BNB (BNB) is 15.0× the size of Stellar (XLM) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, BNB is ahead by 26.9 percentage points (XLM -49.4% against BNB -22.6%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.51 across 399 shared trading days). XLM has been the more volatile of the two, at 78% annualised against BNB's 52%.
| Period | XLM | BNB | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | +9.00% | +4.73% | XLM |
| 30 days | +7.98% | +16.37% | BNB |
| 90 days | -6.48% | +30.43% | BNB |
| 1 year | -49.43% | -22.57% | BNB |
| Metric | XLM | BNB |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -66.2% | -58.2% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.10 | 0.88 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +63.3% | +29.4% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -39.7% | -34.9% |
Relative strength over 90 days: BNB outperformed XLM by 28.3% — measured on the XLM/BNB ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.
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.