Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) is 4875.7× the size of M3M3 (M3M3) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.42 across 36 shared trading days). PENGU has been the more volatile of the two, at 104% annualised against M3M3's 50%.
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0.42over 36 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 | M3M3 | PENGU |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -30.3% | -82.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.58 | 0.07 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +74.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: M3M3 outperformed PENGU by 3.8% — measured on the M3M3/PENGU ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.