Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) is 94782.7× the size of NEANDERTHAL (NEAN) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.03 across 33 shared trading days). PENGU has been the more volatile of the two, at 104% annualised against NEAN's 49%.
NEANPENGU
0.03over 33 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 | NEAN | PENGU |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -11.7% | -82.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.04 | 0.21 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +74.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: NEAN outperformed PENGU by 31.9% — measured on the NEAN/PENGU ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.