Correlation Analysis
Ralph Lauren Corporation vs VISA Inc.
RL vs V
+0.906
Very strong positive
When one moves up, the other tends to follow.
Ralph Lauren Corporation
↗RL
Founded by designer Ralph Lauren (current executive chairman and chief creative officer) in 1967 in New York City, Ralph Lauren Corp. designs, markets, and distributes lifestyle merchandise in North America, Europe, and Asia. Best known for its iconic polo shirts, its products also include other types of apparel, footwear, eyewear, jewelry, handbags, home goods, and fragrances. The company's brands include Ralph Lauren Collection, Polo Ralph Lauren, and Lauren Ralph Lauren. Distribution channels for Ralph Lauren include wholesale (department stores and specialty stores), retail (company-owned retail stores and e-commerce), and licensing.
Market cap 21.7B · 23,400 employees
VISA Inc.
↗V
Visa is the largest payment processor in the world. In fiscal 2025, it processed almost $17 trillion in total volume. Visa operates in over 200 countries and processes transactions in over 160 currencies. Its systems are capable of processing over 65,000 transactions per second.
Market cap 583.4B
Time Series
Relative Performance
Who Moves First
V leads RL by 6 days
V tends to move before RL.
After testing 13 timing shifts, the strongest relationship was +0.910 (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
+0.722
11 periods · Return correlation when both series rose
Both Falling
+0.856
9 periods · Return correlation when both series fell
Diverging
-0.535
15 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart
R-Squared
82.0%
Share of variance in one series explained by the other.
Trend Agreement
62.1%
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: [0.895, 0.915]
Scatter
XY Regression
Pipeline
Data quality details
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
Ralph Lauren Corporation
RL
Market cap 21.7B · 23,400 employees
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Series B
VISA Inc.
V
Market cap 583.4B
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Sign agreement
100.0%
How often both values share the same sign.
Zero crossings
51
Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.
Slope
0.5719
Linear regression slope.
Intercept
163.7445
Linear regression intercept.
Related Extremes
Highest and Lowest Correlated
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