Sei (SEI) is 297.6× the size of Neon (NEON) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.08 across 104 shared trading days). NEON has been the more volatile of the two, at 645% annualised against SEI's 82%.
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0.08over 104 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 | NEON | SEI |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -97.1% | -87.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.12 | 0.21 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +71.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -44.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: SEI outperformed NEON by 84.5% — measured on the NEON/SEI ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.