Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for AMRX

Among the 30 Pharmaceuticals peers screened, AMPH (Amphstar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) has tracked AMRX most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.46. The strongest fund stand-in is XPH (SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals) at 0.41 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
AMPH	Amphstar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.46	0.37	0.25	0.27
VTRS	Viatris	Pharmaceuticals	0.43	0.39	0.34	0.36
ANIP	ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.38	0.31	0.25	0.29
COLL	Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.35	0.27	0.25	0.22
GSK	GSK plc	Pharmaceuticals	0.31	0.22	0.17	0.18
PFE	Pfizer Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.30	0.24	0.17	0.19
INDV	Indivior	Pharmaceuticals	0.28	0.20	0.03	0.03
ELAN	Elanco	Pharmaceuticals	0.28	0.28	0.27	0.28
INVA	Innoviva, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.28	0.26	0.22	0.26
ALKS	Alkermes plc	Pharmaceuticals	0.28	0.27	0.20	0.24
SUPN	Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.27	0.26	0.25	0.31
AZN	AstraZeneca	Pharmaceuticals	0.27	0.26	0.18	0.19
PAHC	Phibro Animal Health	Pharmaceuticals	0.26	0.27	0.23	0.26
MRK	Merck & Co.	Pharmaceuticals	0.25	0.23	0.16	0.20
BMY	Bristol-Myers Squibb	Pharmaceuticals	0.25	0.26	0.19	0.22
PBH	Prestige Consumer Healthcare	Pharmaceuticals	0.22	0.23	0.19	0.22
PTCT	PTC Therapeutics, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.20	0.23	0.16	0.22
ACAD	Acadia Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.20	0.24	0.20	0.18
JAZZ	Jazz Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.20	0.28	0.23	0.27
SNY	Sanofi S.A.	Pharmaceuticals	0.19	0.16	0.15	0.17
LLY	Eli Lilly	Pharmaceuticals	0.19	0.23	0.16	0.16
PRGO	Perrigo	Pharmaceuticals	0.18	0.23	0.22	0.25
CORT	Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated	Pharmaceuticals	0.18	0.15	0.14	0.13
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	Pharmaceuticals	0.16	0.14	0.13	0.15
ABBV	AbbVie Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.14	0.15	0.13	0.20
ZTS	Zoetis Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.14	0.23	0.22	0.21
NVO	Novo Nordisk	Pharmaceuticals	0.11	0.16	0.12	0.14
LQDA	Liquidia Corporation	Pharmaceuticals	0.10	0.13	0.14	0.15
PCRX	Pacira BioSciences, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.10	0.13	0.16	0.22
OGN	Organon & Co.	Pharmaceuticals	0.04	0.18	0.18	—

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
XPH	SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.41	0.47	0.41	0.46
IHE	iShares US Pharmaceuticals ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.41	0.42	0.35	0.39
FHLC	Fidelity MSCI Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.38	0.41	0.35	0.35
VHT	Vanguard Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.38	0.41	0.35	0.35
IBB	iShares Biotechnology ETF	Biotechnology	INDUSTRY	0.37	0.43	0.36	0.38
XHE	SPDR S&P Health Care Equipment	Medical Devices (Equal Wt)	SUB-IND	0.37	0.44	0.39	0.36
PPH	VanEck Pharma ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.37	0.36	0.31	0.37
IYH	iShares US Healthcare ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.36	0.38	0.34	0.34
XLV	Health Care Select Sector SPDR	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.34	0.37	0.32	0.32
IHI	iShares Medical Devices ETF	Medical Devices	SUB-IND	0.31	0.35	0.35	0.31
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech ETF	Biotechnology (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.31	0.41	0.35	0.38
IHF	iShares Health Care Providers	Health Care Providers	INDUSTRY	0.17	0.21	0.23	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.