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Correlation Analysis

JPMorgan Chase & Co. vs Merck & Co., Inc.

JPM vs MRK

+0.035

Near-zero positive

When one moves up, the other tends to follow.

JPM logo

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPM

JPMorgan Chase is one of the largest and most complex financial institutions in the United States, with more than $4.4 trillion in assets. It is organized into four major segments: consumer and community banking, corporate and investment banking, commercial banking, and asset and wealth management. JPMorgan operates and is subject to regulation in multiple countries.

Market cap 792.5B

MRK logo

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

Apr 9, 2021 — Apr 7, 2026Daily1,254 data pointsStockStockFinancialsHealthcare

Time Series

Relative Performance

Green: JPMGray: MRK36 of 1,254 points (sampled)

Who Moves First

in sync

JPM and MRK tend to move at the same time.

After testing 13 timing shifts, the strongest relationship was +0.035 (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

-0.631

10 periods · Return correlation when both series rose

Both Falling

N/A

4 periods · Return correlation when both series fell

Diverging

-0.662

21 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart

R-Squared

0.1%

Share of variance in one series explained by the other.

Trend Agreement

55.3%

How often both series moved in the same direction period-to-period.

Overlap Quality

1,254

Deep shared window — 1,254 usable pairs.

Significance

n.s.

95% CI: [-0.020, 0.090]

Scatter

XY Regression

98.3100150200250300333.469.1708090100110120130132.4JPMorgan Chase & Co.Merck & Co., Inc.Data pointsFit (r = 0.035)

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

JPM logo

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPM

Market cap 792.5B

Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared

Series B

MRK logo

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

11

Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.

Slope

0.0094

Linear regression slope.

Intercept

96.4554

Linear regression intercept.

Related Extremes

Highest and Lowest Correlated

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