Correlation Analysis
Microsoft Corp vs LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Class A
MSFT vs LYB
-0.639
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
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Class A
↗LYB
LyondellBasell is a petrochemical producer with operations in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company is the world's largest producer of polypropylene and also a major producer of polyethylene and propylene oxide. Its chemicals are used in various consumer and industrial end products. Well over half of LyondellBasell's production comes from its North American operations.
Market cap 25.3B · 18,970 employees
Time Series
Rebased to 100
Who Moves First
MSFT leads LYB by 6 days
MSFT tends to move before LYB.
Best correlation after shifting: -0.643 (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
-0.109
7 periods · Return correlation when both series rose
Both Falling
-0.247
7 periods · Return correlation when both series fell
Diverging
-0.636
21 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart
R-Squared
40.8%
Share of variance in one series explained by the other.
Trend Agreement
55.2%
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: [-0.670, -0.605]
Scatter
XY Regression
Pipeline
Data quality details
Pipeline
Data quality details
Pipeline Summary
1,254 paired observations 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
Microsoft Corp
MSFT
Market cap 2.8T
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Series B
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Class A
LYB
Market cap 25.3B · 18,970 employees
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Sign agreement
100.0%
How often both values share the same sign.
Zero crossings
7
Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.
Slope
-0.1359
Linear regression slope.
Intercept
134.3013
Linear regression intercept.
Related Extremes
Highest and Lowest Correlated
MSFT
Microsoft Corp
Highest
+0.938
Cadence Design Systems
CDNS · 1,254 observations
Lowest
-0.867
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
BMY · 1,254 observations
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Class A
Highest
-0.412
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ · 1,254 observations
Lowest
-0.831
Broadcom Inc. Common Stock
AVGO · 1,254 observations
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