Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) is 59751.5× the size of Plankton in Pain (AAAHHM) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.24 across 21 shared trading days). PENGU has been the more volatile of the two, at 104% annualised against AAAHHM's 37%.
AAAHHMPENGU
-0.24over 21 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 | AAAHHM | PENGU |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -21.4% | -82.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.59 | 0.21 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +74.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PENGU outperformed AAAHHM by 1.4% — measured on the AAAHHM/PENGU ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.