Correlation Analysis
Amazon.Com Inc vs Merck & Co., Inc.
AMZN vs MRK
-0.116
Weak inverse
When one moves up, the other tends to move down.
Amazon.Com Inc
↗AMZN
Amazon is the leading online retailer and marketplace for third party sellers. Retail related revenue represents approximately 74% of total, followed by Amazon Web Services (17%), and advertising services (9%). International segments constitute 22% of Amazon's total revenue, led by Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
Market cap 2.3T
Merck & Co., Inc.
↗MRK
Merck makes pharmaceutical products to treat several conditions in a number of therapeutic areas, including cardiometabolic disease, cancer, and infections. Within cancer, the firm's immuno-oncology platform, led by Keytruda, is a major contributor to overall sales. The company also has a substantial vaccine business aimed at preventing pediatric diseases, as well as Gardasil for human papillomavirus. Additionally, Merck sells animal health-related drugs. From a geographical perspective, 47% of the company's sales are generated from US human health (pharmaceuticals and vaccines).
Market cap 298.8B
Time Series
Rebased to 100
Who Moves First
AMZN leads MRK by 6 days
AMZN tends to move before MRK.
Best correlation after shifting: -0.128 (13 shifts scanned)
Do They Crash Together?
Correlation by Market Regime
How these series behave when markets are rising, falling, or diverging. A correlation that holds in drawdowns is very different from one that only works in rallies.
Both Rising
-0.198
11 periods · Return correlation when both series rose
Both Falling
-0.114
6 periods · Return correlation when both series fell
Diverging
-0.690
18 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart
R-Squared
1.4%
Share of variance in one series explained by the other.
Trend Agreement
51.5%
How often both series moved in the same direction period-to-period.
Overlap Quality
1,254
Deep shared window — 1,254 usable pairs.
Significance
p < 0.001
95% CI: [-0.170, -0.061]
Scatter
XY Regression
Pipeline
Data quality details
Pipeline
Data quality details
Pipeline Summary
1,254 paired observations survived the daily window.
Raw input
1,254
1,254
Normalized
1,254
1,254
Prepared
1,254
1,254
Aligned
1,254
1,254
Invalid removed
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Duplicates removed
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Alignment drops
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Series A
Amazon.Com Inc
AMZN
Market cap 2.3T
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Series B
Merck & Co., Inc.
MRK
Market cap 298.8B
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Sign agreement
100.0%
How often both values share the same sign.
Zero crossings
22
Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.
Slope
-0.0459
Linear regression slope.
Intercept
105.8793
Linear regression intercept.
Related Extremes
Highest and Lowest Correlated
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