LAUR
Laureate Education, Inc.
Consumer Discretionary›Diversified Consumer Services›Education Services
8 stocks · 12 ETFs
data as of Aug 24, 2026
REPLACEMENT RESEARCH
Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for LAUR
Among the 8 Education Services peers screened, PRDO (Perdoceo Education Corp.) has tracked LAUR most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.56. The strongest fund stand-in is PEJ (Invesco Leisure & Entertainment) at 0.30 over the past year. Correlations are computed from daily closing-price returns aligned by trading day.
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Single-name peers
| Ticker | Name | Sub-industry | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRDO | Perdoceo Education Corp. | Education Services | 0.56 | 0.39 | 0.27 | 0.32 |
| CVSA | Covista Inc. | Education Services | 0.55 | 0.45 | 0.28 | 0.31 |
| LOPE | Grand Canyon Education | Education Services | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.26 | 0.29 |
| STRA | Strategic Education, Inc. | Education Services | 0.48 | 0.37 | 0.23 | 0.30 |
| UTI | Universal Technical Institute | Education Services | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.21 | 0.23 |
| GHC | Graham Holdings | Education Services | 0.34 | 0.39 | 0.30 | 0.44 |
| LRN | Stride, Inc. | Education Services | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
| DUOL | Duolingo | Education Services | 0.11 | 0.23 | 0.17 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEJ | Invesco Leisure & Entertainment | Leisure & Entertainment | INDUSTRY | 0.30 | 0.39 | 0.30 | 0.44 |
| BETZ | Roundhill Sports Betting iGaming | Sports Betting | SUB-IND | 0.21 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.26 |
| XRT | SPDR S&P Retail ETF | Retail | INDUSTRY | 0.20 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.34 |
| ITB | iShares US Home Construction | Homebuilders | SUB-IND | 0.18 | 0.27 | 0.24 | 0.37 |
| XHB | SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF | Homebuilders | SUB-IND | 0.18 | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.39 |
| IYC | iShares US Consumer Discretionary | Cons Discretionary Sector | SECTOR | 0.15 | 0.32 | 0.26 | 0.39 |
| CARZ | First Trust S-Network EV & FV | Autos & EVs | INDUSTRY | 0.14 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.33 |
| DRIV | Global X Autonomous & EV ETF | Autonomous & EV | INDUSTRY | 0.14 | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0.34 |
| FDIS | Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary | Cons Discretionary Sector | SECTOR | 0.13 | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.36 |
| VCR | Vanguard Consumer Discretionary | Cons Discretionary Sector | SECTOR | 0.13 | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.37 |
| RTH | VanEck Retail ETF | Retail | INDUSTRY | 0.11 | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.32 |
| XLY | Consumer Discretionary SPDR | Cons Discretionary Sector | SECTOR | 0.11 | 0.27 | 0.23 | 0.36 |
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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.