These move opposite each other about 52% of the time
Very strong inverse
Strong enough to use as a signal — read the stability and regime notes below before relying on it.
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Market cap 625.8B · 57,900 employees
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What to Watch
Holds across regimes
Correlation is similar when markets rise (-23%) and fall (-10%) — reliable in both directions.
Regime-dependent
The correlation has flipped sign across time windows — not reliable as a standalone signal.
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
-85%
No shift — both series at their actual dates.
1,255 overlapping points at this shift
Time series with Snap Inc. 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
-85%
Pearson correlation
95% CI
-86% → -83%
Likely range
R²
72.3%
Variance explained
Trend agreement
52.2%
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
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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 10B · 5,261 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
-23%
79 periods · Return correlation when both series rose
Both Falling
-10%
69 periods · Return correlation when both series fell
Diverging
-26%
101 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
Exxon Mobil Corporation
XOM
Market cap 625.8B · 57,900 employees
Stock · 1,255 raw → 1,255 prepared
Series B
Snap Inc.
SNAP
Market cap 10B · 5,261 employees
Stock · 1,255 raw → 1,255 prepared
Sign agreement
100.0%
How often both values share the same sign.
Zero crossings
21
Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.
Slope
-0.7207
Linear regression slope.
Intercept
93.3897
Linear regression intercept.
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