Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for J

Among the 19 Construction & Engineering peers screened, ACM (AECOM) has tracked J most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.60. The strongest fund stand-in is IYT (iShares Transportation Average) at 0.46 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
ACM	AECOM	Construction & Engineering	0.60	0.62	0.61	0.65
TTEK	Tetra Tech	Construction & Engineering	0.49	0.44	0.49	0.54
APG	APi Group	Construction & Engineering	0.30	0.39	0.47	0.45
GVA	Granite Construction, Inc.	Construction & Engineering	0.27	0.37	0.40	0.46
FLR	Fluor	Construction & Engineering	0.27	0.37	0.38	0.39
ACA	Arcosa, Inc.	Construction & Engineering	0.26	0.38	0.40	0.46
TPC	Tutor Perini Corporation	Construction & Engineering	0.23	0.29	0.32	0.31
ROAD	Construction Partners, Inc.	Construction & Engineering	0.20	0.30	0.35	0.37
PRIM	Primoris Services Corporation	Construction & Engineering	0.19	0.30	0.35	0.42
IESC	IES Holdings	Construction & Engineering	0.16	0.27	0.29	0.32
MYRG	MYR Group, Inc.	Construction & Engineering	0.15	0.26	0.32	0.40
STRL	Sterling Infrastructure	Construction & Engineering	0.12	0.23	0.29	0.37
ECG	Everus Construction Group, Inc.	Construction & Engineering	0.10	0.20	—	—
PWR	Quanta Services	Construction & Engineering	0.09	0.27	0.36	0.51
EME	Emcor	Construction & Engineering	0.09	0.26	0.35	0.50
FIX	Comfort Systems USA	Construction & Engineering	0.05	0.24	0.32	0.43
MTZ	MasTec	Construction & Engineering	0.05	0.25	0.31	0.43
DY	Dycom Industries	Construction & Engineering	0.05	0.15	0.25	0.35
AGX	Argan, Inc.	Construction & Engineering	-0.04	0.11	0.16	0.25

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
IYT	iShares Transportation Average	Transportation	INDUSTRY	0.46	0.52	0.56	0.61
IYJ	iShares US Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.46	0.58	0.64	0.69
XTN	SPDR S&P Transportation ETF	Transportation	INDUSTRY	0.42	0.52	0.55	0.59
VIS	Vanguard Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.40	0.56	0.63	0.69
XLI	Industrial Select Sector SPDR	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.40	0.56	0.63	0.69
FIDU	Fidelity MSCI Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.40	0.56	0.63	0.69
PAVE	Global X US Infrastructure	Infrastructure	SECTOR	0.40	0.55	0.63	0.69
JETS	US Global Jets ETF	Airlines	SUB-IND	0.39	0.46	0.48	0.49
PPA	Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF	Aerospace & Defense	INDUSTRY	0.36	0.50	0.56	0.65
ITA	iShares Aerospace & Defense ETF	Aerospace & Defense	INDUSTRY	0.33	0.46	0.52	0.60
XAR	SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense	Aerospace & Defense (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.32	0.46	0.52	0.60
BOTZ	Global X Robotics & AI	Robotics & AI	SECTOR	0.17	0.36	0.46	0.51

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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.