Amp (AMP) is 5.6× the size of Populous (PPT) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.14 across 40 shared trading days). PPT has been the more volatile of the two, at 339% annualised against AMP's 97%.
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0.14over 40 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 | PPT | AMP |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -29.1% | -88.8% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.59 | 0.47 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +89.6% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -45.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PPT outperformed AMP by 87.5% — measured on the PPT/AMP ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.