Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) is 11580.6× the size of Piñata (PINATA) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.21 across 35 shared trading days). PINATA has been the more volatile of the two, at 239% annualised against PENGU's 104%.
PINATAPENGU
-0.21over 35 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 | PINATA | PENGU |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -87.3% | -82.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.35 | 0.21 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +74.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PENGU outperformed PINATA by 80.1% — measured on the PINATA/PENGU ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.