Correlation Analysis
Microsoft Corp vs Kenvue Inc.
MSFT vs KVUE
-0.506
Moderate inverse
When one moves up, the other tends to move down.
Microsoft Corp
↗MSFT
Microsoft develops and licenses consumer and enterprise software. It is known for its Windows operating systems and Office productivity suite. The company is organized into three equally sized broad segments: productivity and business processes (legacy Microsoft Office, cloud-based Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype, LinkedIn, Dynamics), intelligence cloud (infrastructure- and platform-as-a-service offerings Azure, Windows Server OS, SQL Server), and more personal computing (Windows Client, Xbox, Bing search, display advertising, and Surface laptops, tablets, and desktops).
Market cap 2.8T
Kenvue Inc.
↗KVUE
Kenvue is the world's largest pure-play consumer health company by sales, generating over $15 billion in annual revenue. Formerly known as Johnson & Johnson's consumer segment, Kenvue spun off and went public in May 2023. It operates in a variety of categories within consumer health, such as cough, cold and allergy care, pain management, face and body care, and oral care, as well as women's health. Its portfolio has some of the most well-known brands in the space, including Tylenol, Listerine, Johnson's, Aveeno, and Neutrogena. Kenvue announced November 2025 that it signed a deal to be fully acquired by Kimberly-Clark with the deal expected to close during the second half of 2026.
Market cap 33.2B · 22,000 employees
Time Series
Rebased to 100
Who Moves First
MSFT leads KVUE by 6 days
MSFT tends to move before KVUE.
Best correlation after shifting: -0.527 (13 shifts scanned)
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
-0.137
7 periods · Return correlation when both series rose
Both Falling
-0.252
11 periods · Return correlation when both series fell
Diverging
-0.759
17 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart
R-Squared
25.6%
Share of variance in one series explained by the other.
Trend Agreement
47.7%
How often both series moved in the same direction period-to-period.
Overlap Quality
733
Robust shared window — 733 usable pairs.
Significance
p < 0.001
95% CI: [-0.558, -0.450]
Scatter
XY Regression
Pipeline
Data quality details
Pipeline
Data quality details
Pipeline Summary
733 paired observations survived the daily window.
Raw input
1,254
733
Normalized
1,254
733
Prepared
1,254
733
Aligned
733
733
Invalid removed
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Duplicates removed
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Alignment drops
521
A: 521 / B: 0
Series A
Microsoft Corp
MSFT
Market cap 2.8T
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Series B
Kenvue Inc.
KVUE
Market cap 33.2B · 22,000 employees
Stock · 733 raw → 733 prepared
Sign agreement
100.0%
How often both values share the same sign.
Zero crossings
36
Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.
Slope
-0.0232
Linear regression slope.
Intercept
30.4627
Linear regression intercept.
Related Extremes
Highest and Lowest Correlated
Saved 3 hours ago · ID: stock-msft-vs-stock-kvue-daily-20260408-6qfyzf