Correlation Analysis
Nvidia Corp vs Cisco Systems, Inc. Common Stock (DE)
NVDA vs CSCO
+0.750
Strong positive
When one moves up, the other tends to follow.
Nvidia Corp
↗NVDA
Nvidia is a leading developer of graphics processing units. Traditionally, GPUs were used to enhance the experience on computing platforms, most notably in gaming applications on PCs. GPU use cases have since emerged as important semiconductors used in artificial intelligence to run large language models. Nvidia not only offers AI GPUs, but also a software platform, Cuda, used for AI model development and training. Nvidia is also expanding its data center networking solutions, helping to tie GPUs together to handle complex workloads.
Market cap 4.3T
Cisco Systems, Inc. Common Stock (DE)
↗CSCO
Cisco Systems is the largest provider of networking equipment in the world and one of the largest software companies in the world. Its largest businesses are selling networking hardware and software (where it has leading market shares) and cybersecurity software such as firewalls. It also has collaboration products, like its Webex suite, and observability tools. It primarily outsources its manufacturing to third parties and has a large sales and marketing staff—25,000 strong across 90 countries. Overall, Cisco employs 80,000 people and sells its products globally.
Market cap 317.7B
Time Series
Rebased to 100
Who Moves First
NVDA leads CSCO by 6 days
NVDA tends to move before CSCO.
Best correlation after shifting: +0.755 (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
+0.725
15 periods · Return correlation when both series rose
Both Falling
+0.575
6 periods · Return correlation when both series fell
Diverging
-0.690
14 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart
R-Squared
56.2%
Share of variance in one series explained by the other.
Trend Agreement
64.8%
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: [0.724, 0.773]
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
Nvidia Corp
NVDA
Market cap 4.3T
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Series B
Cisco Systems, Inc. Common Stock (DE)
CSCO
Market cap 317.7B
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Sign agreement
100.0%
How often both values share the same sign.
Zero crossings
3
Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.
Slope
0.1158
Linear regression slope.
Intercept
46.7643
Linear regression intercept.
Related Extremes
Highest and Lowest Correlated
NVDA
Nvidia Corp
Highest
+0.983
Arista Networks
ANET · 1,254 observations
Lowest
-0.910
United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B
UPS · 1,254 observations
CSCO
Cisco Systems, Inc. Common Stock (DE)
Highest
+0.844
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPM · 1,254 observations
Lowest
+0.326
Exxon Mobil Corporation
XOM · 1,254 observations
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