Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for PAHC

Among the 30 Pharmaceuticals peers screened, ZTS (Zoetis Inc.) has tracked PAHC most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.56. The strongest fund stand-in is XHE (SPDR S&P Health Care Equipment) at 0.33 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
ZTS	Zoetis Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.56	0.41	0.38	0.37
ELAN	Elanco	Pharmaceuticals	0.50	0.36	0.36	0.37
AMRX	Amneal Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.26	0.26	0.23	0.26
GSK	GSK plc	Pharmaceuticals	0.26	0.19	0.19	0.25
INDV	Indivior	Pharmaceuticals	0.26	0.17	0.01	0.02
ANIP	ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.25	0.21	0.18	0.25
BMY	Bristol-Myers Squibb	Pharmaceuticals	0.23	0.19	0.21	0.23
PRGO	Perrigo	Pharmaceuticals	0.22	0.22	0.24	0.23
MRK	Merck & Co.	Pharmaceuticals	0.22	0.16	0.17	0.23
AMPH	Amphstar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.20	0.19	0.17	0.23
INVA	Innoviva, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.20	0.21	0.22	0.23
SNY	Sanofi S.A.	Pharmaceuticals	0.20	0.17	0.18	0.24
SUPN	Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.20	0.17	0.19	0.18
AZN	AstraZeneca	Pharmaceuticals	0.18	0.16	0.17	0.23
COLL	Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.16	0.20	0.19	0.18
PFE	Pfizer Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.15	0.17	0.17	0.22
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	Pharmaceuticals	0.14	0.11	0.13	0.21
JAZZ	Jazz Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.14	0.25	0.26	0.27
ALKS	Alkermes plc	Pharmaceuticals	0.12	0.22	0.20	0.21
PBH	Prestige Consumer Healthcare	Pharmaceuticals	0.11	0.28	0.29	0.29
ABBV	AbbVie Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.09	0.12	0.14	0.20
PTCT	PTC Therapeutics, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.09	0.21	0.20	0.19
OGN	Organon & Co.	Pharmaceuticals	0.09	0.18	0.21	—
PCRX	Pacira BioSciences, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.07	0.10	0.13	0.18
ACAD	Acadia Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.06	0.18	0.17	0.17
LLY	Eli Lilly	Pharmaceuticals	0.06	0.13	0.14	0.19
VTRS	Viatris	Pharmaceuticals	0.05	0.23	0.24	0.28
NVO	Novo Nordisk	Pharmaceuticals	0.03	0.11	0.12	0.15
CORT	Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated	Pharmaceuticals	0.02	0.07	0.09	0.13
LQDA	Liquidia Corporation	Pharmaceuticals	-0.04	0.03	0.06	0.09

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
XHE	SPDR S&P Health Care Equipment	Medical Devices (Equal Wt)	SUB-IND	0.33	0.38	0.36	0.38
IHI	iShares Medical Devices ETF	Medical Devices	SUB-IND	0.32	0.33	0.33	0.35
XPH	SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.30	0.39	0.38	0.41
FHLC	Fidelity MSCI Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.30	0.32	0.34	0.38
VHT	Vanguard Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.29	0.32	0.34	0.38
PPH	VanEck Pharma ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.28	0.28	0.31	0.38
IHE	iShares US Pharmaceuticals ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.28	0.32	0.34	0.40
IYH	iShares US Healthcare ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.27	0.30	0.32	0.37
XLV	Health Care Select Sector SPDR	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.27	0.29	0.31	0.36
IBB	iShares Biotechnology ETF	Biotechnology	INDUSTRY	0.27	0.34	0.33	0.35
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech ETF	Biotechnology (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.22	0.32	0.30	0.33
IHF	iShares Health Care Providers	Health Care Providers	INDUSTRY	0.13	0.16	0.22	0.31

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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.