The Sandbox (SAND) is 482.3× the size of GoldBrick (GBCK) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, GBCK is ahead by 4.6 percentage points (GBCK -69.3% against SAND -73.9%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.22 across 362 shared trading days). GBCK has been the more volatile of the two, at 136% annualised against SAND's 103%.
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0.22over 362 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 | GBCK | SAND |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -89.2% | -88.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.18 | 0.07 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +94.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -48.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: GBCK outperformed SAND by 17.5% — measured on the GBCK/SAND ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.