Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for MU

Among the 31 Semiconductors peers screened, AMKR (Amkor Technology) has tracked MU most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.63. The strongest fund stand-in is SOXX (iShares Semiconductor ETF) at 0.81 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
AMKR	Amkor Technology	Semiconductors	0.63	0.64	0.63	0.61
AMD	Advanced Micro Devices	Semiconductors	0.62	0.57	0.59	0.54
MPWR	Monolithic Power Systems	Semiconductors	0.60	0.58	0.60	0.62
LSCC	Lattice Semiconductor	Semiconductors	0.59	0.55	0.58	0.54
INTC	Intel Corp.	Semiconductors	0.59	0.51	0.52	0.54
RMBS	Rambus	Semiconductors	0.58	0.61	0.61	0.60
GFS	GlobalFoundries	Semiconductors	0.55	0.52	0.51	—
MTSI	MACOM Technology Solutions	Semiconductors	0.55	0.57	0.59	0.51
ALGM	Allegro MicroSystems	Semiconductors	0.54	0.52	0.53	—
ON	ON Semiconductor	Semiconductors	0.54	0.50	0.54	0.59
ADI	Analog Devices	Semiconductors	0.53	0.54	0.57	0.61
POWI	Power Integrations	Semiconductors	0.53	0.52	0.55	0.56
MRVL	Marvell Technology	Semiconductors	0.53	0.55	0.58	0.58
SMTC	Semtech	Semiconductors	0.52	0.47	0.48	0.52
PENG	Penguin Solutions, Inc.	Semiconductors	0.52	0.49	0.51	0.49
SYNA	Synaptics	Semiconductors	0.51	0.54	0.57	0.51
AOSL	Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, Ltd.	Semiconductors	0.50	0.50	0.53	0.50
DIOD	Diodes Incorporated	Semiconductors	0.49	0.52	0.56	0.58
MCHP	Microchip Technology	Semiconductors	0.49	0.52	0.56	0.62
AVGO	Broadcom Inc.	Semiconductors	0.49	0.55	0.57	0.58
TXN	Texas Instruments	Semiconductors	0.45	0.48	0.52	0.59
NXPI	NXP Semiconductors	Semiconductors	0.44	0.51	0.56	0.57
NVDA	NVIDIA Corp.	Semiconductors	0.44	0.51	0.54	0.56
SITM	SiTime	Semiconductors	0.41	0.48	0.50	0.47
MXL	MaxLinear, Inc.	Semiconductors	0.40	0.44	0.46	0.47
QCOM	Qualcomm Inc.	Semiconductors	0.37	0.49	0.53	0.53
OLED	Universal Display	Semiconductors	0.29	0.42	0.45	0.46
CRUS	Cirrus Logic	Semiconductors	0.25	0.38	0.44	0.48
SWKS	Skyworks Solutions	Semiconductors	0.24	0.38	0.46	0.54
SLAB	Silicon Labs	Semiconductors	-0.03	0.29	0.36	0.47
QRVO	Qorvo	Semiconductors	—	—	—	—

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
SOXX	iShares Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	0.81	0.79	0.78	0.79
SMH	VanEck Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	0.80	0.78	0.77	0.78
PSI	Invesco Semiconductors ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	0.76	0.78	0.77	0.78
XLK	Technology Select Sector SPDR	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.74	0.71	0.69	0.67
XSD	SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.70	0.71	0.72	0.74
FTEC	Fidelity MSCI Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.69	0.68	0.67	0.67
VGT	Vanguard Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.69	0.68	0.67	0.67
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.69	0.67	0.65	0.64
QQQM	Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.69	0.67	0.65	—
HACK	ETFMG Prime Cyber Security	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.14	0.35	0.39	0.46
BUG	Global X Cybersecurity ETF	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.08	0.25	0.32	0.36
IGV	iShares Expanded Tech-Software	Software	INDUSTRY	0.07	0.31	0.40	0.48

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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.