# How Norfolk Southern (NSC) compares with the whole market and its popular alternatives

> Source: EasyCompare research, https://easycompare.io/research/nsc
> 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 NSC alone. It places NSC (Norfolk Southern Corporation) against 9 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 NSC stands in the market, and of the alternatives worth a closer look.

Period covered: NSC'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 3 months, NSC fell 2.4% while the S&P 500 rose 3.9%.
- **Stock or market?:** NSC held up far better than its industry: it fell 2.4% over the past 3 months while the railroads ETF IYT (iShares U.S. Transportation ETF) fell 9.3%. The S&P 500 rose 3.9%. Last month cut against the tape: NSC rose 5.3% while the S&P 500 fell 0.6%.
- **Past 1 to 3 years:** NSC lagged its railroad peers in 2023, then moved up the pack in 2025. Even so, it has trailed the market, rising 13.8% over the past year against 15.8% for the S&P 500 and 17.9% for the Nasdaq 100. The same gap shows up over 3 years (72.0% against 89.3%).
- **Long term:** NSC's 10-year return of 328% puts it ahead of 76% of the stocks worth at least $300 million with that much history. The S&P 500 returned 321%. NSC turned $10,000 into $42,800 over the past decade, against $42,100 in the S&P 500.
- **In a crash:** Across seven sell-offs, NSC has typically fallen 1.3 times as far as the S&P 500.
- **Diversification:** Against the S&P 500, NSC has a correlation of 0.71 over 5 years, more closely than 99% of stocks worth at least $300 million. Next to an index fund it is more of the same, not a cushion. Over 10 years, NSC's beta versus the S&P 500 was 1.30: in the S&P 500's rising months it gained 1.2 times as much as the index, and in falling months it lost 1.5 times as much.
- **Better options**
  - **Popular alternatives:** CSX and UNP (Union Pacific) earned more than NSC with less volatility over the past 5 years. CSX returned 8.3% a year at 23.3% volatility, against 5.3% a year at 24.8%.
  - **Nearby categories and themes:** TRV (Travelers Companies, property & casualty insurance) and CB (Chubb, property & casualty insurance) earned more than NSC with less volatility over the past 5 years. TRV returned 22.4% a year at 22.3% volatility, against 5.3% a year at 24.8%.
  - **Versus the S&P 500:** Simply owning the S&P 500 would have done better over the past 5 years: 12.7% a year at 17.1% volatility, against 5.3% at 24.8% for NSC.

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

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

- $10,000 invested in NSC at the end of September 1997 would have grown to $171,092 by September 2026, more than the $132,907 it would have become in SPY, an S&P 500 fund.
- Six of the eight other investments on the chart ended ahead of NSC, and JBHT finished highest, at $749,311.

## NSC 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.

- NSC's deepest decline since it began trading in 1986 was 67.7%, from March 1998 to October 2000. It took about four years from the low to climb back to its old high.
- Over 29 full calendar years, NSC's best was 2004, when it returned 55.3%, and its worst was 1999, when it lost 33.5%. It lost money in seven of those years.
- NSC is 7.8% below its all-time high.

- Type: Stock, Industrials (Railroads)
- Trading since: October 17, 1986
- Market value: $73B
- Volatility (5 years): 24.8%; Sharpe ratio: 0.33
- Worst decline ever: −67.7%, from March 20, 1998 to October 23, 2000; back at its high by November 4, 2004

| Period | NSC total return |
| --- | --- |
| 1 month | +5.3% |
| 3 months | −2.4% |
| 6 months | +7.9% |
| year to date | +14.6% |
| 1 year | +13.8% |
| 3 years | +72.0% |
| 5 years | +29.5% |
| 10 years | +328% |

## NSC against the whole market

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

### How does NSC rank among all stocks?

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

- NSC is among the steadier stocks: its price swings rank in the top 11% of the 2,893 stocks worth at least $300 million, where the top is the calmest.

| Measure | NSC | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1-year return | +13.8% | 1,454 of 3,287 (top 45%) |
| 3-year return | +72.0% | 1,219 of 3,017 (top 41%) |
| 5-year return | +29.5% | 1,345 of 2,893 (top 47%) |
| 10-year return | +328% | 523 of 2,202 (top 24%) |
| Volatility, 5 years | 24.8% | 310 of 2,893 (top 11%) |
| Sharpe ratio, 5 years | 0.33 | 1,450 of 2,893 (top 51%) |
| Worst decline, past 10 years | −44.4% | 275 of 2,187 (top 13%) |

### What has beaten NSC 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).

- 107 stocks and 533 ETFs worth at least $500 million sit in the green region: each earned more than NSC over the past 5 years with smaller price swings. That is 18% of the 3,633 screened.
- Among those with at least half NSC's swings, DXJ has the best return for its risk: 26.6% a year at 19.1% volatility, 23% less than NSC's 24.8%, and a Sharpe ratio (return above cash per unit of volatility) of 1.34 against 0.33 for NSC.
- Among NSC's popular alternatives, CSX and UNP are in the region. CSX earned 8.3% a year against 5.3% a year for NSC, at 23.3% volatility, 6% less than NSC's 24.8%.

### Is there a better investment than NSC?

The table below lists investments that beat NSC 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 NSC's popular alternatives, CSX and UNP earned more than NSC with less volatility over the past 5 years. CSX returned 8.3% a year at 23.3% volatility, against 5.3% a year at 24.8%.
- Looking beyond its popular alternatives, TRV (property & casualty insurance) and CB (property & casualty insurance) earned more than NSC with less volatility over the past 5 years. TRV returned 22.4% a year at 22.3% volatility, against 5.3% a year at 24.8%.
- Simply owning the S&P 500 would have done better over the past 5 years: 12.7% a year at 17.1% volatility, against 5.3% at 24.8% for NSC.

The 15 strongest of 640 investments that beat NSC 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 NSC | Better on |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NSC: Norfolk Southern Corporation (this page) |  | +5.3% | 24.8% | 0.33 | −44.4% | +328% |  |  |
| [VOO](https://easycompare.io/research/voo): Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | US Large-Cap Equity | +12.8% | 16.9% | 0.80 | −34.0% | +324% | 0.71 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods; Smaller losses in recent crashes |
| [V](https://easycompare.io/research/v): Visa Inc. | Payment Processing | +12.8% | 22.9% | 0.64 | −36.4% | +429% | 0.49 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods; Smaller losses in recent crashes |
| [RSG](https://easycompare.io/research/rsg): Republic Services, Inc. | Environmental Services | +13.9% | 18.5% | 0.80 | −34.0% | +446% | 0.53 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods; Smaller losses in recent crashes |
| [VTI](https://easycompare.io/research/vti): Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF | US Total Market | +11.5% | 17.5% | 0.71 | −35.0% | +302% | 0.73 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [RY](https://easycompare.io/research/ry): Royal Bank of Canada | Banks | +17.3% | 18.2% | 0.97 | −40.0% | +352% | 0.50 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher return in most periods; Smaller losses in recent crashes |
| IOO: iShares Global 100 ETF | Global Equity | +15.7% | 17.2% | 0.94 | −31.4% | +361% | 0.61 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods; Smaller losses in recent crashes |
| [JNJ](https://easycompare.io/research/jnj): Johnson & Johnson | Pharmaceuticals | +12.7% | 17.9% | 0.76 | −27.4% | +196% | 0.45 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| DXJ: WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund | International Equity | +26.6% | 19.1% | 1.34 | −39.1% | +428% | 0.36 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| LVHI: Franklin International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF | International Equity | +17.0% | 11.1% | 1.48 | −32.4% | +194% | 0.60 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [KO](https://easycompare.io/research/ko): The Coca-Cola Company | Food & Beverages | +14.7% | 16.8% | 0.91 | −37.0% | +204% | 0.42 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [VXUS](https://easycompare.io/research/vxus): Vanguard Total International Stock ETF | International Equity | +8.2% | 16.4% | 0.57 | −36.0% | +140% | 0.63 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [QQQ](https://easycompare.io/research/qqq): Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 | US Large-Cap Growth | +14.5% | 23.0% | 0.71 | −35.1% | +553% | 0.51 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [NVS](https://easycompare.io/research/nvs): Novartis AG | Pharmaceuticals | +17.1% | 20.7% | 0.87 | −26.8% | +226% | 0.38 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [VTV](https://easycompare.io/research/vtv): Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF | US Large-Cap Value | +12.1% | 13.7% | 0.90 | −36.8% | +235% | 0.79 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |
| [VEA](https://easycompare.io/research/vea): Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF | Developed International Equity | +9.3% | 16.9% | 0.61 | −35.8% | +153% | 0.65 | Higher return, lower volatility; Higher Sharpe, smaller worst decline; Higher return in most periods |

## NSC against its popular alternatives

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

### How do NSC'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 CSX and UNP were both more rewarding and calmer than NSC over the past 5 years, earning a higher annual return with lower volatility.
- Over the past 5 years, NSC returned 5.3% a year, less than the S&P 500's 12.7%, with higher volatility (24.8% against 17.1%).

### Has NSC consistently beaten its popular alternatives?

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

- Two of the nine popular alternatives, CSX and WAB, outperformed NSC in at least 3 of 5 short-term and 2 of 3 long-term timeframes.
- GATX, CSX and UNP earned more for the risk they took than NSC (a higher Sharpe ratio) and fell less in their worst decline of the past 10 years.

| Investment | 1Y return | 3Y return | 5Y return | 10Y return | Periods ahead of NSC | Verdict | Sharpe |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NSC: Norfolk Southern Corporation (this page) | +13.8% | +72.0% | +29.5% | +328% |  |  | 0.33 |
| [CSX](https://easycompare.io/research/csx): CSX Corporation | +32.8% | +63.0% | +49.3% | +446% | 3/5 short-term, 2/3 long-term | consistent | 0.46 |
| [WAB](https://easycompare.io/research/wab): Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | +45.3% | +189% | +212% | +264% | 3/5 short-term, 2/3 long-term | consistent | 1.00 |
| [UNP](https://easycompare.io/research/unp): Union Pacific Corporation | +29.2% | +45.4% | +41.2% | +295% | 4/5 short-term, 1/3 long-term |  | 0.42 |
| GATX: GATX Corporation | −5.1% | +59.5% | +79.2% | +329% | 0/5 short-term, 1/3 long-term |  | 0.59 |
| [CNI](https://easycompare.io/research/cni): Canadian National Railway Company | +30.2% | +21.9% | +3.1% | +124% | 3/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.14 |
| [CP](https://easycompare.io/research/cp): Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. | +15.1% | +25.6% | +21.6% | +227% | 2/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.28 |
| JBHT: J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | +37.9% | +32.2% | +21.6% | +220% | 2/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.28 |
| TRN: Trinity Industries, Inc. | −8.8% | +29.7% | +2.5% | +107% | 0/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.19 |
| GBX: The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. | −15.7% | −0.7% | −9.4% | +38.6% | 0/5 short-term, 0/3 long-term |  | 0.16 |

### How did NSC do year by year?

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

- Ranked against its popular alternatives each year, NSC finished in the top quarter in nine of 29 years and in the bottom quarter in six. In 2025, it ranked 1 of 10.
- NSC finished ahead of the S&P 500 in 16 of its 29 full calendar years.
- Among its popular alternatives, CSX came out ahead of NSC most often, in 16 of the 29 years both traded.

| Year | NSC | SPY |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | +25.7% | +17.7% |
| 2024 | +1.6% | +24.9% |
| 2023 | −1.6% | +26.2% |
| 2022 | −15.6% | −18.2% |
| 2021 | +27.3% | +28.7% |
| 2020 | +24.8% | +18.3% |
| 2019 | +32.4% | +31.2% |
| 2018 | +5.2% | −4.6% |
| 2017 | +36.8% | +21.7% |
| 2016 | +31.5% | +12.0% |

## Risk and diversification

How NSC 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 NSC's worst declines?

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

- In all four of NSC's worst declines, the S&P 500 held up better over the same dates.
- Not every decline was the market's doing: NSC fell 67.7% from March 1998 to October 2000, while the S&P 500 rose 31.6%.
- The slowest recovery came after NSC fell 67.7% from March 1998 to October 2000; it did not regain that peak until November 2004, four years later.

| Decline | Peak | Low | Back at the high | SPY over the same dates | Market event |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| −67.7% | March 20, 1998 | October 23, 2000 | November 4, 2004 | +31.6% | dot-com bust |
| −62.9% | July 30, 2008 | March 9, 2009 | March 25, 2011 | −46.3% | 2008 financial crisis |
| −44.4% | January 29, 2020 | March 23, 2020 | August 24, 2020 | −31.3% | Covid crash |
| −42.8% | August 13, 1987 | October 28, 1987 | May 16, 1989 | — |  |
| −41.3% | November 26, 2014 | February 2, 2016 | December 9, 2016 | −6.0% | 2015 China and oil sell-off |

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

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

- NSC fell further than the S&P 500 in eight of the ten crashes it has traded through. The clearest case was the 2015 China and oil sell-off, when NSC fell 31.7% and the S&P 500 fell 12.8%.
- Among its popular alternatives, CNI held up best, falling less than NSC in nine of the ten crashes they both traded through.

| Crash | Dates | NSC fall | SPY fall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dot-com bust | March 10, 2000 to October 9, 2002 | −39.9% | −47.5% |
| Global financial crisis | October 9, 2007 to March 9, 2009 | −62.9% | −55.2% |
| Flash crash | May 6, 2010 to May 7, 2010 | −2.1% | −1.5% |
| Euro debt crisis | July 22, 2011 to October 3, 2011 | −21.1% | −17.9% |
| China devaluation & oil rout | August 10, 2015 to February 11, 2016 | −31.7% | −12.8% |
| Volmageddon | February 2, 2018 to February 9, 2018 | −5.6% | −6.5% |
| Q4 2018 selloff | September 21, 2018 to December 24, 2018 | −23.8% | −19.3% |
| COVID crash | February 19, 2020 to March 23, 2020 | −43.6% | −33.7% |
| 2022 bear market | January 4, 2022 to October 12, 2022 | −28.4% | −24.5% |
| SVB / regional bank stress | March 8, 2023 to March 13, 2023 | −4.0% | −3.4% |

### How closely does NSC 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.

- Five of the nine popular alternatives had a higher capture ratio (upside capture divided by downside capture) than NSC's 0.84, led by GATX, CSX and WAB.
- GATX took just 107% of the S&P 500's losses, against 147% for NSC, while still keeping 109% of its gains.
- Over the past 10 years, NSC captured 123% of the S&P 500's gains in rising months and 147% of its losses in falling months, with a beta of 1.30. It amplified the market's moves in both directions.

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

| Investment | Upside capture | Downside capture | Beta |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NSC: Norfolk Southern Corporation (this page) | 123% | 147% | 1.30 |
| [CSX](https://easycompare.io/research/csx): CSX Corporation | 118% | 117% | 1.19 |
| [WAB](https://easycompare.io/research/wab): Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | 111% | 127% | 1.28 |
| [UNP](https://easycompare.io/research/unp): Union Pacific Corporation | 104% | 119% | 1.05 |
| GATX: GATX Corporation | 109% | 107% | 1.08 |
| [CNI](https://easycompare.io/research/cni): Canadian National Railway Company | 80.0% | 105% | 0.89 |
| [CP](https://easycompare.io/research/cp): Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. | 96.0% | 113% | 1.00 |
| JBHT: J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | 109% | 137% | 1.18 |
| TRN: Trinity Industries, Inc. | 110% | 165% | 1.38 |
| GBX: The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. | 124% | 211% | 1.50 |

### What diversifies NSC?

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 NSC into GLD would have cut the portfolio's volatility by 16% over the past 5 years and raised its annual return (+7.5% for NSC alone, +10.3% for the mix).
- CAH made money in five of the seven calendar years in which NSC lost money.
- Among large ETFs, DXJ, EWP and SMH have moved largely independently of NSC over the past 5 years, with correlations of 0.48 or lower, and each still earned a positive 5-year return.

| Investment | Correlation with NSC | 5Y return | Volatility | Sharpe | Rose in NSC's 7 down years |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXJ: WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund | 0.36 | +225% | 19.1% | 1.34 | 4 of 7 |
| EWP: iShares MSCI Spain ETF | 0.48 | +140% | 20.3% | 0.97 | 2 of 7 |
| [SMH](https://easycompare.io/research/smh): VanEck Semiconductor ETF | 0.38 | +323% | 36.9% | 0.97 | 2 of 7 |
| [GLD](https://easycompare.io/research/gld): SPDR Gold Shares | 0.22 | +126% | 18.9% | 0.96 | 3 of 7 |
| [XLE](https://easycompare.io/research/xle): State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF | 0.34 | +177% | 25.5% | 0.93 | 4 of 7 |
| EWT: iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF | 0.40 | +153% | 24.2% | 0.89 | 2 of 7 |
| AMLP: Alerian MLP ETF | 0.44 | +111% | 18.9% | 0.89 | 3 of 7 |
| EDIV: State Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF | 0.42 | +69.9% | 13.8% | 0.84 | 2 of 7 |

## Common questions

### What was NSC's worst drawdown?

NSC's deepest decline since it began trading in 1986 was 67.7%, from March 1998 to October 2000. It took about four years from the low to climb back to its old high.

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

Over 29 full calendar years, NSC's best year was 2004, when it returned 55.3%. Its worst was 1999, with a return of -33.5%.

### Is there a better investment than NSC?

Among NSC's popular alternatives, CSX and UNP earned more than NSC with less volatility over the past 5 years. CSX returned 8.3% a year at 23.3% volatility, against 5.3% a year at 24.8%. Looking beyond its popular alternatives, TRV (property & casualty insurance) and CB (property & casualty insurance) earned more than NSC with less volatility over the past 5 years. TRV returned 22.4% a year at 22.3% volatility, against 5.3% a year at 24.8%.

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

Yes. NSC's volatility over the past 5 years was 24.8%, 1.4 times the S&P 500's 17.1%. Volatility measures how widely returns swing around their average: in roughly two years out of three, NSC's return lands within 24.8% 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 NSC's Sharpe ratio?

NSC's Sharpe ratio over the past 5 years was 0.33, against 0.79 for the S&P 500, so NSC earned less 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 NSC with the S&P 500?

Over the past 5 years, NSC's monthly returns had a correlation of 0.71 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 NSC instead: the lower it is, the more that option would diversify a NSC holding.

### What are the best alternatives to NSC?

Of the nine popular alternatives we compared, two outperformed NSC in at least 3 of 5 short-term and 2 of 3 long-term timeframes, with dividends reinvested: CSX and WAB.

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

NSC finished ahead of the S&P 500 (SPY) in 16 of 29 full calendar years. In 2025, it returned +25.7%, against +17.7% for the index.

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

NSC fell less than the S&P 500 (SPY) in two of the ten major crashes it has traded through, and further in eight. The clearest case was the 2015 China and oil sell-off, when NSC fell 31.7% and the S&P 500 fell 12.8%.

### What diversifies NSC?

These had a low correlation with NSC over the past 5 years and still earned a positive 5-year return: among large ETFs, DXJ (correlation 0.36), EWP (correlation 0.48) and SMH (correlation 0.38); among large stocks, CAH (correlation 0.35), CLS (correlation 0.33) and MCK (correlation 0.39). A correlation near zero means the two have moved largely independently.

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