American Water Correlations

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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

Good diversification

The correlation between American Water Works and DJI is -0.04 (i.e., Good 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.
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in American Water Works. 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 American Stock

  0.82WTRG Essential UtilitiesPairCorr
  0.76AWR American States WaterPairCorr
  0.83CWT California Water ServicePairCorr
  0.71HTO H2O America Symbol ChangePairCorr
  0.77YORW York WaterPairCorr
  0.76ARTNA Artesian ResourcesPairCorr
  0.76MSEX Middlesex WaterPairCorr
  0.82ED Consolidated EdisonPairCorr
  0.79SR Spire IncPairCorr
  0.79AEE Ameren CorpPairCorr
  0.81AEP American Electric PowerPairCorr

Moving against American Stock

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  0.53CWCO Consolidated WaterPairCorr
  0.35HE Hawaiian ElectricPairCorr
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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 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.