Aerodrome Finance (AERO) is 321.1× the size of Vertical AI (VERTAI) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.30 across 39 shared trading days). VERTAI has been the more volatile of the two, at 160% annualised against AERO's 101%.
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0.30over 39 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 | VERTAI | AERO |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -39.4% | -36.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.14 | 0.44 |
Relative strength over 90 days: AERO outperformed VERTAI by 41.1% — measured on the VERTAI/AERO ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.