Correlation Analysis
Broadcom Inc. Common Stock vs Cisco Systems, Inc. Common Stock (DE)
AVGO vs CSCO
+0.823
Strong positive
When one moves up, the other tends to follow.
Broadcom Inc. Common Stock
↗AVGO
Broadcom is one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world and has also expanded into infrastructure software. Its semiconductors primarily serve computing and networking, with custom AI accelerators now accounting for the bulk of the business. It is primarily a fabless designer, but holds some manufacturing in-house, such as for its best-of-breed film bulk acoustic resonator filters that sell into the Apple iPhone. In software, it sells virtualization, infrastructure, and security software to large enterprises, financial institutions, and governments. Broadcom is the product of consolidation. Its businesses are an amalgamation of former companies like legacy Broadcom and Avago Technologies in chips, as well as VMware, Brocade, CA Technologies, and Symantec in software.
Market cap 1.5T
Cisco Systems, Inc. Common Stock (DE)
↗CSCO
Cisco Systems is the largest provider of networking equipment in the world and one of the largest software companies in the world. Its largest businesses are selling networking hardware and software (where it has leading market shares) and cybersecurity software such as firewalls. It also has collaboration products, like its Webex suite, and observability tools. It primarily outsources its manufacturing to third parties and has a large sales and marketing staff—25,000 strong across 90 countries. Overall, Cisco employs 80,000 people and sells its products globally.
Market cap 317.7B
Who Moves First
AVGO leads CSCO by 6 days
AVGO tends to move before CSCO.
Best correlation after shifting: +0.827 (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
+0.627
17 periods · Return correlation when both series rose
Both Falling
+0.467
7 periods · Return correlation when both series fell
Diverging
-0.490
11 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart
R-Squared
67.7%
Share of variance in one series explained by the other.
Trend Agreement
66.7%
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: [0.804, 0.840]
Time Series
Rebased to 100
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
Broadcom Inc. Common Stock
AVGO
Market cap 1.5T
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Series B
Cisco Systems, Inc. Common Stock (DE)
CSCO
Market cap 317.7B
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Sign agreement
100.0%
How often both values share the same sign.
Zero crossings
9
Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.
Slope
0.0780
Linear regression slope.
Intercept
44.9347
Linear regression intercept.
Related Extremes
Highest and Lowest Correlated
AVGO
Broadcom Inc. Common Stock
Highest
+0.981
GE Aerospace
GE · 1,254 observations
Lowest
-0.903
The Kraft Heinz Company Common Stock
KHC · 1,254 observations
CSCO
Cisco Systems, Inc. Common Stock (DE)
Highest
+0.844
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPM · 1,254 observations
Lowest
+0.326
Exxon Mobil Corporation
XOM · 1,254 observations
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