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Correlation Analysis

Eli Lilly & Co. vs 3M Company

LLY vs MMM

+0.135

Weak positive

When one moves up, the other tends to follow.

LLY logo

Eli Lilly & Co.

LLY

Eli Lilly is a drug firm with a focus on neuroscience, cardiometabolic, cancer, and immunology. Lilly's key products include Verzenio for cancer; Mounjaro, Zepbound, Jardiance, Trulicity, Humalog, and Humulin for cardiometabolic; and Taltz and Olumiant for immunology.

Market cap 828.2B · 50,000 employees

MMM logo

3M Company

MMM

3M, a multinational conglomerate founded in 1902, sells tens of thousands of products ranging from sponges to respirators. The firm is well known for its extensive research and development capabilities, and it is a pioneer in inventing new use cases for its proprietary technologies. 3M is organized across three business segments: safety and industrial (representing around 44% of revenue), transportation and electronics (36%), and consumer (20%). The firm recently spun off its healthcare business, now known as Solventum. Nearly half of 3M's revenue comes from outside the Americas.

Market cap 75.5B · 60,500 employees

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

Time Series

Relative Performance

Green: LLYGray: MMM36 of 1,254 points (sampled)

Who Moves First

LLY leads MMM by 6 days

LLY tends to move before MMM.

After testing 13 timing shifts, the strongest relationship was +0.150 (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

+0.243

12 periods · Return correlation when both series rose

Both Falling

+0.279

7 periods · Return correlation when both series fell

Diverging

-0.351

16 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart

R-Squared

1.8%

Share of variance in one series explained by the other.

Trend Agreement

53.8%

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: [0.080, 0.189]

Scatter

XY Regression

1142004006008001,0001,14266.980100120140160180182.6Eli Lilly & Co.3M CompanyData pointsFit (r = 0.135)

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

LLY logo

Eli Lilly & Co.

LLY

Market cap 828.2B · 50,000 employees

Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared

Series B

MMM logo

3M Company

MMM

Market cap 75.5B · 60,500 employees

Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared

Sign agreement

100.0%

How often both values share the same sign.

Zero crossings

1

Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.

Slope

0.0150

Linear regression slope.

Intercept

115.9439

Linear regression intercept.

Related Extremes

Highest and Lowest Correlated

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