# How Costco Wholesale (COST) compares with the whole market and its popular alternatives

> Source: EasyCompare research, https://easycompare.io/research/cost
> Data as of October 20, 2026. Total returns include reinvested dividends. Past performance does not predict future results; nothing here is investment advice.

Built by QuantCommons' quantitative engine, this page is about relative opportunity, not data on COST alone. It places COST (Costco Wholesale Corporation) against 19 popular alternatives, its neighboring categories and the entire market of over 10,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs, and surfaces what has done better on consistent outperformance, return for the risk taken, behavior in real market crashes and diversification. The result is a clearer view of where COST stands in the market, and of the alternatives worth a closer look.

Period covered: COST's full trading record, from October 1986 through September 2026. All returns include reinvested dividends. Data as of October 20, 2026.

## Key findings

- **Right now:** Over the past 6 months, COST was flat while the S&P 500 rose 9.1%. Not every peer went the same way. Over the past 6 months, TGT (Target) rose 20.3% and WMT (Walmart) fell 7.5%.
- **Stock or market?:** COST held up far better than its industry: it rose 6.5% over the past 3 months while the discount retail ETF XRT (State Street SPDR S&P Retail ETF) fell 1.2%. The S&P 500 rose 3.9%. COST rose 10.7% last month as the S&P 500 fell 0.6% and the Nasdaq 100 fell 3.2%.
- **Past 1 to 3 years:** COST has trailed the market, rising 6.9% over the past year against 15.8% for the S&P 500 and 17.9% for the Nasdaq 100. COST led its discount retail peers in 2023, then fell behind WMT (Walmart) and ROST (Ross Stores) in 2025.
- **Long term:** COST turned $10,000 into $78,500 over the past decade, against $42,100 in the S&P 500. COST's 10-year return of 685% puts it ahead of 91% of the stocks worth at least $300 million with that much history. The S&P 500 returned 321%.
- **In a crash:** COST fell further than the S&P 500 in three of the last four sell-offs, including the 2022 bear market (31.4% against 24.5%). That said, the Covid crash took 13.7% off COST, against 33.7% for the S&P 500, and less than discount retail peers such as TJX (TJX Companies, 42.5%).
- **Diversification:** COST is some diversification, but not a hedge: a correlation of 0.59 with the S&P 500 over 5 years and 0.60 with the total US market, more closely than 89% of stocks worth at least $300 million. Over 10 years, COST's beta versus the S&P 500 was 0.77: 93% of the S&P 500's gains in rising months and 50% of its losses in falling ones.
- **Better options**
  - **Nearby categories and themes:** KOF (Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V., food & beverages) earned more than COST over the past 5 years with similar volatility: 22.3% a year at 24.7% volatility, against 17.4% a year at 22.9%.
  - **Whole market:** Few investments have done better on both counts: only 14 of the 3,633 stocks and funds worth at least $500 million earned more than COST with less volatility over the past 5 years, among them CM (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce), AFL (Aflac) and MPLX.

## How much would $10,000 in COST have grown?

This chart tracks a hypothetical $10,000 investment in COST over the past 29 years, with dividends reinvested, alongside the same amount in the S&P 500, investments that ended ahead of COST over the same span and COST's popular alternatives, among those that traded for the entire period.

- $10,000 invested in COST at the end of September 1997 would have grown to $727,732 by September 2026, more than the $132,907 it would have become in SPY, an S&P 500 fund.
- Five of the eight other investments on the chart ended ahead of COST, and AAPL finished highest, at $20,534,853.

## COST at a glance

This section summarizes the key facts about the stock, its returns over periods from one to ten years and the risk it has carried, with dividends reinvested throughout.

- COST's deepest decline since it began trading in 1986 was 70.9%, from January 1992 to January 1995. It took about three years from the low to climb back to its old high.
- Over 29 full calendar years, COST's best was 1997, when it returned 77.7%, and its worst was 2002, when it lost 36.8%. It lost money in five of those years.
- COST is 9.0% below its all-time high.

- Type: Stock, Consumer Staples (Discount Stores)
- Trading since: October 17, 1986
- Market value: $441B
- Volatility (5 years): 22.9%; Sharpe ratio: 0.82
- Worst decline ever: −70.9%, from January 15, 1992 to January 11, 1995; back at its high by November 21, 1997

| Period | COST total return |
| --- | --- |
| 1 month | +10.7% |
| 3 months | +6.5% |
| 6 months | 0.0% |
| year to date | +16.9% |
| 1 year | +6.9% |
| 3 years | +87.2% |
| 5 years | +123% |
| 10 years | +685% |

## COST against the whole market

Where COST ranks among every stock and fund, and what across the market has done better.

### How does COST rank among all stocks?

This section ranks COST on return, volatility, risk-adjusted return and worst decline against every stock worth at least $300 million with enough history.

- COST's worst decline of the past 10 years ranks in the top 1% of the 2,187 stocks worth at least $300 million, where the top fell the least.

| Measure | COST | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1-year return | +6.9% | 1,704 of 3,287 (top 52%) |
| 3-year return | +87.2% | 1,043 of 3,017 (top 35%) |
| 5-year return | +123% | 557 of 2,893 (top 20%) |
| 10-year return | +685% | 196 of 2,202 (top 9%) |
| Volatility, 5 years | 22.9% | 208 of 2,893 (top 8%) |
| Sharpe ratio, 5 years | 0.82 | 263 of 2,893 (top 10%) |
| Worst decline, past 10 years | −31.4% | 31 of 2,187 (top 2%) |

### What has beaten COST on both return and risk?

Each dot is an investment, placed by how much it earned a year over the past 5 years (higher is better) and how much its price swung, its volatility (further left is calmer).

- Three stocks and 11 ETFs worth at least $500 million sit in the green region: each earned more than COST over the past 5 years with smaller price swings. That is fewer than 1% of the 3,633 screened. Few investments beat it on both counts.
- Among those with at least half COST's swings, DXJ has the best return for its risk: 26.6% a year at 19.1% volatility, 17% less than COST's 22.9%, and a Sharpe ratio (return above cash per unit of volatility) of 1.34 against 0.82 for COST.

### Is there a better investment than COST?

The table below lists investments that beat COST over the past 5 years on at least one of these measures: a higher annual return with lower volatility, a higher annual return at similar volatility, a similar return with lower volatility, a higher Sharpe ratio with a smaller worst decline, a higher total return in most periods from 3 months to 10 years, or smaller losses in recent market crashes.

- Among COST's popular alternatives, WMT earned more for the risk it took than COST over the past 5 years, and its worst fall in 10 years was 25.7%, against 31.4% for COST.
- Looking beyond its popular alternatives, KOF (food & beverages) earned more than COST over the past 5 years with similar volatility: 22.3% a year at 24.7% volatility, against 17.4% a year at 22.9%.
- Few investments have done better on both counts: only 14 of the 3,633 stocks and funds worth at least $500 million earned more than COST with less volatility over the past 5 years, among them CM, AFL and MPLX.

The 12 strongest of 14 investments that beat COST over the past 5 years, out of 3,633 stocks and funds worth at least $500 million.

| Investment | Group | Annual return (5 years) | Volatility | Sharpe | Worst decline (10 years) | 10Y return | Correlation with COST | Better on |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| COST: Costco Wholesale Corporation (this page) |  | +17.4% | 22.9% | 0.82 | −31.4% | +685% |  |  |
| [MPLX](https://easycompare.io/research/mplx): MPLX Lp | Oil & Gas Midstream | +23.5% | 18.8% | 1.22 | −75.2% | +350% | 0.38 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| DXJ: WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund | International Equity | +26.6% | 19.1% | 1.34 | −39.1% | +428% | 0.28 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| [CM](https://easycompare.io/research/cm): Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Banks | +19.2% | 21.6% | 0.93 | −47.3% | +395% | 0.42 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| SPMO: Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF | US Momentum Equity | +18.7% | 20.8% | 0.93 | −30.9% | +499% | 0.41 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| MLPX: Global X - MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF | Energy | +18.6% | 19.7% | 0.97 | −64.6% | +186% | 0.39 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| EUFN: iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF | Financial Sector Equity | +18.5% | 21.8% | 0.89 | −53.2% | +233% | 0.27 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| EWP: iShares MSCI Spain ETF | Broad Market | +19.2% | 20.3% | 0.97 | −46.4% | +196% | 0.19 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| DBJP: Xtrackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity ETF | International | +20.9% | 19.2% | 1.09 | −31.3% | +348% | 0.36 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| CRAK: VanEck Oil Refiners ETF | Energy | +19.8% | 20.9% | 0.97 | −58.8% | +336% | 0.18 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| ATMP: Barclays ETN+ Select MLP ETN | Broad Market | +21.2% | 21.5% | 1.01 | −70.3% | +172% | 0.35 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods |
| [AFL](https://easycompare.io/research/afl): Aflac Incorporated | Life Insurance | +19.0% | 20.8% | 0.95 | −54.9% | +335% | 0.31 | Higher return, lower volatility |
| SDCI: USCF SummerHaven Dynamic Commodity Strategy No K-1 Fund | Bonds | +20.6% | 18.4% | 1.12 | −45.7% | — | -0.02 | Higher return, lower volatility |

## COST against its popular alternatives

The investments people most often weigh against COST, compared period by period and year by year.

### How do COST's risk and return compare with its alternatives?

This map plots each investment's annual return over the past 5 years against its volatility, the size of its typical price swings.

- Only WMT and TJX were both more rewarding and calmer than COST over the past 5 years, earning a higher annual return with lower volatility.
- 13 of the 19 popular alternatives earned less than COST over the past 5 years while swinging more, the weaker corner of the map.
- Over the past 5 years, COST returned 17.4% a year, more than the S&P 500's 12.7%, with higher volatility (22.9% against 17.1%).

### Has COST consistently beaten its popular alternatives?

This section compares COST with the investments people most often weigh against it, checking each one over eight periods from one month to ten years.

- Two of the 19 popular alternatives, ROST and PSMT, outperformed COST in at least 3 of 5 short-term and 2 of 3 long-term timeframes.
- WMT earned more for the risk it took than COST (a higher Sharpe ratio) and fell less in its worst decline of the past 10 years.

| Investment | 1Y return | 3Y return | 5Y return | 10Y return | Periods ahead of COST | Verdict | Sharpe |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| COST: Costco Wholesale Corporation (this page) | +6.9% | +87.2% | +123% | +685% |  |  | 0.82 |
| [ROST](https://easycompare.io/research/rost): Ross Stores, Inc. | +51.9% | +111% | +129% | +312% | 3/5 short-term, 2/3 long-term | consistent | 0.71 |
| PSMT: PriceSmart, Inc. | +43.2% | +153% | +135% | +124% | 3/5 short-term, 2/3 long-term | consistent | 0.75 |
| [WMT](https://easycompare.io/research/wmt): Walmart Inc. | +11.0% | +130% | +158% | +508% | 1/5 short-term, 2/3 long-term |  | 0.96 |
| BJRI: BJ's Restaurants, Inc. | +89.9% | +146% | +67.1% | +76.2% | 3/5 short-term, 1/3 long-term |  | 0.45 |
| [AMZN](https://easycompare.io/research/amzn): Amazon.com, Inc. | +21.3% | +110% | +53.8% | +548% | 2/5 short-term, 1/3 long-term |  | 0.42 |
| [TJX](https://easycompare.io/research/tjx): The TJX Companies, Inc. | +3.8% | +71.6% | +147% | +361% | 1/5 short-term, 1/3 long-term |  | 0.93 |
| BURL: Burlington Stores, Inc. | −3.1% | +112% | −6.2% | +240% | 0/5 short-term, 1/3 long-term |  | 0.19 |
| [TGT](https://easycompare.io/research/tgt): Target Corporation | +75.1% | +58.0% | −28.5% | +207% | 4/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.00 |
| GO: Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. | −17.4% | −52.8% | −43.5% | — | 4/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.01 |
| [PG](https://easycompare.io/research/pg): The Procter & Gamble Company | +8.0% | +15.8% | +28.3% | +145% | 3/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.37 |
| DG: Dollar General Corporation | +28.5% | +24.2% | −32.0% | +127% | 3/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | -0.01 |
| DLTR: Dollar Tree, Inc. | +26.2% | +13.1% | +23.3% | +64.7% | 3/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.31 |
| BJ: BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. | +9.0% | +47.7% | +75.3% | — | 3/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.51 |
| FIVE: Five Below, Inc. | +43.3% | +27.2% | +19.6% | +493% | 2/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.32 |
| OLLI: Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. | −23.3% | +23.8% | +38.9% | +238% | 2/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.37 |
| [KR](https://easycompare.io/research/kr): The Kroger Co. | −6.9% | +52.6% | +78.5% | +151% | 1/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.56 |
| [SYY](https://easycompare.io/research/syy): Sysco Corporation | +6.7% | +37.6% | +18.7% | +126% | 1/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.27 |
| [PEP](https://easycompare.io/research/pep): PepsiCo, Inc. | −9.2% | −6.7% | −2.3% | +72.6% | 0/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.07 |
| ACI: Albertsons Companies, Inc. | −28.6% | −33.6% | −29.2% | — | 0/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | -0.07 |

### How did COST do year by year?

This table shows each investment's total return in every full calendar year since 1997, along with where COST ranked among its popular alternatives each year.

- Ranked against its popular alternatives each year, COST finished in the top quarter in ten of 29 years and in the bottom quarter in four. In 2025, it ranked 16 of 20.
- COST finished ahead of the S&P 500 in 20 of its 29 full calendar years.
- Among its popular alternatives, OLLI came out ahead of COST most often, in seven of the ten years both traded.

| Year | COST | SPY |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | −5.4% | +17.7% |
| 2024 | +39.6% | +24.9% |
| 2023 | +49.0% | +26.2% |
| 2022 | −19.1% | −18.2% |
| 2021 | +51.8% | +28.7% |
| 2020 | +32.7% | +18.3% |
| 2019 | +45.7% | +31.2% |
| 2018 | +10.6% | −4.6% |
| 2017 | +22.4% | +21.7% |
| 2016 | +0.3% | +12.0% |

## Risk and diversification

How COST has fallen, how it held up in crashes beside the S&P 500 and its popular alternatives, and what moves independently of it.

### What were COST's worst declines?

A drawdown is the decline from a peak to the lowest point before a new high.

- The slowest recovery came after COST fell 53.4% from May 2000 to December 2002; it did not regain that peak until July 2006, four years later.

| Decline | Peak | Low | Back at the high | SPY over the same dates | Market event |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| −70.9% | January 15, 1992 | January 11, 1995 | November 21, 1997 | — |  |
| −62.4% | March 17, 1987 | October 26, 1987 | July 7, 1988 | — |  |
| −53.4% | May 1, 2000 | December 24, 2002 | July 3, 2006 | −37.0% | dot-com bust |
| −48.0% | July 8, 2008 | March 9, 2009 | December 20, 2010 | −45.7% | 2008 financial crisis |
| −36.5% | July 16, 1990 | September 27, 1990 | December 3, 1990 | — |  |

### How did COST do in stock market crashes?

This section measures how far COST, the S&P 500 and each alternative fell from peak to trough during every major market crash since 2000.

- Among its popular alternatives, GO held up best, falling less than COST in all three crashes they both traded through.
- COST fell further than the S&P 500 in four of the ten crashes it has traded through. The clearest case was the 2022 bear market, when COST fell 31.4% and the S&P 500 fell 24.5%.

| Crash | Dates | COST fall | SPY fall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dot-com bust | March 10, 2000 to October 9, 2002 | −50.1% | −47.5% |
| Global financial crisis | October 9, 2007 to March 9, 2009 | −48.0% | −55.2% |
| Flash crash | May 6, 2010 to May 7, 2010 | −1.2% | −1.5% |
| Euro debt crisis | July 22, 2011 to October 3, 2011 | −13.5% | −17.9% |
| China devaluation & oil rout | August 10, 2015 to February 11, 2016 | −15.2% | −12.8% |
| Volmageddon | February 2, 2018 to February 9, 2018 | −6.5% | −6.5% |
| Q4 2018 selloff | September 21, 2018 to December 24, 2018 | −20.8% | −19.3% |
| COVID crash | February 19, 2020 to March 23, 2020 | −13.7% | −33.7% |
| 2022 bear market | January 4, 2022 to October 12, 2022 | −31.4% | −24.5% |
| SVB / regional bank stress | March 8, 2023 to March 13, 2023 | −3.1% | −3.4% |

### How closely does COST move with the S&P 500?

Upside capture measures how much of the S&P 500's gains an investment kept in the months the market rose, and downside capture how much of its losses it took in the months the market fell.

- Over the past 10 years, COST captured 93% of the S&P 500's gains in rising months and 50% of its losses in falling months, with a beta of 0.77. That is a defensive profile: it gave up some of the market's upside in exchange for smaller losses.
- Only WMT had a higher capture ratio (upside capture divided by downside capture) than COST's 1.85, out of 16 popular alternatives with the same record.

Measured over the past 10 years of monthly returns against SPY.

| Investment | Upside capture | Downside capture | Beta |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| COST: Costco Wholesale Corporation (this page) | 93.0% | 50.0% | 0.77 |
| [ROST](https://easycompare.io/research/rost): Ross Stores, Inc. | 93.0% | 89.0% | 0.93 |
| PSMT: PriceSmart, Inc. | 68.0% | 79.0% | 0.80 |
| [WMT](https://easycompare.io/research/wmt): Walmart Inc. | 74.0% | 36.0% | 0.53 |
| BJRI: BJ's Restaurants, Inc. | 99.0% | 158% | 1.77 |
| [AMZN](https://easycompare.io/research/amzn): Amazon.com, Inc. | 134% | 139% | 1.31 |
| [TJX](https://easycompare.io/research/tjx): The TJX Companies, Inc. | 81.0% | 65.0% | 0.78 |
| BURL: Burlington Stores, Inc. | 103% | 121% | 1.22 |
| [TGT](https://easycompare.io/research/tgt): Target Corporation | 83.0% | 87.0% | 1.00 |
| [PG](https://easycompare.io/research/pg): The Procter & Gamble Company | 46.0% | 41.0% | 0.41 |
| DG: Dollar General Corporation | 46.0% | 46.0% | 0.37 |
| DLTR: Dollar Tree, Inc. | 52.0% | 79.0% | 0.75 |
| FIVE: Five Below, Inc. | 111% | 102% | 1.13 |
| OLLI: Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. | 92.0% | 100% | 0.83 |
| [KR](https://easycompare.io/research/kr): The Kroger Co. | 49.0% | 36.0% | 0.40 |
| [SYY](https://easycompare.io/research/syy): Sysco Corporation | 76.0% | 100% | 1.02 |
| [PEP](https://easycompare.io/research/pep): PepsiCo, Inc. | 48.0% | 65.0% | 0.48 |

### What diversifies COST?

Correlation measures how closely two investments move together, on a scale from 1 (in lockstep) through 0 (unrelated) to -1 (in opposite directions).

- Moving a fifth of the money in COST into LVHI would have cut the portfolio's volatility by 17% over the past 5 years and raised its annual return (+16.4% for COST alone, +16.9% for the mix).
- Among large ETFs, LVHI, DXJ and FJAN have moved largely independently of COST over the past 5 years, with correlations of 0.48 or lower, and each still earned a positive 5-year return.
- XLE made money in three of the five calendar years in which COST lost money.

| Investment | Correlation with COST | 5Y return | Volatility | Sharpe | Rose in COST's 5 down years |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LVHI: Franklin International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF | 0.39 | +119% | 11.1% | 1.48 | 2 of 5 |
| DXJ: WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund | 0.28 | +225% | 19.1% | 1.34 | 2 of 5 |
| FJAN: FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - January | 0.48 | +69.0% | 10.5% | 1.05 | 1 of 5 |
| EMLP: First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund | 0.49 | +101% | 14.5% | 1.04 | 2 of 5 |
| [SMH](https://easycompare.io/research/smh): VanEck Semiconductor ETF | 0.39 | +323% | 36.9% | 0.97 | 1 of 5 |
| [GLD](https://easycompare.io/research/gld): SPDR Gold Shares | 0.15 | +126% | 18.9% | 0.96 | 2 of 5 |
| SPMO: Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF | 0.41 | +136% | 20.8% | 0.93 | 1 of 5 |
| [XLE](https://easycompare.io/research/xle): State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF | 0.14 | +177% | 25.5% | 0.93 | 3 of 5 |

## Common questions

### What was COST's worst drawdown?

COST's deepest decline since it began trading in 1986 was 70.9%, from January 1992 to January 1995. It took about three years from the low to climb back to its old high.

### What were COST's best and worst years?

Over 29 full calendar years, COST's best year was 1997, when it returned 77.7%. Its worst was 2002, with a return of -36.8%.

### Is there a better investment than COST?

Among COST's popular alternatives, WMT earned more for the risk it took than COST over the past 5 years, and its worst fall in 10 years was 25.7%, against 31.4% for COST. Looking beyond its popular alternatives, KOF (food & beverages) earned more than COST over the past 5 years with similar volatility: 22.3% a year at 24.7% volatility, against 17.4% a year at 22.9%.

### Is COST more volatile than the S&P 500?

Yes. COST's volatility over the past 5 years was 22.9%, 1.3 times the S&P 500's 17.1%. Volatility measures how widely returns swing around their average: in roughly two years out of three, COST's return lands within 22.9% of its average, either way. The higher it is, the rougher the ride and the harder it is to hold through a slump.

### What is COST's Sharpe ratio?

COST's Sharpe ratio over the past 5 years was 0.82, against 0.79 for the S&P 500, so COST earned more for each unit of risk than an index fund did. The Sharpe ratio is the return earned above cash for each unit of volatility: two investments with the same return are not equal if one got there with far bigger swings.

### How correlated is COST with the S&P 500?

Over the past 5 years, COST's monthly returns had a correlation of 0.59 with the S&P 500. Correlation runs from 1 (moving in lockstep) through 0 (unrelated) to −1 (moving in opposite directions). They often move together: some diversification next to an index fund, but not a cushion. In the table, the correlation column measures each option against COST instead: the lower it is, the more that option would diversify a COST holding.

### What are the best alternatives to COST?

Of the 19 popular alternatives we compared, two outperformed COST in at least 3 of 5 short-term and 2 of 3 long-term timeframes, with dividends reinvested: ROST and PSMT.

### Did COST outperform the S&P 500?

COST finished ahead of the S&P 500 (SPY) in 20 of 29 full calendar years. In 2025, it returned -5.4%, against +17.7% for the index.

### How did COST do in stock market crashes?

COST fell less than the S&P 500 (SPY) in three of the ten major crashes it has traded through, and further in four. The clearest case was the 2022 bear market, when COST fell 31.4% and the S&P 500 fell 24.5%.

### What diversifies COST?

These had a low correlation with COST over the past 5 years and still earned a positive 5-year return: among large ETFs, LVHI (correlation 0.39), DXJ (correlation 0.28) and FJAN (correlation 0.48); among large stocks, CAH (correlation 0.22), CLS (correlation 0.26) and FIX (correlation 0.36). A correlation near zero means the two have moved largely independently.

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- [Apple (AAPL) Performance, Alternatives and Market Rank](https://easycompare.io/research/aapl)

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