Northwest Natural Correlations

NWN Stock  USD 43.21  1.09  2.59%   
The current 90-days correlation between Northwest Natural Gas and Chesapeake Utilities is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Northwest Natural moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Northwest Natural Gas moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

Northwest Natural Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Northwest Natural Gas and DJI is 0.61 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Northwest Natural Gas and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Northwest Natural Gas. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in housing.

Moving together with Northwest Stock

  0.71NI NiSourcePairCorr
  0.64ATO Atmos EnergyPairCorr
  0.78BKH Black HillsPairCorr
  0.79CPK Chesapeake UtilitiesPairCorr
  0.82NJR NewJersey ResourcesPairCorr
  0.68OGS One GasPairCorr
  0.77SWX Southwest Gas HoldingsPairCorr
  0.62BIPC Brookfield InfrastructurePairCorr
  0.69CTRI Centuri Holdings,PairCorr
  0.61CDZIP Cadiz Depositary SharesPairCorr
  0.75EVRG Evergy,PairCorr
  0.68ADN Advent TechnologiesPairCorr

Moving against Northwest Stock

  0.5ES Eversource EnergyPairCorr
  0.37ED Consolidated EdisonPairCorr
  0.52ELPC Companhia ParanaensePairCorr
  0.52AES AES Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.41RNWWW ReNew Energy GlobalPairCorr
  0.36AEP American Electric PowerPairCorr
  0.32FE FirstEnergyPairCorr

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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   
NJRCPK
ATONI
OGSCPK
ATOOGS
NJROGS
NICPK
  
High negative correlations   
ATOUGIC
UGICOGS
NIUGIC
UGICCPK
NJRUGIC
NIMCOGS

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Northwest Stock performing well and Northwest Natural 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 Northwest Natural'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
CPK  1.00  0.11  0.09  0.21  0.97 
 2.09 
 6.25 
OGS  0.89  0.12  0.12  0.21  0.74 
 1.92 
 7.47 
NIMC  0.60  0.00 (0.11) 0.13  0.78 
 1.07 
 5.53 
UGIC  1.47 (0.27) 0.00 (1.12) 0.00 
 2.61 
 12.21 
NI  0.67  0.22  0.17  2.08  0.55 
 1.54 
 3.98 
NJR  0.73  0.06  0.03  0.19  0.63 
 1.59 
 4.00 
UGI  0.98 (0.05)(0.08) 0.00  1.06 
 2.29 
 4.72 
SR  0.90  0.05  0.01  0.17  1.16 
 1.95 
 6.47 
ATO  0.63  0.17  0.16  0.56  0.42 
 1.79 
 3.85 
SPH  1.10 (0.02)(0.03) 0.05  1.87 
 2.72 
 11.92