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Correlation Analysis

Eli Lilly & Co. vs Norfolk Southern Corp.

LLY vs NSC

+0.131

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

NSC logo

Norfolk Southern Corp.

NSC

Class I railroad Norfolk Southern operates in the Eastern United States. On more than 20,000 miles of track, the rail hauls shipments of coal, intermodal traffic, and a diverse mix of automotive, agricultural, metal, chemical, and forest products.

Market cap 64.7B · 19,300 employees

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

Time Series

Relative Performance

Green: LLYGray: NSC36 of 1,254 points (sampled)

Who Moves First

LLY leads NSC by 6 days

LLY tends to move before NSC.

After testing 13 timing shifts, the strongest relationship was +0.140 (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

-0.223

14 periods · Return correlation when both series rose

Both Falling

+0.860

8 periods · Return correlation when both series fell

Diverging

-0.670

13 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart

R-Squared

1.7%

Share of variance in one series explained by the other.

Trend Agreement

56.0%

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: [0.076, 0.185]

Scatter

XY Regression

1142004006008001,0001,142177.4180200220240260280300320324.7Eli Lilly & Co.Norfolk Southern Corp.Data pointsFit (r = 0.131)

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

NSC logo

Norfolk Southern Corp.

NSC

Market cap 64.7B · 19,300 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

0.0133

Linear regression slope.

Intercept

242.3264

Linear regression intercept.

Related Extremes

Highest and Lowest Correlated

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