Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for PBH

Among the 30 Pharmaceuticals peers screened, AMPH (Amphstar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) has tracked PBH most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.34. The strongest fund stand-in is IHI (iShares Medical Devices ETF) at 0.39 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
AMPH	Amphstar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.34	0.25	0.25	0.20
PRGO	Perrigo	Pharmaceuticals	0.34	0.31	0.28	0.29
ANIP	ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.32	0.23	0.18	0.23
LLY	Eli Lilly	Pharmaceuticals	0.27	0.24	0.23	0.25
PFE	Pfizer Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.24	0.16	0.18	0.25
INVA	Innoviva, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.24	0.24	0.21	0.24
COLL	Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.23	0.17	0.17	0.19
ZTS	Zoetis Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.22	0.24	0.26	0.28
AMRX	Amneal Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.22	0.22	0.19	0.22
SUPN	Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.21	0.24	0.23	0.22
BMY	Bristol-Myers Squibb	Pharmaceuticals	0.20	0.16	0.18	0.24
SNY	Sanofi S.A.	Pharmaceuticals	0.20	0.14	0.18	0.23
ACAD	Acadia Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.20	0.22	0.18	0.18
MRK	Merck & Co.	Pharmaceuticals	0.18	0.16	0.19	0.25
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	Pharmaceuticals	0.18	0.15	0.21	0.29
GSK	GSK plc	Pharmaceuticals	0.17	0.14	0.18	0.22
VTRS	Viatris	Pharmaceuticals	0.15	0.21	0.22	0.26
AZN	AstraZeneca	Pharmaceuticals	0.14	0.16	0.19	0.22
NVO	Novo Nordisk	Pharmaceuticals	0.14	0.13	0.14	0.17
ABBV	AbbVie Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.11	0.13	0.17	0.26
ELAN	Elanco	Pharmaceuticals	0.10	0.11	0.14	0.22
PCRX	Pacira BioSciences, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.09	0.08	0.11	0.18
PAHC	Phibro Animal Health	Pharmaceuticals	0.09	0.27	0.28	0.29
OGN	Organon & Co.	Pharmaceuticals	0.07	0.14	0.16	—
ALKS	Alkermes plc	Pharmaceuticals	0.06	0.17	0.17	0.23
INDV	Indivior	Pharmaceuticals	0.05	0.10	0.03	0.02
PTCT	PTC Therapeutics, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.04	0.15	0.14	0.15
JAZZ	Jazz Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.02	0.14	0.17	0.25
LQDA	Liquidia Corporation	Pharmaceuticals	-0.05	0.02	0.02	0.09
CORT	Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated	Pharmaceuticals	-0.06	0.06	0.09	0.13

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
IHI	iShares Medical Devices ETF	Medical Devices	SUB-IND	0.39	0.32	0.33	0.37
XLV	Health Care Select Sector SPDR	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.35	0.33	0.37	0.42
IYH	iShares US Healthcare ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.35	0.34	0.36	0.42
XHE	SPDR S&P Health Care Equipment	Medical Devices (Equal Wt)	SUB-IND	0.35	0.35	0.32	0.36
VHT	Vanguard Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.34	0.34	0.37	0.42
FHLC	Fidelity MSCI Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.33	0.34	0.37	0.42
PPH	VanEck Pharma ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.29	0.29	0.33	0.41
IHE	iShares US Pharmaceuticals ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.29	0.33	0.35	0.42
XPH	SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.18	0.30	0.30	0.39
IHF	iShares Health Care Providers	Health Care Providers	INDUSTRY	0.16	0.20	0.27	0.37
IBB	iShares Biotechnology ETF	Biotechnology	INDUSTRY	0.14	0.25	0.25	0.32
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech ETF	Biotechnology (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.05	0.22	0.20	0.28

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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.