WW Grainger Correlations

GWW Stock  USD 1,126  12.06  1.08%   
The current 90-days correlation between WW Grainger and Watsco Inc is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of WW Grainger is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

WW Grainger Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between WW Grainger and DJI is 0.39 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding WW Grainger and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with GWW Stock

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  0.96FAST FastenalPairCorr
  0.86FERG Ferguson PlcPairCorr
  0.86AIT Applied IndustrialPairCorr
  0.94BXC BlueLinx HoldingsPairCorr
  0.83MSM MSC Industrial DirectPairCorr
  0.92WCC WESCO InternationalPairCorr
  0.95WSO Watsco IncPairCorr
  0.77POOL PoolPairCorr
  0.81SITE SiteOne Landscape SupplyPairCorr
  0.7BV BrightView HoldingsPairCorr
  0.94CR Crane CompanyPairCorr
  0.62CW Curtiss WrightPairCorr

Moving against GWW Stock

  0.67BA BoeingPairCorr
  0.56B Barnes GroupPairCorr
  0.37AP Ampco PittsburghPairCorr
  0.64RR Richtech Robotics ClassPairCorr
  0.33TH Target Hospitality CorpPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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FASTWSO
SITEPOOL
FERGPOOL
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High negative correlations   
FERGDXPE
FASTCNM
FERGCNM
FASTDXPE
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CNMPOOL

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between GWW Stock performing well and WW Grainger Company doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze WW Grainger's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.