Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) is 33059.6× the size of Vida Global CTO (CTO) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.18 across 31 shared trading days). CTO has been the more volatile of the two, at 660% annualised against PENGU's 104%.
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0.18over 31 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 | CTO | PENGU |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -99.8% | -82.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.15 | 0.13 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +74.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PENGU outperformed CTO by 99.7% — measured on the CTO/PENGU ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.