Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for RSG

Among the 9 Environmental & Facilities Services peers screened, WM (Waste Management) has tracked RSG most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.82. The strongest fund stand-in is IYT (iShares Transportation Average) at 0.00 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
WM	Waste Management	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.82	0.81	0.84	0.86
WCN	Waste Connections	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.76	0.74	0.77	0.76
CWST	Casella Waste Systems, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.49	0.54	0.58	0.58
ROL	Rollins, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.42	0.48	0.48	0.49
VLTO	Veralto	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.36	0.31	—	—
CLH	Clean Harbors	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.36	0.38	0.42	0.49
ABM	ABM Industries, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.28	0.27	0.29	0.40
HCSG	Healthcare Services Group, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.12	0.10	0.16	0.27
GEO	GEO Group, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.02	0.12	0.13	0.23

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
IYT	iShares Transportation Average	Transportation	INDUSTRY	0.00	0.14	0.27	0.47
IYJ	iShares US Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	-0.08	0.21	0.36	0.56
XLI	Industrial Select Sector SPDR	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	-0.11	0.19	0.36	0.56
XTN	SPDR S&P Transportation ETF	Transportation	INDUSTRY	-0.11	0.06	0.18	0.38
PPA	Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF	Aerospace & Defense	INDUSTRY	-0.14	0.15	0.31	0.51
FIDU	Fidelity MSCI Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	-0.14	0.16	0.33	0.54
ITA	iShares Aerospace & Defense ETF	Aerospace & Defense	INDUSTRY	-0.14	0.14	0.29	0.48
VIS	Vanguard Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	-0.14	0.16	0.33	0.54
PAVE	Global X US Infrastructure	Infrastructure	SECTOR	-0.15	0.10	0.28	0.49
JETS	US Global Jets ETF	Airlines	SUB-IND	-0.18	0.01	0.11	0.31
XAR	SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense	Aerospace & Defense (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	-0.20	0.07	0.22	0.43
BOTZ	Global X Robotics & AI	Robotics & AI	SECTOR	-0.37	-0.03	0.14	0.34

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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.