PSMT

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13 stocks · 12 ETFs

data as of Aug 24, 2026

REPLACEMENT RESEARCH

Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for PSMT

Among the 13 Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail peers screened, PFGC (Performance Food Group) has tracked PSMT most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.34. The strongest fund stand-in is IWM (iShares Russell 2000) at 0.44 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
PFGC	Performance Food Group	Food Distributors	0.34	0.33	0.33	0.34
USFD	US Foods	Food Distributors	0.30	0.29	0.33	0.35
GO	Grocery Outlet	Food Retail	0.25	0.20	0.22	0.19
UNFI	United Natural Foods Inc	Food Retail	0.23	0.23	0.25	0.22
SYY	Sysco Corp.	Food Distributors	0.22	0.24	0.31	0.36
CHEF	Chefs' Warehouse, Inc.	Food Distributors	0.20	0.23	0.28	0.30
BJ	BJ's Wholesale Club	Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail	0.19	0.22	0.25	0.20
ANDE	The Andersons, Inc.	Food Distributors	0.18	0.26	0.27	0.31
CASY	Casey's	Food Retail	0.14	0.18	0.26	0.29
ACI	Albertsons	Food Retail	0.09	0.13	0.15	0.14
KR	Kroger Co.	Food Retail	0.08	0.11	0.18	0.17
SFM	Sprouts Farmers Market	Food Retail	0.04	0.12	0.20	0.19
CART	Maplebear Inc.	Food Retail	0.01	0.15	—	—

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
IWM	iShares Russell 2000	Small-Cap	BROAD	0.44	0.47	0.50	0.51
PBJ	Invesco Food & Beverage ETF	Food & Beverage	INDUSTRY	0.38	0.41	0.43	0.44
RTH	VanEck Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.37	0.42	0.45	0.45
VDC	Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF	Cons Staples Sector	SECTOR	0.37	0.37	0.41	0.42
FSTA	Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples	Cons Staples Sector	SECTOR	0.36	0.37	0.41	0.41
XLP	Consumer Staples Select SPDR	Cons Staples Sector	SECTOR	0.32	0.33	0.37	0.39
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Total US Market	BROAD	0.31	0.36	0.42	0.44
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.28	0.33	0.41	0.43
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500	S&P 500	BROAD	0.28	0.34	0.41	0.43
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.28	0.34	0.41	0.43
IYK	iShares US Consumer Staples ETF	Cons Staples Sector	SECTOR	0.27	0.28	0.32	0.38
IWF	iShares Russell 1000 Growth	Large Growth	BROAD	0.16	0.26	0.34	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.