Correlation Analysis
Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc vs BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B
BR vs BRK.B
+0.862
Very strong positive
When one moves up, the other tends to follow.
Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc
↗BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions, which was spun off from Automatic Data Processing in 2007, is a leading provider of investor communication and technology-driven solutions to banks, broker/dealers, traditional and alternative-asset managers, wealth managers, and corporate issuers. Broadridge is composed of two operating segments: investor communication solutions and global technology and operations.
Market cap 19B · 15,000 employees
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B
↗BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company with a wide array of subsidiaries engaged in diverse activities. The firm's core business segment is insurance, run primarily through Geico, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, and Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group. Berkshire has used the excess cash thrown off from its operations to acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe (railroad), Berkshire Hathaway Energy (utilities and energy distributors), and the companies that make up its manufacturing, service, and retailing operations (which include Precision Castparts, Lubrizol, Clayton Homes, Marmon, and IMC/ISCAR). The conglomerate is unique in that it is run on a completely decentralized basis. Berkshire is expected to generate close to $375 billion in revenue in 2025.
Market cap 1T
Time Series
Relative Performance
Who Moves First
BR leads BRK.B by 6 days
BR tends to move before BRK.B.
After testing 13 timing shifts, the strongest relationship was +0.869 (they moved in the same direction).
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
+0.228
16 periods · Return correlation when both series rose
Both Falling
+0.451
7 periods · Return correlation when both series fell
Diverging
-0.434
12 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart
R-Squared
74.3%
Share of variance in one series explained by the other.
Trend Agreement
67.0%
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: [0.847, 0.875]
Scatter
XY Regression
Pipeline
Data quality details
Pipeline
Data quality details
Pipeline Summary
1,254 paired data points 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
Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc
BR
Market cap 19B · 15,000 employees
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Series B
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B
BRK.B
Market cap 1T
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Sign agreement
100.0%
How often both values share the same sign.
Zero crossings
11
Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.
Slope
2.1005
Linear regression slope.
Intercept
-13.3298
Linear regression intercept.
Related Extremes
Highest and Lowest Correlated
BR
Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc
Highest
+0.912
Mastercard Incorporated
MA · 1,254 data points
Lowest
-0.072
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ · 1,254 data points
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