Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for BRC

Among the 31 Commercial Printing peers screened, CTAS (Cintas) has tracked BRC most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.33. The strongest fund stand-in is IYJ (iShares US Industrials ETF) at 0.30 over the past year. Correlations are computed from daily closing-price returns aligned by trading day.

Run this search live in the Screener →

STOCKS

Single-name peers

Ticker	Name	Sub-industry	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
CTAS	Cintas	Diversified Support Services	0.33	0.28	0.35	0.47
HNI	HNI Corporation	Office Services & Supplies	0.31	0.38	0.44	0.53
MLKN	MillerKnoll, Inc.	Office Services & Supplies	0.30	0.31	0.38	0.43
MSA	MSA Safety	Office Services & Supplies	0.29	0.34	0.38	0.49
TILE	Interface, Inc.	Office Services & Supplies	0.29	0.28	0.36	0.50
LQDT	Liquidity Services, Inc.	Diversified Support Services	0.27	0.21	0.27	0.22
KBR	KBR, Inc.	Diversified Support Services	0.27	0.30	0.33	0.46
VLTO	Veralto	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.25	0.31	—	—
DLX	Deluxe Corporation	Commercial Printing	0.24	0.31	0.38	0.48
ABM	ABM Industries, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.23	0.28	0.35	0.43
PBI	Pitney Bowes, Inc.	Office Services & Supplies	0.22	0.19	0.28	0.30
HCSG	Healthcare Services Group, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.19	0.22	0.24	0.33
AMTM	Amentum	Diversified Support Services	0.18	0.28	—	—
CWST	Casella Waste Systems, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.18	0.23	0.25	0.33
WM	Waste Management	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.18	0.16	0.21	0.39
CPRT	Copart	Diversified Support Services	0.17	0.24	0.33	0.43
RSG	Republic Services	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.17	0.18	0.22	0.42
BCO	Brink's	Security & Alarm Services	0.17	0.29	0.34	0.44
UNF	UniFirst Corporation	Diversified Support Services	0.16	0.25	0.33	0.47
OPLN	OPENLANE, Inc.	Diversified Support Services	0.15	0.25	0.31	0.37
RBA	RB Global	Diversified Support Services	0.14	0.18	0.21	0.27
WSC	WillScot Holdings Corp.	Office Services & Supplies	0.14	0.25	0.30	0.38
LDOS	Leidos	Diversified Support Services	0.11	0.16	0.22	0.35
ROL	Rollins, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.11	0.13	0.18	0.28
CLH	Clean Harbors	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.10	0.20	0.26	0.41
VSTS	Vestis	Diversified Support Services	0.09	0.19	—	—
CACI	CACI International	Diversified Support Services	0.08	0.16	0.22	0.36
WCN	Waste Connections	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.06	0.11	0.17	0.33
SAIC	Science Applications Intl Corp	Diversified Support Services	0.06	0.17	0.23	0.36
CXW	CoreCivic	Diversified Support Services	0.06	0.16	0.21	0.33
GEO	GEO Group, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.05	0.17	0.20	0.29

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
IYJ	iShares US Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.30	0.41	0.49	0.61
VIS	Vanguard Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.25	0.39	0.48	0.62
FIDU	Fidelity MSCI Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.25	0.38	0.48	0.62
XLI	Industrial Select Sector SPDR	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.25	0.38	0.47	0.61
PAVE	Global X US Infrastructure	Infrastructure	SECTOR	0.24	0.37	0.46	0.62
JETS	US Global Jets ETF	Airlines	SUB-IND	0.24	0.32	0.38	0.48
ITA	iShares Aerospace & Defense ETF	Aerospace & Defense	INDUSTRY	0.23	0.30	0.38	0.54
PPA	Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF	Aerospace & Defense	INDUSTRY	0.23	0.32	0.40	0.57
XAR	SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense	Aerospace & Defense (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.20	0.29	0.39	0.54
XTN	SPDR S&P Transportation ETF	Transportation	INDUSTRY	0.20	0.36	0.43	0.56
IYT	iShares Transportation Average	Transportation	INDUSTRY	0.16	0.33	0.41	0.56
BOTZ	Global X Robotics & AI	Robotics & AI	SECTOR	0.11	0.24	0.34	0.45

NEXT STEPS

Harvesting a loss in BRC?

Estimate what the harvest could save →Check the eight wash-sale traps →Document the trade with a Tax Memo →

Replacement research for BRC's peers

CTAS HNI MLKN MSA TILE LQDT KBR VLTO DLX ABM PBI HCSG AMTM CWST WM CPRT RSG BCO UNF OPLN RBA WSC LDOS ROL CLH VSTS CACI WCN SAIC CXW GEO

Browse all tickers →

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.