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 07/31/2020

Ticker	5-Year Historical	1-Year Historical	Month Ago (Model)	Current Estimate (Model)	Next Month Average Forecast
FB	31.38	38.80	29.50	62.09	37.54
DIS	25.75	37.08	27.93	55.67	34.83
OXY	52.62	87.19	70.71	52.32	52.18
AIG	34.53	54.73	63.11	51.75	38.21
SLB	38.54	59.29	69.61	49.14	44.08
GE	36.99	56.91	54.25	46.39	41.03
MET	33.11	45.70	48.13	44.74	36.06
COP	40.53	54.61	56.04	43.46	40.31
QCOM	35.34	46.25	27.64	42.50	37.10
BA	41.18	65.53	68.88	42.46	39.24
AAPL	28.63	38.32	21.34	41.13	33.09
UPS	24.36	34.95	18.76	40.78	36.12
FDX	31.10	45.92	52.19	38.85	37.75
NFLX	41.68	42.62	38.67	37.17	42.51
SPG	39.50	64.86	64.33	36.27	34.45
BIIB	39.70	48.77	38.45	35.29	43.14
CVX	31.67	45.72	40.78	32.17	30.41
XOM	26.73	38.70	42.32	31.95	28.02
KMI	35.93	43.23	44.58	31.89	33.15
COF	36.46	54.67	59.24	31.85	33.61
RTX	27.66	42.39	45.86	31.61	27.71
GM	33.52	47.13	46.28	30.85	30.85
LLY	25.79	32.37	30.21	30.31	26.85
MSFT	27.44	35.69	22.51	30.11	28.29
GILD	29.02	32.57	23.15	29.99	29.26
CAT	30.48	39.31	35.28	29.97	29.30
NVDA	44.81	55.99	28.68	28.62	43.36
WFC	30.70	45.49	42.00	28.29	29.04
C	35.26	51.97	45.00	27.70	30.52
BKNG	30.90	39.67	31.49	27.28	29.57
ABBV	30.09	33.49	24.86	27.00	29.53
F	30.87	43.59	37.17	26.94	29.60
EMR	29.56	42.55	33.11	26.89	27.09
KHC	33.19	45.39	36.46	26.44	33.89
AMZN	30.48	35.09	38.66	25.81	31.14
AMGN	26.37	31.32	30.39	25.79	25.61
INTC	31.93	44.44	25.06	25.77	31.47
ALL	23.82	34.62	38.90	25.67	23.55
USB	28.08	42.43	43.10	25.62	24.96
MS	33.35	45.11	37.68	25.44	29.99
AXP	30.62	45.56	41.83	25.37	26.30
MA	27.61	39.18	28.17	25.24	26.31
EXC	26.68	37.05	27.62	25.00	25.60
GOOGL	26.31	33.27	24.34	24.54	25.72
TXN	28.85	38.59	24.58	24.44	26.42
GOOG	26.41	33.32	23.12	24.42	25.95
GS	30.20	42.38	48.18	24.16	26.81
BMY	26.93	29.40	28.07	23.83	24.80
ADBE	30.33	39.79	20.92	23.81	30.50
HON	23.90	34.77	32.66	23.62	22.43
JPM	28.67	40.72	37.86	23.48	25.08
UNP	27.67	36.13	27.74	23.35	25.09
NKE	27.11	34.83	34.07	23.24	25.21
TGT	29.21	37.11	21.20	23.11	30.15
LMT	23.31	33.56	30.91	23.04	22.24
WBA	29.15	38.61	52.06	22.77	27.03
DUK	22.11	31.28	25.84	22.72	23.29
BAC	32.94	45.16	42.05	22.42	27.96
CVS	26.74	34.07	29.31	22.32	24.54
MDT	23.27	31.18	28.78	21.76	21.61
CMCSA	24.68	31.09	25.41	21.72	22.65
KO	19.18	27.79	26.34	21.50	20.24
UNH	27.34	38.81	32.53	21.26	23.37
GD	23.52	32.66	35.20	20.69	21.52
PFE	21.48	28.67	23.18	20.58	20.80
WMT	21.87	24.96	36.71	19.89	22.35
BLK	28.08	38.51	24.72	19.87	23.90
V	25.60	34.71	24.62	19.81	24.38
BK	27.70	37.93	44.96	19.76	29.47
ABT	24.76	32.29	21.43	19.69	22.10
MMM	23.71	33.88	27.72	19.68	23.85
MRK	22.23	27.06	23.32	19.67	20.82
SBUX	26.34	36.40	21.42	19.54	24.01
NEE	22.35	31.72	20.86	19.39	20.54
ORCL	25.50	33.32	19.44	18.91	23.52
SO	23.87	35.75	21.96	18.86	20.97
COST	20.79	25.59	22.31	18.51	20.37
IBM	24.98	33.55	25.12	18.50	23.78
TMO	24.37	31.89	21.13	18.44	21.37
T	22.34	30.52	26.61	18.34	19.74
LOW	30.31	42.64	18.24	18.33	28.94
MCD	22.59	31.86	20.41	18.13	20.00
MO	23.70	32.35	29.35	18.08	22.24
MDLZ	23.36	27.46	22.72	17.95	21.32
CSCO	26.42	35.63	22.23	17.86	24.24
PM	25.20	34.44	39.84	17.07	24.02
BRKB	20.71	28.41	19.34	16.92	19.86
DHR	20.87	28.41	18.71	16.12	19.31
PG	19.65	27.13	13.13	15.06	17.81
CL	20.42	27.22	17.79	15.06	18.60
CHTR	28.52	30.66	24.34	15.02	22.16
VZ	19.00	22.72	22.28	14.61	17.48
JNJ	19.40	26.47	16.21	14.01	17.07
PEP	20.03	29.21	14.74	13.20	17.54
HD	25.03	35.78	19.60	12.82	20.25

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