Kite (KITE) is 18022.5× the size of Corvus (CORVUS) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.27 across 23 shared trading days). CORVUS has been the more volatile of the two, at 435% annualised against KITE's 122%.
CORVUSKITE
-0.27over 23 shared trading days
Measured on daily returns rather than on prices. Two assets that both simply trend upward score near 1.0 on raw prices whether or not they move together, so returns are what answer the question people mean by correlation.
| Metric | CORVUS | KITE |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -84.8% | -69.5% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.18 | 0.29 |
Relative strength over 90 days: KITE outperformed CORVUS by 72.5% — measured on the CORVUS/KITE ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.