Correlation Analysis
Mastercard Incorporated vs Symbotic Inc. Class A Common Stock
MA vs SYM
+0.561
Moderate positive
When one moves up, the other tends to follow.
Mastercard Incorporated
↗MA
Mastercard is the second-largest payment processor in the world, having processed close to $11 trillion in volume during 2025. Mastercard operates in over 200 countries and processes transactions in over 150 currencies.
Market cap 447.2B
Symbotic Inc. Class A Common Stock
↗SYM
Symbotic Inc. is an automation technology company that develops solutions to improve operating efficiencies in modern warehouses. The group designs, commercializes, and deploys end-to-end technology systems that significantly enhance supply chain operations. The company automates the processing of pallets, cases, and individual items within warehouse environments. Its systems strengthen operations at the front end of the supply chain and provide benefits to all supply partners downstream. The company operates in two geographical regions: the United States and international markets, with the majority of its revenue generated in the United States.
Market cap 6.7B · 2,000 employees
Time Series
Relative Performance
Who Moves First
MA leads SYM by 6 days
MA tends to move before SYM.
After testing 13 timing shifts, the strongest relationship was +0.562 (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
+0.207
11 periods · Return correlation when both series rose
Both Falling
-0.023
10 periods · Return correlation when both series fell
Diverging
-0.506
14 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart
R-Squared
31.4%
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
960
Deep shared window — 960 usable pairs.
Significance
p < 0.001
95% CI: [0.516, 0.603]
Scatter
XY Regression
Pipeline
Data quality details
Pipeline
Data quality details
Pipeline Summary
960 paired data points survived the daily window.
Raw input
1,254
960
Normalized
1,254
960
Prepared
1,254
960
Aligned
960
960
Invalid removed
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Duplicates removed
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Alignment drops
294
A: 294 / B: 0
Series A
Mastercard Incorporated
MA
Market cap 447.2B
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Series B
Symbotic Inc. Class A Common Stock
SYM
Market cap 6.7B · 2,000 employees
Stock · 960 raw → 960 prepared
Sign agreement
100.0%
How often both values share the same sign.
Zero crossings
13
Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.
Slope
0.1071
Linear regression slope.
Intercept
-13.8851
Linear regression intercept.
Related Extremes
Highest and Lowest Correlated
MA
Mastercard Incorporated
Highest
+0.987
VISA Inc.
V · 1,254 data points
Lowest
-0.898
United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B
UPS · 1,254 data points
SYM
Symbotic Inc. Class A Common Stock
Highest
+0.736
Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock
GOOG · 960 data points
Lowest
+0.413
Exxon Mobil Corporation
XOM · 960 data points
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