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 02/08/2019

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Ticker	5-Year Historical	1-Year Historical	Month Ago (Model)	Current Estimate (Model)	Next Month Average Forecast
GE	24.67	35.62	53.13	61.19	37.99
NVDA	38.80	48.53	47.29	52.56	41.92
BIIB	34.91	31.01	32.94	50.71	36.65
NFLX	42.55	41.15	40.62	45.01	44.23
FB	32.91	33.28	43.64	43.43	42.09
AGN	28.98	27.60	28.21	42.77	31.94
DWDP	24.56	25.19	32.94	41.86	35.98
AMZN	30.50	31.79	35.60	39.86	33.93
MET	24.88	23.13	20.87	38.54	27.43
CAT	25.18	29.25	34.95	36.72	33.23
F	23.80	25.00	34.25	36.28	25.51
ABBV	27.98	30.34	38.31	35.60	31.56
INTC	24.40	29.22	36.58	35.02	33.37
HAL	30.12	28.08	36.58	34.92	33.87
TXN	23.31	27.09	39.40	34.78	29.49
SLB	23.67	24.56	32.89	31.81	29.75
GILD	27.97	25.07	24.97	31.50	28.85
FDX	22.51	24.92	40.93	31.18	29.97
AMGN	24.58	21.16	25.16	31.16	26.84
COP	29.12	26.53	36.69	30.17	29.98
CELG	31.71	34.24	65.31	29.37	30.45
BA	23.45	27.48	37.05	29.28	25.21
GOOG	23.24	24.52	29.34	29.21	24.69
CHTR	27.47	31.28	27.48	29.19	27.58
GS	22.72	24.21	30.54	28.29	25.66
GM	25.61	27.61	30.28	27.94	27.30
GOOGL	23.12	24.49	29.15	27.83	24.30
KHC	24.14	21.04	21.04	27.14	28.92
MS	26.02	24.55	27.27	26.86	26.81
UNP	22.19	23.91	35.65	26.74	25.15
AAPL	24.50	26.83	42.39	26.69	25.46
COF	23.06	23.18	19.82	26.45	24.85
BMY	26.06	26.09	36.08	26.25	25.98
CMCSA	21.14	25.92	25.70	26.16	24.56
ORCL	21.13	23.01	19.32	26.14	21.88
OXY	23.31	23.14	30.76	26.11	24.78
BAC	24.95	23.50	26.69	25.84	24.93
T	17.70	22.38	26.25	25.59	25.03
QCOM	26.87	28.04	25.49	25.32	26.80
BKNG	26.02	25.11	28.05	25.24	26.01
MSFT	23.78	24.38	25.74	24.93	24.44
WFC	19.74	20.93	18.94	24.87	21.30
RTN	18.89	20.46	23.48	24.77	20.65
IBM	20.05	> 22.43	20.88	24.38	21.16
ABT	20.33	20.34	30.13	24.37	22.72
V	21.21	21.44	24.81	22.71	21.49
KMI	29.66	21.93	32.51	22.48	25.52
CVS	21.50	27.09	31.82	22.45	22.12
C	23.96	22.02	27.41	22.44	23.66
LLY	21.28	19.91	25.87	22.31	21.73
TGT	24.12	29.12	31.34	22.27	24.47
AIG	20.74	20.54	21.25	22.14	21.22
EMR	20.61	21.52	26.14	22.02	21.20
PFE	17.62	17.57	20.65	21.66	18.40
WBA	24.64	24.74	19.59	21.24	24.92
LOW	22.75	25.96	21.82	20.74	22.88
XOM	18.32	18.32	28.52	20.63	19.38
CSCO	22.04	23.33	29.53	20.51	21.81
FOXA	23.30	23.5 > 2	20.59	20.49	23.30
UPS	17.81	21.76	25.00	20.29	18.67
GD	18.64	20.67	24.41	20.19	19.71
CVX	21.15	20.74	27.32	20.09	20.31
NKE	22.76	25.97	20.17	20.07	22.09
ALL	16.88	18.58	22.91	19.99	18.94
BRKB	16.23	19.03	27.69	19.85	17.25
MA	21.87	24.03	32.86	19.21	20.92
JPM	20.57	19.45	22.72	19.19	20.44
LMT	17.65	20.02	27.52	18.99	18.11
COST	18.11	21.70	17.13	18.81	18.41
MDLZ	20.57	17.92	19.81	18.80	20.23
UTX	17.86	20.19	29.01	18.76	17.91
MO	18.45	23.33	19.72	18.74	18.64
UNH	20.37	20.16	29.25	18.65	21.55
FOX	22.85	23.20< > /td>	19.28	18.48	22.76
SBUX	20.47	21.79	18.11	18.18	20.55
EXC	20.20	15.41	20.27	18.17	18.76
BK	20.93	20.14	22.80	17.98	19.89
MMM	17.33	20.80	26.62	17.82	17.28
VZ	17.27	19.69	22.26	17.73	17.30
WMT	18.62	21.97	16.45	17.60	19.98
PM	19.34	24.58	16.57	17.53	20.58
DHR	17.05	18.38	20.86	17.36	16.92
BLK	22.21	22.25	26.48	17.23	20.90
SO	15.57	16.41	19.75	17.23	16.61
MRK	19.28	18.79	18.58	17.19	19.32
ACN	19.62	19.76	25.97	17.06	18.90
JNJ	15.79	18.46	27.00	17.00	16.17
DUK	15.85	14.47	19.68	16.77	16.51
MCD	15.99	18.27	13.78	16.55	16.15
AXP	20.47	19.82	28.82	16.51	18.18
HD	18.38	19.64	23.94	15.87	17.21
SPG	18.71	20.48	20.12	15.82	18.04
NEE	16.58	15.29	16.73	15.79	16.45
DIS	18.80	19.37	24.68	15.73	18.28
CL	16.59	18.27	15.82	15.21	16.56
PG	15.34	16.73	20.24	14.85	15.57
MDT	18.68	19.20	35.69	14.76	17.53
USB	17.24	16.90	18.97	14.15	16.37
HON	17.06	16.41	21.78	12.39	14.69
PEP	14.24	15.70	23.21	12.05	13.79

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