Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) is 1.7× the size of Bonk (BONK) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, PENGU is ahead by 24.3 percentage points (PENGU -49.3% against BONK -73.5%). Their daily returns move closely together (correlation 0.80 across 399 shared trading days). Both have run at a similar volatility, around 102% annualised.
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0.80over 399 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 | PENGU | BONK |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -82.4% | -89.7% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.21 | 0.09 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +74.9% | +37.0% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -55.1% | -51.0% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PENGU outperformed BONK by 11.7% — measured on the PENGU/BONK ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.