CNM
Core & Main
Industrials›Trading Companies & Distributors›Trading Companies & Distributors
9 stocks · 12 ETFs
data as of Aug 24, 2026
REPLACEMENT RESEARCH
Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for CNM
Among the 9 Trading Companies & Distributors peers screened, AIT (Applied Industrial Technologies) has tracked CNM most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.52. The strongest fund stand-in is PAVE (Global X US Infrastructure) at 0.58 over the past year. Correlations are computed from daily closing-price returns aligned by trading day.
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Single-name peers
| Ticker | Name | Sub-industry | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIT | Applied Industrial Technologies | Trading Companies & Distributors | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.45 | — |
| WCC | WESCO International | Trading Companies & Distributors | 0.47 | 0.49 | 0.49 | — |
| WSO | Watsco | Trading Companies & Distributors | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.48 | — |
| MSM | MSC Industrial Direct | Trading Companies & Distributors | 0.41 | 0.45 | 0.43 | — |
| URI | United Rentals | Trading Companies & Distributors | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.46 | — |
| DXPE | DXP Enterprises, Inc. | Trading Companies & Distributors | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.30 | — |
| REZI | Resideo Technologies, Inc. | Trading Companies & Distributors | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.38 | — |
| FAST | Fastenal | Trading Companies & Distributors | 0.33 | 0.38 | 0.38 | — |
| DNOW | NOW Inc | Trading Companies & Distributors | 0.27 | 0.32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAVE | Global X US Infrastructure | Infrastructure | SECTOR | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.58 | — |
| VIS | Vanguard Industrials ETF | Industrials Sector | SECTOR | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.56 | — |
| IYJ | iShares US Industrials ETF | Industrials Sector | SECTOR | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.55 | — |
| FIDU | Fidelity MSCI Industrials ETF | Industrials Sector | SECTOR | 0.53 | 0.56 | 0.56 | — |
| XLI | Industrial Select Sector SPDR | Industrials Sector | SECTOR | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.53 | — |
| XTN | SPDR S&P Transportation ETF | Transportation | INDUSTRY | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.50 | — |
| IYT | iShares Transportation Average | Transportation | INDUSTRY | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.48 | — |
| JETS | US Global Jets ETF | Airlines | SUB-IND | 0.43 | 0.41 | 0.42 | — |
| XAR | SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense | Aerospace & Defense (Equal Wt) | INDUSTRY | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.42 | — |
| PPA | Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF | Aerospace & Defense | INDUSTRY | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0.42 | — |
| ITA | iShares Aerospace & Defense ETF | Aerospace & Defense | INDUSTRY | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.38 | — |
| BOTZ | Global X Robotics & AI | Robotics & AI | SECTOR | 0.33 | 0.43 | 0.47 | — |
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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.