Heritage Financial Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Heritage Financial and Heritage Commerce Corp is 0.61 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Heritage Financial 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.

Heritage Financial Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Heritage Financial and DJI is 0.43 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Heritage Financial and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Heritage Stock

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  0.69RF Regions FinancialPairCorr
  0.71VBTX Veritex HoldingsPairCorr
  0.79EBTC Enterprise BancorpPairCorr
  0.75EFSC Enterprise FinancialPairCorr
  0.63EGBN Eagle BancorpPairCorr
  0.84WASH Washington Trust BancorpPairCorr
  0.83EQBK Equity Bancshares,PairCorr
  0.65ESSA ESSA BancorpPairCorr
  0.68EVBN Evans BancorpPairCorr
  0.76WMPN William Penn BancorpPairCorr
  0.62WNEB Western New EnglandPairCorr

Moving against Heritage Stock

  0.56VBFC Village BankPairCorr

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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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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Heritage Stock performing well and Heritage Financial 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 Heritage Financial'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.

Heritage Financial Corporate Management

Bryan McDonaldChief Lending Officer and Executive VPProfile
Anthony ChalfantExecutive OfficerProfile
Kaylene LahnSenior SecretaryProfile
Cindy HirmanExecutive BankProfile