The Sandbox (SAND) is 21.9× the size of Upland (SPARKLET) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, SPARKLET is ahead by 39.8 percentage points (SPARKLET -35.0% against SAND -74.8%). Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.13 across 373 shared trading days). SAND has been the more volatile of the two, at 103% annualised against SPARKLET's 33%.
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0.13over 373 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 | SPARKLET | SAND |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -39.3% | -88.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.00 | 0.07 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +14.5% | +94.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -26.5% | -48.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: SPARKLET outperformed SAND by 7.7% — measured on the SPARKLET/SAND ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.