Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for ESAB

Among the 39 Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components peers screened, LECO (Lincoln Electric) has tracked ESAB most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.72. The strongest fund stand-in is IYJ (iShares US Industrials ETF) at 0.65 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
LECO	Lincoln Electric	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.72	0.67	0.64	—
SWK	Stanley Black & Decker	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.63	0.50	0.49	—
GTES	Gates Corporation	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.60	0.57	0.56	—
MIDD	Middleby	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.58	0.58	0.57	—
NDSN	Nordson Corporation	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.58	0.55	0.54	—
KAI	Kadant Inc.	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.56	0.57	0.55	—
TKR	Timken	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.56	0.54	0.53	—
GGG	Graco Inc.	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.55	0.56	0.53	—
CR	Crane	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.52	0.50	0.48	—
MWA	Mueller Water Products	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.51	0.47	0.45	—
ZWS	Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp.	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.50	0.51	0.48	—
DCI	Donaldson Company	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.50	0.55	0.55	—
SNA	Snap-on	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.49	0.48	0.48	—
NPO	EnPro Industries, Inc.	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.49	0.52	0.53	—
IEX	IDEX Corporation	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.49	0.49	0.49	—
ATMU	Atmus Filtration Technologies Inc.	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.48	0.46	0.44	—
FELE	Franklin Electric	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.48	0.50	0.47	—
KMT	Kennametal	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.47	0.55	0.53	—
SXI	Standex International Corporation	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.47	0.48	0.48	—
JBTM	JBT Marel Corporation	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.45	0.43	0.46	—
PRLB	Protolabs	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.44	0.41	0.37	—
RBC	RBC Bearings	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.44	0.45	0.44	—
PNR	Pentair	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.44	0.53	0.53	—
EPAC	Enerpac Tool Group	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.44	0.47	0.47	—
FTV	Fortive	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.43	0.49	0.51	—
SPXC	SPX Technologies	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.43	0.48	0.48	—
XYL	Xylem Inc.	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.42	0.46	0.47	—
ITT	ITT Inc.	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.41	0.55	0.58	—
OTIS	Otis Worldwide	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.41	0.37	0.43	—
GWW	W. W. Grainger	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.41	0.43	0.44	—
VMI	Valmont Industries	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.40	0.40	0.40	—
HUBB	Hubbell Incorporated	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.39	0.48	0.45	—
ESE	ESCO Technologies Inc.	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.37	0.40	0.44	—
AIN	Albany International Corp.	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.35	0.41	0.44	—
CRS	Carpenter Technology	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.35	0.37	0.40	—
FLS	Flowserve	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.34	0.46	0.46	—
TNC	Tennant Company	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.32	0.42	0.43	—
MLI	Mueller Industries	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	0.31	0.44	0.44	—
MFP	Midera Food Processing, Inc.	Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components	—	—	—	—

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	0.65	0.64	0.63	—
VIS	Vanguard Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.62	0.64	0.64	—
PAVE	Global X US Infrastructure	Infrastructure	SECTOR	0.61	0.65	0.65	—
FIDU	Fidelity MSCI Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.61	0.64	0.64	—
XLI	Industrial Select Sector SPDR	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.61	0.63	0.63	—
JETS	US Global Jets ETF	Airlines	SUB-IND	0.60	0.53	0.52	—
XTN	SPDR S&P Transportation ETF	Transportation	INDUSTRY	0.54	0.55	0.56	—
IYT	iShares Transportation Average	Transportation	INDUSTRY	0.53	0.55	0.56	—
BOTZ	Global X Robotics & AI	Robotics & AI	SECTOR	0.48	0.51	0.53	—
XAR	SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense	Aerospace & Defense (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.43	0.49	0.52	—
PPA	Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF	Aerospace & Defense	INDUSTRY	0.43	0.51	0.53	—
ITA	iShares Aerospace & Defense ETF	Aerospace & Defense	INDUSTRY	0.43	0.46	0.49	—

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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.