SeriesMagCorrOverlapThrough
These move together about 62% of the time
Strong positive
Strong enough to use as a signal — read the stability and regime notes below before relying on it.
Linde is the largest industrial gas supplier in the world, with operations in over 100 countries. The firm's main products are atmospheric gases (including oxygen, nitrogen, and argon) and process gases (including hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and helium), as well as equipment used in industrial gas production. Linde serves a wide variety of end markets, including chemicals, manufacturing, healthcare, and steelmaking. Linde generated approximately $34 billion in revenue in 2025.
Market cap 234.8B · 65,177 employees
McDonald's is the world's largest restaurant brand, with nearly $139 billion in systemwide sales across more than 45,000 restaurants and over 100 markets. The quick-service chain built its early reputation on speed, consistency, and affordable hamburgers, and today its global menu spans burgers, chicken, breakfast, and beverages that have helped popularize American fast-food cuisine worldwide. The firm derives the bulk of its revenue from franchise royalties and rent (about 62%), with the remainder stemming from company-operated restaurants across three segments: the United States (39% of systemwide sales), international operated markets (35%), and international developmental/licensed market
What to Watch
Unusual right now
Recent correlation (+17%) is 2.6σ from the long-run average of +82% — pair is behaving differently than usual.
Holds across regimes
Correlation is similar when markets rise (+19%) and fall (+27%) — reliable in both directions.
Flaky
Correlation swings widely across time windows — careful using this as a point estimate.
Time Series
Time-Shifted Correlation
See how correlation changes when one series is offset in time. A taller bar at a non-zero shift means the two move together better when one leads the other — that's a potential lead/lag signal.
Correlation by shift
Click a bar to inspect. Range: -6 to 6 days.
Selected shift
No shift
Correlation at this shift
+82%
No shift — both series at their actual dates.
1,255 overlapping points at this shift
Time series with McDonald's Corporation at original dates
Indexed to 100 at start
Deep Dive
Stability
How the correlation evolves over time. A stable line means the relationship is reliable; large swings signal regime-dependent behavior.
Corr
+82%
Pearson correlation
95% CI
+80% → +84%
Likely range
R²
66.9%
Variance explained
Trend agreement
62.0%
Same-direction moves
Significance
p < 0.001
Statistical confidence
Data points
1,255
Deep
Pipeline
Pipeline Summary
1,255 paired data points survived the daily window.
Raw input
1,255
1,255
Normalized
1,255
1,255
Prepared
1,255
1,255
Aligned
1,255
1,255
Invalid removed
Explore
The strongest positive and inverse pairs we’ve saved for each side of this comparison — good jumping-off points if this result raised a question.
Market cap 206.3B · 150,000 employees
Do They Crash Together?
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
+19%
104 periods · Return correlation when both series rose
Both Falling
+27%
92 periods · Return correlation when both series fell
Diverging
-49%
53 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart
Scatter
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Duplicates removed
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Alignment drops
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Series A
Linde plc Ordinary Share
LIN
Market cap 234.8B · 65,177 employees
Stock · 1,255 raw → 1,255 prepared
Series B
McDonald's Corporation
MCD
Market cap 206.3B · 150,000 employees
Stock · 1,255 raw → 1,255 prepared
Sign agreement
100.0%
How often both values share the same sign.
Zero crossings
13
Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.
Slope
0.3077
Linear regression slope.
Intercept
157.8577
Linear regression intercept.
Saved 2 hours ago · ID: stock-lin_stock-mcd_5y
MCD
McDonald's Corporation
Strongest positive