Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for KBH

Among the 14 Homebuilding peers screened, MTH (Meritage Homes Corporation) has tracked KBH most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.87. The strongest fund stand-in is ITB (iShares US Home Construction) at 0.88 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
MTH	Meritage Homes Corporation	Homebuilding	0.87	0.88	0.88	0.85
PHM	PulteGroup Inc.	Homebuilding	0.87	0.90	0.89	0.86
DHI	D.R. Horton	Homebuilding	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.82
GRBK	Green Brick Partners, Inc.	Homebuilding	0.83	0.83	0.76	0.63
MHO	M/I Homes, Inc.	Homebuilding	0.82	0.86	0.85	0.83
TOL	Toll Brothers	Homebuilding	0.82	0.86	0.86	0.85
CCS	Century Communities, Inc.	Homebuilding	0.80	0.85	0.84	0.80
LEN	Lennar Corp.	Homebuilding	0.80	0.86	0.85	0.84
NVR	NVR Inc.	Homebuilding	0.73	0.79	0.80	0.74
LGIH	LGI Homes	Homebuilding	0.73	0.79	0.80	0.73
DFH	Dream Finders Homes, Inc.	Homebuilding	0.72	0.75	0.68	—
SKY	Champion Homes, Inc.	Homebuilding	0.60	0.61	0.64	0.49
IBP	Installed Building Products, Inc.	Homebuilding	0.59	0.68	0.70	0.69
CVCO	Cavco Industries, Inc.	Homebuilding	0.55	0.63	0.65	0.59

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	0.88	0.91	0.90	0.88
XHB	SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.84	0.87	0.85	0.82
XRT	SPDR S&P Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.58	0.61	0.61	0.55
IYC	iShares US Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.52	0.50	0.56	0.55
PEJ	Invesco Leisure & Entertainment	Leisure & Entertainment	INDUSTRY	0.50	0.48	0.52	0.57
FDIS	Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.49	0.50	0.56	0.55
VCR	Vanguard Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.48	0.50	0.56	0.56
RTH	VanEck Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.45	0.45	0.53	0.48
XLY	Consumer Discretionary SPDR	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.44	0.46	0.53	0.54
BETZ	Roundhill Sports Betting iGaming	Sports Betting	SUB-IND	0.24	0.37	0.44	0.42
DRIV	Global X Autonomous & EV ETF	Autonomous & EV	INDUSTRY	0.22	0.38	0.47	0.48
CARZ	First Trust S-Network EV & FV	Autos & EVs	INDUSTRY	0.18	0.29	0.40	0.44

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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.