FLEX

Flex Ltd.

Information Technology›Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components›Electronic Manufacturing Services

9 stocks · 12 ETFs

data as of Aug 24, 2026

REPLACEMENT RESEARCH

Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for FLEX

Among the 9 Electronic Manufacturing Services peers screened, JBL (Jabil) has tracked FLEX most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.77. The strongest fund stand-in is SOXX (iShares Semiconductor ETF) at 0.71 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
JBL	Jabil	Electronic Manufacturing Services	0.77	0.73	0.74	0.70
BHE	Benchmark Electronics, Inc.	Electronic Manufacturing Services	0.64	0.63	0.62	0.60
TTMI	TTM Technologies	Electronic Manufacturing Services	0.58	0.57	0.57	0.55
PLXS	Plexus Corp.	Electronic Manufacturing Services	0.57	0.60	0.61	0.61
FN	Fabrinet	Electronic Manufacturing Services	0.56	0.55	0.53	0.49
SANM	Sanmina Corporation	Electronic Manufacturing Services	0.54	0.56	0.57	0.57
CTS	CTS Corporation	Electronic Manufacturing Services	0.52	0.51	0.49	0.48
TEL	TE Connectivity	Electronic Manufacturing Services	0.48	0.53	0.57	0.60
IPGP	IPG Photonics	Electronic Manufacturing Services	0.43	0.47	0.47	0.44

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
SOXX	iShares Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	0.71	0.68	0.67	0.65
PSI	Invesco Semiconductors ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	0.71	0.70	0.69	0.66
SMH	VanEck Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	0.70	0.67	0.65	0.64
XLK	Technology Select Sector SPDR	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.65	0.62	0.62	0.60
FTEC	Fidelity MSCI Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.63	0.62	0.62	0.60
VGT	Vanguard Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.63	0.62	0.62	0.60
QQQM	Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.62	0.59	0.58	—
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.62	0.59	0.59	0.57
HACK	ETFMG Prime Cyber Security	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.19	0.37	0.44	0.48
BUG	Global X Cybersecurity ETF	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.12	0.29	0.36	0.41
IGV	iShares Expanded Tech-Software	Software	INDUSTRY	0.09	0.31	0.40	0.45
CLOU	Global X Cloud Computing ETF	Cloud Computing	SUB-IND	0.02	0.27	0.38	0.41

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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.