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 09/10/2021

Ticker	5-Year Historical	1-Year Historical	Month Ago (Model)	Current Estimate (Model)	Next Month Average Forecast
BIIB	44.63	58.55	37.43	69.91	48.88
NVDA	46.20	50.62	40.91	38.34	45.19
SLB	42.15	64.83	39.15	38.16	39.09
WFC	33.52	50.98	25.19	37.49	33.67
TSLA	56.93	75.32	38.03	36.48	43.89
COF	38.17	58.00	20.78	36.06	35.72
ABBV	28.57	29.54	23.03	34.96	29.90
KHC	30.79	35.63	28.30	33.81	31.46
UPS	25.54	34.48	19.59	31.88	27.43
NFLX	39.58	40.65	33.01	31.40	36.49
COP	42.60	59.61	32.91	31.29	35.38
LLY	27.32	37.29	26.83	31.06	29.43
BMY	26.19	25.16	26.48	30.64	29.37
GM	36.15	52.05	43.41	29.31	32.63
BA	43.96	68.71	26.11	28.86	37.45
QCOM	35.94	44.26	28.54	28.75	35.00
PYPL	34.15	45.03	30.39	28.35	31.87
CAT	30.85	37.45	25.27	28.14	28.71
EMR	30.05	42.98	17.22	28.08	28.00
PM	25.33	31.51	17.26	28.08	25.39
FDX	32.48	43.68	28.27	27.30	28.21
WBA	30.13	40.39	27.95	27.15	29.33
GE	39.39	53.23	31.46	27.10	32.32
AMGN	25.44	31.40	30.65	26.68	25.38
F	33.78	47.37	33.13	26.55	30.67
UNP	27.24	34.55	19.45	25.49	25.96
CHTR	28.01	30.37	18.88	24.71	25.71
XOM	29.27	44.68	24.29	24.45	26.61
FB	32.45	38.93	21.93	24.39	32.86
BKNG	32.37	43.59	33.08	24.33	30.70
NKE	28.05	35.63	22.41	24.02	26.73
CVX	32.45	49.12	22.29	24.01	27.55
KMI	36.05	45.86	22.35	23.73	30.75
INTC	33.13	45.17	22.38	23.37	31.87
BAC	33.82	46.84	18.46	23.29	29.94
MRK	21.64	26.28	18.99	23.09	21.86
SPG	43.34	72.21	29.57	22.82	36.55
AXP	32.51	49.86	19.39	22.77	30.00
TGT	29.69	31.71	21.76	22.66	30.43
GILD	26.75	31.08	21.94	22.35	25.43
C	36.48	53.68	17.84	22.07	30.78
MA	28.65	39.73	24.29	21.98	26.89
MDLZ	22.70	27.28	17.06	21.73	21.64
CVS	27.71	32.67	26.56	21.38	26.16
AAPL	29.62	38.62	19.38	21.34	30.05
GS	31.04	42.24	21.45	21.34	26.20
USB	30.00	46.87	19.96	21.26	26.22
MMM	24.07	30.99	17.72	21.02	21.62
MS	33.94	46.04	17.66	20.94	28.46
AMZN	29.56	32.70	30.47	20.79	27.53
BK	28.94	40.20	24.33	20.50	26.87
SBUX	26.54	36.76	19.98	20.36	24.16
V	25.52	34.63	22.79	20.00	24.30
HON	24.54	36.06	18.32	20.00	21.89
UNH	26.87	36.87	21.13	19.71	24.84
DIS	27.25	39.46	21.24	19.69	24.12
ALL	23.81	34.82	17.68	19.66	20.82
PFE	22.19	29.69	43.00	19.59	21.62
BLK	28.49	38.61	16.83	19.32	24.74
MET	34.10	48.18	25.40	19.22	31.89
DUK	21.99	32.65	13.24	19.06	20.83
ORCL	25.62	33.69	18.26	19.02	23.54
MSFT	26.87	35.26	16.51	18.89	24.80
LOW	31.46	42.68	30.04	18.87	30.34
GOOGL	26.08	32.71	19.41	18.44	23.97
ADBE	31.21	38.92	19.14	18.39	27.51
GOOG	26.01	32.38	18.26	18.05	24.23
LMT	23.60	32.96	18.68	17.85	20.31
AIG	36.55	57.01	38.19	17.84	32.77
CSCO	26.44	33.50	15.38	17.82	25.95
IBM	25.52	34.01	19.90	17.74	23.31
CMCSA	25.12	31.95	15.12	17.67	21.38
JPM	29.49	42.84	16.58	17.56	25.51
JNJ	19.34	24.49	12.46	17.53	18.16
TXN	28.92	36.95	21.23	17.52	25.36
WMT	21.49	25.68	20.54	17.48	22.14
MO	24.30	30.25	17.54	17.40	23.40
TMO	25.28	32.54	17.32	17.39	22.67
NEE	23.15	34.46	15.34	17.32	20.65
RTX	29.27	44.53	19.66	17.23	25.10
MDT	23.43	32.43	20.69	17.12	20.98
DHR	21.99	29.17	15.70	17.12	20.02
ABT	25.15	32.82	18.32	17.04	20.88
T	22.72	29.11	15.81	16.70	20.01
CL	20.17	25.53	17.40	16.25	18.57
COST	20.88	24.03	15.60	15.97	19.80
PEP	20.15	29.10	12.01	15.96	17.86
HD	25.14	35.69	16.56	15.60	21.45
SO	23.96	36.44	13.06	14.70	19.78
EXC	25.95	38.41	15.58	14.61	20.90
MCD	22.06	31.31	16.27	14.61	18.83
ACN	24.41	32.91	16.01	14.39	21.24
VZ	18.66	20.54	12.81	14.10	16.69
KO	19.57	27.74	12.86	14.02	16.01
BRKB	20.87	28.01	15.57	13.49	18.22
GD	23.84	31.94	15.46	13.47	19.80

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