Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for AMPH

Among the 30 Pharmaceuticals peers screened, AMRX (Amneal Pharmaceuticals) has tracked AMPH most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.46. The strongest fund stand-in is XHE (SPDR S&P Health Care Equipment) at 0.34 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
AMRX	Amneal Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.46	0.37	0.25	0.27
VTRS	Viatris	Pharmaceuticals	0.37	0.32	0.24	0.28
COLL	Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.34	0.34	0.24	0.23
ANIP	ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.34	0.21	0.17	0.26
PBH	Prestige Consumer Healthcare	Pharmaceuticals	0.33	0.24	0.24	0.21
PFE	Pfizer Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.26	0.21	0.21	0.25
INDV	Indivior	Pharmaceuticals	0.24	0.11	0.02	0.02
PRGO	Perrigo	Pharmaceuticals	0.23	0.20	0.21	0.23
ELAN	Elanco	Pharmaceuticals	0.23	0.20	0.17	0.23
GSK	GSK plc	Pharmaceuticals	0.21	0.20	0.19	0.24
PAHC	Phibro Animal Health	Pharmaceuticals	0.20	0.19	0.17	0.23
SUPN	Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.20	0.24	0.25	0.24
BMY	Bristol-Myers Squibb	Pharmaceuticals	0.20	0.22	0.21	0.25
INVA	Innoviva, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.19	0.23	0.22	0.28
ZTS	Zoetis Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.18	0.23	0.23	0.25
NVO	Novo Nordisk	Pharmaceuticals	0.18	0.19	0.18	0.20
LLY	Eli Lilly	Pharmaceuticals	0.18	0.14	0.18	0.23
AZN	AstraZeneca	Pharmaceuticals	0.17	0.18	0.19	0.23
MRK	Merck & Co.	Pharmaceuticals	0.17	0.19	0.20	0.26
PCRX	Pacira BioSciences, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.15	0.16	0.18	0.22
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	Pharmaceuticals	0.15	0.17	0.19	0.24
ACAD	Acadia Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.14	0.19	0.17	0.19
CORT	Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated	Pharmaceuticals	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.17
ALKS	Alkermes plc	Pharmaceuticals	0.13	0.20	0.18	0.22
SNY	Sanofi S.A.	Pharmaceuticals	0.13	0.15	0.16	0.22
OGN	Organon & Co.	Pharmaceuticals	0.12	0.16	0.16	—
JAZZ	Jazz Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.11	0.19	0.21	0.26
LQDA	Liquidia Corporation	Pharmaceuticals	0.10	0.11	0.08	0.12
ABBV	AbbVie Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.09	0.14	0.18	0.24
PTCT	PTC Therapeutics, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	-0.03	0.09	0.10	0.17

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
XHE	SPDR S&P Health Care Equipment	Medical Devices (Equal Wt)	SUB-IND	0.34	0.37	0.30	0.35
XPH	SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.34	0.41	0.38	0.44
IHE	iShares US Pharmaceuticals ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.33	0.34	0.35	0.43
IHI	iShares Medical Devices ETF	Medical Devices	SUB-IND	0.31	0.29	0.27	0.32
FHLC	Fidelity MSCI Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.30	0.35	0.33	0.39
VHT	Vanguard Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.29	0.34	0.33	0.39
IYH	iShares US Healthcare ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.29	0.33	0.32	0.38
XLV	Health Care Select Sector SPDR	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.29	0.32	0.32	0.37
PPH	VanEck Pharma ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.28	0.29	0.31	0.39
IBB	iShares Biotechnology ETF	Biotechnology	INDUSTRY	0.21	0.32	0.29	0.37
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech ETF	Biotechnology (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.14	0.26	0.23	0.33
IHF	iShares Health Care Providers	Health Care Providers	INDUSTRY	0.12	0.21	0.22	0.30

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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.