AES

AES Corporation

Utilities›Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers›Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

8 stocks · 12 ETFs

data as of Aug 24, 2026

REPLACEMENT RESEARCH

Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for AES

Among the 8 Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders peers screened, CWEN (Clearway Energy, Inc. (Class C)) has tracked AES most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.29. The strongest fund stand-in is IDU (iShares US Utilities ETF) at 0.27 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
CWEN	Clearway Energy, Inc. (Class C)	Renewable Electricity	0.29	0.49	0.51	0.50
TLN	Talen Energy	Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders	0.22	0.20	0.20	—
NRG	NRG Energy	Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders	0.20	0.27	0.33	0.41
ORA	Ormat Technologies	Renewable Electricity	0.15	0.38	0.39	0.39
RUN	Sunrun Inc.	Renewable Electricity	0.12	0.40	0.44	0.40
FSLR	First Solar Inc.	Renewable Electricity	0.12	0.37	0.37	0.34
SEDG	SolarEdge Technologies	Renewable Electricity	0.06	0.31	0.34	0.32
ENPH	Enphase Energy	Renewable Electricity	0.06	0.29	0.34	0.29

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
IDU	iShares US Utilities ETF	Utilities Sector	SECTOR	0.27	0.45	0.51	0.54
VPU	Vanguard Utilities ETF	Utilities Sector	SECTOR	0.26	0.47	0.52	0.54
XLU	Utilities Select Sector SPDR	Utilities Sector	SECTOR	0.26	0.47	0.52	0.53
FUTY	Fidelity MSCI Utilities ETF	Utilities Sector	SECTOR	0.26	0.46	0.52	0.54
ICLN	iShares Global Clean Energy	Clean Energy	INDUSTRY	0.22	0.46	0.51	0.52
QCLN	First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge	Clean Energy	INDUSTRY	0.20	0.42	0.47	0.49
TAN	Invesco Solar ETF	Solar Energy	SUB-IND	0.17	0.46	0.48	0.47
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500	S&P 500	BROAD	0.17	0.33	0.44	0.51
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Total US Market	BROAD	0.17	0.34	0.45	0.52
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.16	0.33	0.44	0.50
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.16	0.33	0.44	0.50
IWM	iShares Russell 2000	Small-Cap	BROAD	0.16	0.37	0.46	0.54

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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.