American Water Correlations

AWK Stock  USD 139.70  1.43  1.01%   
The current 90-days correlation between American Water Works and Essential Utilities is 0.89 (i.e., Very poor diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as American Water moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if American Water Works moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

American Water Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between American Water Works and DJI is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding American Water Works and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with American Stock

  0.94WTRG Essential UtilitiesPairCorr
  0.79CWT California Water ServicePairCorr
  0.77SJW SJW Group CommonPairCorr
  0.81YORW York WaterPairCorr
  0.7ARTNA Artesian ResourcesPairCorr
  0.87MSEX Middlesex WaterPairCorr
  0.67CWCO Consolidated Water Earnings Call TodayPairCorr
  0.93ED Consolidated EdisonPairCorr
  0.75ES Eversource Energy Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.84HE Hawaiian ElectricPairCorr
  0.66NI NiSourcePairCorr
  0.93SO SouthernPairCorr
  0.84SR Spire IncPairCorr
  0.73CMS-PB Consumers EnergyPairCorr
  0.65ELPC Companhia ParanaensePairCorr
  0.73ENIC Enel Chile SAPairCorr
  0.73EVRG Evergy,PairCorr
  0.73AEE Ameren Corp Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.78AEP American Electric PowerPairCorr
  0.64ALE Allete IncPairCorr
  0.82AQN Algonquin Power UtilitiesPairCorr

Moving against American Stock

  0.83CDZI Cadiz Inc Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.63PCYO Pure CyclePairCorr
  0.31GWRS Global Water ResourcesPairCorr
  0.79VSTE Vast RenewablesPairCorr
  0.79BIP Brookfield InfrastructurePairCorr
  0.73RNWWW ReNew Energy GlobalPairCorr
  0.63CEG Constellation Energy CorpPairCorr
  0.52WAVE Eco Wave PowerPairCorr
  0.5CMS-PC CMS EnergyPairCorr
  0.5ADN Advent TechnologiesPairCorr

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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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ARTNACWT
WTRGYORW
WTRGCWT
WTRGMSEX
SJWCWT
  
High negative correlations   
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GWRSMSEX
GWRSCWT
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between American Stock performing well and American Water 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 American Water'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.