Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for BBY

Among the 44 Computer & Electronics Retail peers screened, SIG (Signet Jewelers) has tracked BBY most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.46. 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
SIG	Signet Jewelers	Specialty Stores	0.46	0.43	0.47	0.40
ASO	Academy Sports + Outdoors	Specialty Stores	0.43	0.53	0.52	—
WSM	Williams-Sonoma, Inc.	Homefurnishing Retail	0.42	0.44	0.52	0.53
DKS	Dick's Sporting Goods	Specialty Stores	0.42	0.44	0.52	0.49
FND	Floor & Decor	Home Improvement Retail	0.40	0.50	0.54	0.50
GAP	Gap Inc.	Apparel Retail	0.39	0.43	0.50	0.49
URBN	Urban Outfitters, Inc.	Apparel Retail	0.38	0.41	0.49	0.47
UPBD	Upbound Group, Inc.	Computer & Electronics Retail	0.38	0.44	0.46	0.43
ABG	Asbury Automotive Group	Automotive Retail	0.37	0.47	0.47	0.45
RH	RH	Homefurnishing Retail	0.37	0.47	0.51	0.46
ANF	Abercrombie & Fitch	Apparel Retail	0.36	0.33	0.42	0.43
EYE	National Vision Holdings	Specialty Stores	0.35	0.37	0.38	0.41
VVV	Valvoline	Automotive Retail	0.34	0.38	0.38	0.36
HD	Home Depot	Home Improvement Retail	0.33	0.43	0.51	0.54
AAP	Advance Auto Parts	Automotive Retail	0.33	0.28	0.32	0.35
LAD	Lithia Motors	Automotive Retail	0.33	0.42	0.45	0.44
LOW	Lowe's Companies	Home Improvement Retail	0.33	0.45	0.51	0.51
FIVE	Five Below	Other Specialty Retail	0.32	0.40	0.46	0.46
AEO	American Eagle Outfitters	Apparel Retail	0.32	0.38	0.45	0.44
BOOT	Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.	Apparel Retail	0.32	0.41	0.46	0.41
BBWI	Bath & Body Works, Inc.	Other Specialty Retail	0.32	0.41	0.45	0.43
AN	AutoNation	Automotive Retail	0.32	0.43	0.44	0.43
SBH	Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.	Specialty Stores	0.31	0.37	0.44	0.41
GPI	Group 1 Automotive, Inc.	Automotive Retail	0.30	0.39	0.43	0.42
SAH	Sonic Automotive, Inc.	Automotive Retail	0.29	0.36	0.41	0.41
PAG	Penske Automotive Group	Automotive Retail	0.29	0.44	0.46	0.47
BKE	The Buckle, Inc.	Apparel Retail	0.27	0.44	0.51	0.43
KMX	CarMax, Inc.	Automotive Retail	0.26	0.37	0.44	0.44
WINA	Winmark	Other Specialty Retail	0.25	0.27	0.34	0.32
TSCO	Tractor Supply	Other Specialty Retail	0.24	0.30	0.39	0.39
ROST	Ross Stores	Apparel Retail	0.24	0.34	0.41	0.42
ULTA	Ulta Beauty	Other Specialty Retail	0.23	0.32	0.37	0.38
PHIN	PHINIA, Inc.	Automotive Retail	0.21	0.33	0.26	—
HZO	MarineMax, Inc.	Specialty Stores	0.21	0.36	0.40	0.40
VSXY	Victoria's Secret	Apparel Retail	0.19	0.31	0.37	—
TJX	TJX Companies	Apparel Retail	0.18	0.24	0.33	0.42
CHWY	Chewy	Other Specialty Retail	0.17	0.19	0.32	0.28
GME	GameStop	Computer & Electronics Retail	0.16	0.16	0.25	0.19
CVNA	Carvana	Automotive Retail	0.16	0.26	0.31	0.33
BURL	Burlington Stores	Apparel Retail	0.15	0.37	0.42	0.40
ORLY	O'Reilly Automotive	Automotive Retail	0.09	0.08	0.20	0.32
MUSA	Murphy USA	Automotive Retail	0.04	0.05	0.15	0.25
AZO	AutoZone Inc.	Automotive Retail	-0.00	0.07	0.19	0.30
VGNT	Versigent PLC	Other Specialty Retail	—	—	—	—

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	0.62	0.67	0.64
IYC	iShares US Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.40	0.50	0.56	0.58
PEJ	Invesco Leisure & Entertainment	Leisure & Entertainment	INDUSTRY	0.37	0.47	0.50	0.51
VCR	Vanguard Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.37	0.48	0.54	0.57
FDIS	Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.36	0.48	0.54	0.57
ITB	iShares US Home Construction	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.35	0.45	0.52	0.53
XLY	Consumer Discretionary SPDR	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.32	0.45	0.52	0.56
XHB	SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.32	0.47	0.55	0.58
RTH	VanEck Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.31	0.44	0.53	0.57
BETZ	Roundhill Sports Betting iGaming	Sports Betting	SUB-IND	0.28	0.35	0.42	0.40
DRIV	Global X Autonomous & EV ETF	Autonomous & EV	INDUSTRY	0.16	0.39	0.46	0.52
CARZ	First Trust S-Network EV & FV	Autos & EVs	INDUSTRY	0.12	0.33	0.41	0.44

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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.