Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for KVUE

Among the 3 Personal Care Products peers screened, COTY (Coty) has tracked KVUE most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.31. The strongest fund stand-in is XLP (Consumer Staples Select SPDR) 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
COTY	Coty	Personal Care Products	0.31	0.24	0.24	—
EL	Estée Lauder	Personal Care Products	0.15	0.20	0.20	—
ELF	e.l.f. Beauty	Personal Care Products	0.11	0.11	0.11	—

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
XLP	Consumer Staples Select SPDR	Cons Staples Sector	SECTOR	0.46	0.49	0.47	—
VDC	Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF	Cons Staples Sector	SECTOR	0.45	0.46	0.44	—
FSTA	Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples	Cons Staples Sector	SECTOR	0.45	0.47	0.45	—
IYK	iShares US Consumer Staples ETF	Cons Staples Sector	SECTOR	0.44	0.48	0.46	—
PBJ	Invesco Food & Beverage ETF	Food & Beverage	INDUSTRY	0.41	0.39	0.37	—
RTH	VanEck Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.34	0.28	0.26	—
IWM	iShares Russell 2000	Small-Cap	BROAD	0.11	0.16	0.15	—
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Total US Market	BROAD	0.08	0.14	0.15	—
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.07	0.14	0.14	—
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500	S&P 500	BROAD	0.07	0.14	0.14	—
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.07	0.14	0.15	—
IWF	iShares Russell 1000 Growth	Large Growth	BROAD	-0.02	0.04	0.06	—

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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.