DFH
Dream Finders Homes, Inc.
Consumer Discretionary›Household Durables›Homebuilding
14 stocks · 12 ETFs
data as of Oct 9, 2026
REPLACEMENT RESEARCH
Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for DFH
Among the 14 Homebuilding peers screened, LGIH (LGI Homes) has tracked DFH most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.74. The strongest fund stand-in is ITB (iShares US Home Construction) at 0.77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGIH | LGI Homes | Homebuilding | 0.74 | 0.72 | 0.68 | — |
| PHM | PulteGroup Inc. | Homebuilding | 0.73 | 0.76 | 0.70 | — |
| MTH | Meritage Homes Corporation | Homebuilding | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.68 | — |
| KBH | KB Home | Homebuilding | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.69 | — |
| DHI | D.R. Horton | Homebuilding | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.67 | — |
| CCS | Century Communities, Inc. | Homebuilding | 0.70 | 0.74 | 0.67 | — |
| GRBK | Green Brick Partners, Inc. | Homebuilding | 0.70 | 0.73 | 0.62 | — |
| TOL | Toll Brothers | Homebuilding | 0.70 | 0.73 | 0.68 | — |
| LEN | Lennar Corp. | Homebuilding | 0.69 | 0.73 | 0.68 | — |
| MHO | M/I Homes, Inc. | Homebuilding | 0.68 | 0.74 | 0.69 | — |
| NVR | NVR Inc. | Homebuilding | 0.63 | 0.68 | 0.63 | — |
| SKY | Champion Homes, Inc. | Homebuilding | 0.57 | 0.55 | 0.55 | — |
| IBP | Installed Building Products, Inc. | Homebuilding | 0.56 | 0.64 | 0.61 | — |
| CVCO | Cavco Industries, Inc. | Homebuilding | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.54 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITB | iShares US Home Construction | Homebuilders | SUB-IND | 0.77 | 0.79 | 0.72 | — |
| XHB | SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF | Homebuilders | SUB-IND | 0.74 | 0.77 | 0.70 | — |
| XRT | SPDR S&P Retail ETF | Retail | INDUSTRY | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.49 | — |
| PEJ | Invesco Leisure & Entertainment | Leisure & Entertainment | INDUSTRY | 0.51 | 0.44 | 0.43 | — |
| IYC | iShares US Consumer Discretionary | Cons Discretionary Sector | SECTOR | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.46 | — |
| FDIS | Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary | Cons Discretionary Sector | SECTOR | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.47 | — |
| VCR | Vanguard Consumer Discretionary | Cons Discretionary Sector | SECTOR | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.46 | — |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary SPDR | Cons Discretionary Sector | SECTOR | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.44 | — |
| RTH | VanEck Retail ETF | Retail | INDUSTRY | 0.38 | 0.40 | 0.42 | — |
| BETZ | Roundhill Sports Betting iGaming | Sports Betting | SUB-IND | 0.29 | 0.36 | 0.37 | — |
| DRIV | Global X Autonomous & EV ETF | Autonomous & EV | INDUSTRY | 0.24 | 0.36 | 0.39 | — |
| CARZ | First Trust S-Network EV & FV | Autos & EVs | INDUSTRY | 0.19 | 0.29 | 0.33 | — |
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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.