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 10/19/2018

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Ticker	5-Year Historical	1-Year Historical	Month Ago (Model)	Current Estimate (Model)	Next Month Average Forecast
NFLX	45.52	35.18	39.34	65.09	49.19
IBM	19.41	> 19.52	18.94	46.33	23.63
AMZN	28.73	23.96	27.99	43.80	32.51
BLK	21.99	20.04	17.97	41.68	28.88
NVDA	34.70	39.03	40.72	40.73	38.61
FB	32.33	28.32	41.70	40.36	39.48
MS	26.23	23.40	21.60	37.02	29.23
MA	20.41	18.86	17.94	35.72	24.25
LOW	22.17	24.40	18.19	35.66	23.55
BIIB	34.60	29.31	31.31	35.64	35.39
KHC	23.54	20.03	19.16	33.76	30.41
HD	17.91	17.01	15.29	33.13	23.34
CELG	30.37	28.79	27.44	33.10	31.17
V	20.29	17.42	15.59	32.64	23.06
GILD	27.74	23.75	24.24	32.24	28.69
GOOG	22.34	20.57	19.40	31.27	23.84
MSFT	22.68	19.79	22.31	30.93	24.31
GOOGL	22.24	20.59	20.26	30.92	23.67
BMY	24.66	23.96	23.92	30.84	25.01
MET	24.71	21.57	21.29	30.63	25.51
OXY	22.62	20.59	20.06	30.57	27.72
HAL	29.64	24.77	27.63	30.48	30.08
QCOM	26.18	28.17	25.91	30.28	27.41
DWDP	23.66	21.12	19.14	30.24	27.48
BAC	24.87	22.15	19.80	30.12	26.37
CVS	20.79	25.18	20.40	30.07	26.25
ACN	19.05	17.63	13.22	30.02	22.74
CAT	23.46	24.63	18.70	29.41	28.98
AAPL	23.95	20.70	22.83	28.87	26.02
COP	28.31	24.99	21.39	28.84	28.15
BK	20.76	18.91	17.53	28.39	23.47
UPS	16.54	18.93	14.66	28.36	18.43
GE	21.16	26.81	30.73	28.03	23.35
CHTR	27.04	27.64	22.20	27.87	27.01
FDX	21.18	20.31	22.80	27.61	25.35
CSCO	21.23	19.81	18.28	26.85	22.68
AGN	28.05	24.07	26.93	26.69	27.95
NKE	22.26	23.85	19.38	26.68	23.54
TXN	21.99	22.26	22.47	26.47	24.08
COF	22.77	21.26	18.28	26.45	23.47
INTC	23.35	25.14	24.44	26.42	24.26
CMCSA	20.54	23.63	19.89	26.24	24.38
GM	24.79	25.06	24.81	26.05	25.06
AMGN	24.30	19.55	19.36	26.02	24.77
BA	22.20	23.17	20.57	25.90	22.92
WFC	19.26	20.29	17.47	25.82	20.85
LLY	20.68	17.88	16.14	25.70	23.10
C	23.58	19.57	17.69	25.66	23.92
PM	18.37	22.06	17.93	25.60	18.91
F	22.80	20.81	21.85	25.54	23.15
BKNG	25.55	22.46	24.84	25.47	25.60
JPM	20.37	18.57	15.01	25.45	21.82
GS	21.83	20.97	19.27	25.43	22.82
AIG	20.24	18.01	17.25	24.40	22.13
EMR	19.99	19.54	16.24	24.17	22.53
UNP	21.29	20.46	17.27	24.02	22.99
USB	16.91	16.13	11.20	23.88	19.15
KMI	29.19	20.01	17.96	23.80	25.72
DHR	16.48	16.33	12.27	23.71	20.74
HON	16.65	14.27	11.05	23.53	20.10
PFE	17.03	14.84	13.07	23.51	18.28
UNH	19.98	17.71	16.64	23.32	22.19
SLB	22.90	20.77	20.76	23.16	22.79
TGT	22.88	27.95	17.57	23.00	23.31
PG	14.91	15.21	15.66	22.99	26.82
UTX	16.78	16.30	12.03	22.79	18.66
MMM	16.36	17.80	14.45	21.98	18.84
ABT	19.55	17.27	16.21	21.90	21.23
CVX	20.41	18.39	16.53	21.89	20.67
RTN	17.85	16.81	21.86	21.89	18.59
WBA	24.42	22.78	21.80	21.82	24.28
ORCL	21.05	21.03	20.22	21.80	21.30
GD	17.98	17.70	14.48	21.75	19.26
DIS	18.43	17.16	17.07	21.52	20.29
FOXA	23.62	23.8 > 2	21.52	21.48	23.63
AXP	19.91	17.81	19.13	21.00	20.93
MDT	18.13	17.00	15.12	20.85	19.93
LMT	16.78	16.77	17.51	20.52	18.84
FOX	23.14	23.51< > /td>	20.42	20.40	23.10
SBUX	19.87	19.51	21.28	19.90	20.02
BRKB	15.51	16.46	13.08	19.42	15.93
XOM	17.59	16.08	13.25	19.23	17.98
MDLZ	20.48	17.55	16.86	18.54	20.15
ALL	16.25	16.08	14.34	18.45	17.72
SPG	18.16	19.47	15.90	18.35	18.06
MRK	19.05	17.68	16.77	17.94	19.05
EXC	20.11	14.90	16.34	17.92	18.99
CL	15.93	16.64	15.36	17.74	16.98
T	16.68	19.58	15.82	16.47	16.73
SO	15.09	15.23	18.29	16.47	16.44
WMT	18.20	20.90	15.00	16.43	19.25
JNJ	14.72	15.48	10.51	16.31	15.08
DUK	15.48	13.32	15.20	15.78	15.96
VZ	16.81	18.24	16.55	15.57	16.44
NEE	16.07	13.71	15.39	15.53	15.47
MO	17.47	20.24	15.01	15.27	17.63
COST	17.11	19.06	15.30	15.22	17.50
KO	13.95	11.79	13.84	14.59	14.45
MCD	15.49	16.44	13.90	14.05	15.38

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