Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for AEO

Among the 9 Apparel Retail peers screened, GAP (Gap Inc.) has tracked AEO most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.56. The strongest fund stand-in is XRT (SPDR S&P Retail ETF) at 0.59 over the past year. Correlations are computed from daily closing-price returns aligned by trading day.

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STOCKS

Single-name peers

Ticker	Name	Sub-industry	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
GAP	Gap Inc.	Apparel Retail	0.56	0.46	0.54	0.60
URBN	Urban Outfitters, Inc.	Apparel Retail	0.51	0.51	0.59	0.64
BKE	The Buckle, Inc.	Apparel Retail	0.51	0.53	0.58	0.58
ANF	Abercrombie & Fitch	Apparel Retail	0.45	0.45	0.52	0.59
BOOT	Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.	Apparel Retail	0.37	0.41	0.47	0.49
VSXY	Victoria's Secret	Apparel Retail	0.35	0.42	0.48	—
ROST	Ross Stores	Apparel Retail	0.28	0.35	0.41	0.48
TJX	TJX Companies	Apparel Retail	0.28	0.29	0.36	0.47
BURL	Burlington Stores	Apparel Retail	0.21	0.28	0.42	0.46

ETFS

Fund stand-ins

An ETF is generally not 'substantially identical' to a single stock, which is why funds are the standard wash-sale-aware replacement.

Ticker	Name	Focus	Match	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
XRT	SPDR S&P Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.59	0.61	0.65	0.64
IYC	iShares US Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.45	0.46	0.50	0.51
VCR	Vanguard Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.43	0.46	0.51	0.51
FDIS	Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.43	0.46	0.50	0.50
XLY	Consumer Discretionary SPDR	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.40	0.43	0.47	0.48
PEJ	Invesco Leisure & Entertainment	Leisure & Entertainment	INDUSTRY	0.40	0.44	0.49	0.50
XHB	SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.39	0.46	0.51	0.51
ITB	iShares US Home Construction	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.39	0.43	0.48	0.46
RTH	VanEck Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.36	0.41	0.47	0.46
BETZ	Roundhill Sports Betting iGaming	Sports Betting	SUB-IND	0.25	0.32	0.39	0.38
DRIV	Global X Autonomous & EV ETF	Autonomous & EV	INDUSTRY	0.24	0.36	0.42	0.44
CARZ	First Trust S-Network EV & FV	Autos & EVs	INDUSTRY	0.22	0.31	0.37	0.40

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Method: Pearson correlation of daily closing-price returns, Yahoo Finance data, series aligned by trading day, refreshed weekly. A cell is blank when overlapping history covers less than 60% of its window. Correlation is descriptive, not predictive. Wash-sale treatment depends on facts and circumstances — confirm with a tax professional. Not investment advice.