19.08	17.58	16.78	17.73	19.85
KO	14.02	12.28	14.57	17.15	14.76
SO	15.30	15.69	18.36	16.97	16.44
PM	18.47	22.31	20.21	16.80	18.64
EXC	20.05	14.91	18.54	16.31	17.44
NEE	16.28	14.29	17.89	16.01	15.96
DUK	15.64	13.64	18.21	15.98	15.76
MCD	15.85	17.57	15.47	15.21	16.33
CL	16.45	17.53	23.14	14.84	16.23
JNJ	14.86	15.83	13.06	14.83	14.66

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