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 04/18/2019

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Ticker	5-Year Historical	1-Year Historical	Month Ago (Model)	Current Estimate (Model)	Next Month Average Forecast
QCOM	28.57	33.10	22.57	104.71	52.85
BK	21.17	21.89	25.34	77.49	33.43
DIS	19.20	21.16	18.59	47.55	31.23
NFLX	42.21	41.11	42.22	42.73	42.45
UNH	20.93	22.41	28.53	40.69	32.15
BIIB	37.45	40.58	38.26	38.47	37.55
AGN	28.63	28.24	22.07	37.33	30.33
NVDA	39.01	46.25	36.47	35.31	40.42
CVS	22.15	28.43	34.34	32.93	30.89
IBM	20.02	> 22.69	17.07	31.89	22.07
MRK	19.07	19.09	15.24	30.10	23.78
PFE	17.44	18.03	16.40	28.26	20.44
GILD	27.53	25.25	25.11	28.22	28.05
AMGN	24.08	21.39	19.96	28.19	27.06
GE	25.63	37.77	42.93	28.17	27.80
LLY	21.22	20.28	18.09	27.89	24.44
CELG	31.63	35.02	30.89	27.77	29.45
ABT	20.16	20.83	15.49	27.74	23.90
KHC	27.46	32.27	26.47	27.42	31.31
BA	23.80	28.86	30.99	27.37	24.72
OXY	23.36	22.99	23.39	26.77	25.74
MS	25.73	24.82	23.61	26.27	26.32
HAL	30.23	28.55	31.61	26.13	27.80
CHTR	27.13	30.56	26.05	25.97	27.01
ABBV	27.57	30.55	19.15	25.71	27.23
FB	32.61	33.47	38.89	25.00	34.45
BMY	25.73	26.13	24.81	24.93	25.55
GS	22.64	24.28	23.77	24.45	23.70
PEP	14.27	16.08	12.12	24.15	16.13
MET	24.77	23.40	40.07	23.95	25.17
COP	29.23	26.33	24.00	23.84	25.62
CVX	21.20	20.91	14.24	23.76	22.24
BKNG	26.32	26.37	23.92	23.69	26.03
SLB	23.94	25.57	27.08	23.59	25.73
SPG	18.54	20.34	18.87	23.13	19.94
AIG	20.85	22.51	23.54	23.05	21.10
CAT	25.33	29.11	27.12	22.67	23.08
INTC	24.35	29.33	22.11	22.37	23.02
F	23.64	25.38	25.82	22.17	23.52
MDT	18.52	19.46	19.02	22.02	19.67
TXN	23.33	26.98	21.39	21.83	22.47
GM	25.28	27.62	25.81	21.70	22.48
BAC	24.90	23.40	26.82	21.43	23.30
WBA	25.34	27.33	27.99	21.31	25.38
WFC	19.73	21.07	22.13	20.92	20.03
PM	19.33	24.85	16.09	20.75	19.92
T	17.56	22.61	22.18	20.70	20.37
DHR	17.33	19.74	15.43	20.34	18.90
RTN	18.97	20.99	16.99	19.95	19.01
TGT	24.18	28.65	21.45	19.65	23.54
LOW	22.62	26.17	19.42	19.45	23.86
AMZN	30.28	31.84	20.32	19.16	29.51
FDX	22.50	25.54	26.67	19.08	19.99
BLK	21.79	22.78	20.15	19.08	20.97
CSCO	21.36	22.72	16.26	18.98	21.31
UNP	22.14	23.94	22.60	18.84	20.47
SBUX	20.30	21.57	17.83	18.83	20.57
COF	23.05	23.25	24.78	18.38	22.44
DWDP	24.51	25.54	24.60	18.21	21.14
JPM	20.59	19.91	20.26	18.13	19.98
ORCL	20.60	22.35	25.06	17.78	20.83
GD	18.50	21.12	19.14	17.63	17.66
MSFT	23.61	24.28	18.05	17.35	23.51
VZ	17.04	19.71	15.62	17.19	17.07
GOOGL	23.07	24.24	22.08	16.85	22.35
TFCFA	22.64	22. > 33	25.23	16.70	22.42
COST	18.16	20.92	15.94	16.69	18.09
EMR	20.48	21.44	18.52	16.63	17.85
MO	18.69	24.23	20.89	16.59	20.81
C	23.81	22.47	20.86	16.54	21.43
TFCF	22.15	22.08 >	24.04	16.52	22.40
AAPL	24.34	26.60	16.04	16.51	20.77
NKE	22.83	25.08	22.59	16.43	21.77
LMT	17.65	20.30	16.77	16.36	16.74
GOOG	23.19	24.26	22.44	16.31	22.57
KMI	29.51	21.51	14.75	16.29	23.91
NEE	16.33	15.32	15.67	16.02	16.38
AXP	20.30	20.01	15.55	16.01	16.63
MDLZ	20.23	17.50	15.74	15.97	19.66
ACN	19.01	19.90	14.81	15.87	18.55
CL	16.27	17.68	17.79	15.23	16.36
EXC	19.79	15.14	14.00	15.11	16.61
WMT	18.61	21.67	22.22	15.00	19.55
MMM	17.36	21.33	16.00	14.74	15.87
CMCSA	20.95	25.67	18.82	14.59	17.11
UTX	17.88	20.69	16.66	14.55	16.16
BRKB	16.18	19.28	14.59	14.49	15.51
V	20.95	21.40	16.49	14.21	19.78
XOM	18.30	18.48	13.45	14.10	16.53
UPS	17.92	22.10	22.65	13.90	17.86
MA	21.73	23.99	15.18	13.80	19.90
SO	15.46	16.54	14.53	13.65	14.23
ALL	16.76	18.56	16.12	13.54	14.76
MCD	15.90	18.01	13.92	13.41	15.71
HD	18.28	19.89	14.73	13.40	16.69
KO	14.16	15.01	13.83	12.96	13.98
USB	17.34	17.07	22.20	12.89	15.36
DUK	15.71	14.61	13.23	12.88	13.55
JNJ	15.62	18.52	13.70	12.81	14.49
HON	16.90	16.85	12.87	12.33	14.85

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