Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for WPC

Among the 4 Diversified REITs peers screened, EPRT (Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.) has tracked WPC most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.70. The strongest fund stand-in is RWR (SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF) at 0.71 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
EPRT	Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.	Diversified REITs	0.70	0.69	0.70	0.59
GNL	Global Net Lease, Inc.	Diversified REITs	0.41	0.56	0.60	0.61
LXP	Lexington Realty Trust	Diversified REITs	0.40	0.52	0.53	0.62
AAT	American Assets Trust	Diversified REITs	0.30	0.45	0.49	0.61

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
RWR	SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF	REITs	SECTOR	0.71	0.70	0.71	0.78
USRT	iShares Core US REIT ETF	REITs	SECTOR	0.70	0.70	0.72	0.78
SCHH	Schwab US REIT ETF	REITs	SECTOR	0.68	0.71	0.72	0.78
IYR	iShares US Real Estate ETF	REITs	SECTOR	0.66	0.70	0.71	0.77
VNQ	Vanguard Real Estate ETF	REITs	SECTOR	0.65	0.69	0.70	0.77
REZ	iShares Residential & Multisector RE	Residential REITs	SUB-IND	0.65	0.68	0.70	0.76
XLRE	Real Estate Select Sector SPDR	Real Estate Sector	SECTOR	0.63	0.68	0.69	0.75
INDS	Pacer Industrial Real Estate ETF	Industrial REITs	SUB-IND	0.61	0.66	0.68	0.72
SRVR	Pacer Data & Infrastructure RE	Data Center & Tower REITs	SUB-IND	0.22	0.46	0.54	0.59
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	-0.00	0.21	0.34	0.49
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500	S&P 500	BROAD	-0.00	0.20	0.34	0.49
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	-0.01	0.20	0.34	0.50

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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.