Correlation Analysis
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF vs Walmart Inc. Common Stock
GBTC vs WMT
+0.841
Strong positive
When one moves up, the other tends to follow.
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF
GBTC
Walmart Inc. Common Stock
↗WMT
Since its founding in 1962, Walmart has become the world's largest retailer, operating over 10,700 stores globally (including 4,600 namesake locations on its home turf and another 600 Sam's Club outlets) and growing its e-commerce presence, attracting 270 million customers weekly. In aggregate, the firm posted more than $680 billion in fiscal 2025 sales. Its core operations span three reporting segments: Walmart US (68% of fiscal 2025 sales), Walmart International (18%), and Sam's Club (14%). Within the US, nearly 60% of its $465 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue came from its grocery offerings, with another quarter from general merchandise. Internationally, Walmart's operations are concentrated in Mexico, though it also has budding exposure to India.
Market cap 1T
Time Series
Relative Performance
Who Moves First
GBTC leads WMT by 6 days
GBTC tends to move before WMT.
After testing 13 timing shifts, the strongest relationship was +0.849 (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
+0.662
15 periods · Return correlation when both series rose
Both Falling
-0.586
5 periods · Return correlation when both series fell
Diverging
-0.760
15 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart
R-Squared
70.7%
Share of variance in one series explained by the other.
Trend Agreement
54.4%
How often both series moved in the same direction period-to-period.
Overlap Quality
1,066
Deep shared window — 1,066 usable pairs.
Significance
p < 0.001
95% CI: [0.822, 0.858]
Scatter
XY Regression
Pipeline
Data quality details
Pipeline
Data quality details
Pipeline Summary
1,066 paired data points survived the daily window.
Raw input
1,066
1,254
Normalized
1,066
1,254
Prepared
1,066
1,254
Aligned
1,066
1,066
Invalid removed
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Duplicates removed
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Alignment drops
188
A: 0 / B: 188
Series A
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF
GBTC
Stock · 1,066 raw → 1,066 prepared
Series B
Walmart Inc. Common Stock
WMT
Market cap 1T
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Sign agreement
100.0%
How often both values share the same sign.
Zero crossings
25
Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.
Slope
0.7875
Linear regression slope.
Intercept
35.1828
Linear regression intercept.
Related Extremes
Highest and Lowest Correlated
GBTC
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF
Highest
+0.950
NetFlix Inc
NFLX · 1,066 data points
Lowest
+0.075
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ · 1,066 data points
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