Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for MGM

Among the 10 Casinos & Gaming peers screened, PENN (Penn Entertainment) has tracked MGM most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.56. The strongest fund stand-in is BETZ (Roundhill Sports Betting iGaming) at 0.53 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
PENN	Penn Entertainment	Casinos & Gaming	0.56	0.55	0.62	0.64
BYD	Boyd Gaming	Casinos & Gaming	0.51	0.59	0.68	0.70
CZR	Caesars Entertainment	Casinos & Gaming	0.49	0.65	0.71	0.71
WYNN	Wynn Resorts	Casinos & Gaming	0.48	0.58	0.66	0.72
RRR	Red Rock Resorts, Inc.	Casinos & Gaming	0.39	0.56	0.62	0.67
DKNG	DraftKings Inc.	Casinos & Gaming	0.38	0.43	0.45	0.38
LVS	Las Vegas Sands	Casinos & Gaming	0.35	0.50	0.58	0.64
RSI	Rush Street Interactive, Inc.	Casinos & Gaming	0.30	0.33	0.42	0.36
MCRI	Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.	Casinos & Gaming	0.30	0.39	0.49	0.59
CHDN	Churchill Downs Inc.	Casinos & Gaming	0.29	0.41	0.54	0.61

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
BETZ	Roundhill Sports Betting iGaming	Sports Betting	SUB-IND	0.53	0.60	0.67	0.65
PEJ	Invesco Leisure & Entertainment	Leisure & Entertainment	INDUSTRY	0.48	0.60	0.70	0.74
XRT	SPDR S&P Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.40	0.53	0.58	0.54
IYC	iShares US Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.38	0.55	0.62	0.64
FDIS	Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.36	0.53	0.60	0.61
VCR	Vanguard Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.35	0.53	0.60	0.62
XHB	SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.31	0.46	0.54	0.57
XLY	Consumer Discretionary SPDR	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.31	0.50	0.58	0.60
ITB	iShares US Home Construction	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.30	0.42	0.49	0.52
RTH	VanEck Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.19	0.40	0.50	0.50
DRIV	Global X Autonomous & EV ETF	Autonomous & EV	INDUSTRY	0.19	0.44	0.55	0.59
CARZ	First Trust S-Network EV & FV	Autos & EVs	INDUSTRY	0.14	0.38	0.50	0.55

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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.