Catizen (CATI) is 2.6× the size of Hamster Kombat (HMSTR) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, CATI is ahead by 31.8 percentage points (HMSTR -66.0% against CATI -34.1%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.28 across 399 shared trading days). HMSTR has been the more volatile of the two, at 135% annualised against CATI's 87%.
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0.28over 399 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 | HMSTR | CATI |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -80.5% | -62.8% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.44 | -0.01 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +121.8% | +62.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -48.9% | -44.4% |
Relative strength over 90 days: CATI outperformed HMSTR by 26.0% — measured on the HMSTR/CATI ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.