Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for GEO

Among the 9 Environmental & Facilities Services peers screened, ABM (ABM Industries, Inc.) has tracked GEO most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.24. The strongest fund stand-in is XTN (SPDR S&P Transportation ETF) at 0.29 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
ABM	ABM Industries, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.24	0.20	0.22	0.28
ROL	Rollins, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.21	0.11	0.10	0.15
WCN	Waste Connections	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.10	0.09	0.11	0.17
HCSG	Healthcare Services Group, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.09	0.12	0.15	0.20
CWST	Casella Waste Systems, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.08	0.16	0.14	0.18
VLTO	Veralto	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.08	0.13	—	—
RSG	Republic Services	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.06	0.11	0.13	0.23
WM	Waste Management	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.03	0.07	0.10	0.22
CLH	Clean Harbors	Environmental & Facilities Services	-0.01	0.21	0.19	0.26

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
XTN	SPDR S&P Transportation ETF	Transportation	INDUSTRY	0.29	0.32	0.32	0.35
XAR	SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense	Aerospace & Defense (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.26	0.30	0.31	0.36
IYT	iShares Transportation Average	Transportation	INDUSTRY	0.24	0.29	0.30	0.34
VIS	Vanguard Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.23	0.34	0.34	0.38
FIDU	Fidelity MSCI Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.23	0.34	0.34	0.37
IYJ	iShares US Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.23	0.34	0.33	0.36
JETS	US Global Jets ETF	Airlines	SUB-IND	0.22	0.27	0.29	0.33
XLI	Industrial Select Sector SPDR	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.21	0.32	0.32	0.37
PAVE	Global X US Infrastructure	Infrastructure	SECTOR	0.20	0.35	0.34	0.38
PPA	Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF	Aerospace & Defense	INDUSTRY	0.20	0.28	0.30	0.35
BOTZ	Global X Robotics & AI	Robotics & AI	SECTOR	0.19	0.26	0.26	0.27
ITA	iShares Aerospace & Defense ETF	Aerospace & Defense	INDUSTRY	0.17	0.26	0.28	0.34

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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.