SPHR
Sphere Entertainment
Communication Services›Entertainment›Movies & Entertainment
10 stocks · 12 ETFs
data as of Oct 9, 2026
REPLACEMENT RESEARCH
Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for SPHR
Among the 10 Movies & Entertainment peers screened, MSGS (Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.) has tracked SPHR most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.31. The strongest fund stand-in is IVV (iShares Core S&P 500) at 0.30 over the past year. Correlations are computed from daily closing-price returns aligned by trading day.
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Single-name peers
| Ticker | Name | Sub-industry | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSGS | Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. | Movies & Entertainment | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0.44 |
| LYV | Live Nation Entertainment | Movies & Entertainment | 0.28 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.38 |
| ROKU | Roku Inc. | Movies & Entertainment | 0.21 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.25 |
| TKO | TKO Group Holdings | Movies & Entertainment | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| CNK | Cinemark Holdings, Inc. | Movies & Entertainment | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.27 | 0.29 |
| DIS | Walt Disney Co. | Movies & Entertainment | 0.15 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.35 |
| NFLX | Netflix Inc. | Movies & Entertainment | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.13 |
| WMG | Warner Music Group | Movies & Entertainment | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.22 |
| SPOT | Spotify Technology | Movies & Entertainment | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.24 | 0.20 |
| PSKY | Paramount Skydance | Movies & Entertainment | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IVV | iShares Core S&P 500 | S&P 500 | BROAD | 0.30 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.38 |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF | S&P 500 | BROAD | 0.30 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.39 |
| VOO | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | S&P 500 | BROAD | 0.30 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.38 |
| VOX | Vanguard Communication Services | Comm Services Sector | SECTOR | 0.26 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.36 |
| FCOM | Fidelity MSCI Communication Services | Comm Services Sector | SECTOR | 0.26 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.37 |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust | Nasdaq 100 | BROAD | 0.25 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.33 |
| QQQM | Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF | Nasdaq 100 | BROAD | 0.25 | 0.40 | 0.40 | — |
| XLC | Communication Services SPDR | Comm Services Sector | SECTOR | 0.23 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.34 |
| SOCL | Global X Social Media ETF | Social Media | SUB-IND | 0.22 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.30 |
| IYZ | iShares US Telecommunications ETF | Telecom | INDUSTRY | 0.19 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.33 |
| ESPO | VanEck Video Gaming & eSports | Gaming & Esports | SUB-IND | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.29 |
| HERO | Global X Video Games & Esports | Gaming & Esports | SUB-IND | 0.18 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.25 |
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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.