Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for BTU

Among the 51 Coal & Consumable Fuels peers screened, CNR (Core Natural Resources, Inc.) has tracked BTU most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.80. The strongest fund stand-in is OIH (VanEck Oil Services ETF) at 0.34 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
CNR	Core Natural Resources, Inc.	Coal & Consumable Fuels	0.80	0.75	0.74	0.62
OXY	Occidental Petroleum	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.30	0.30	0.42	0.38
REX	REX American Resources Corporation	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	0.29	0.20	0.24	0.27
APA	APA Corporation	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.28	0.32	0.40	0.33
TALO	Talos Energy, Inc.	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.27	0.29	0.40	0.33
LEU	Centrus Energy Corp.	Coal & Consumable Fuels	0.27	0.20	0.22	0.14
OVV	Ovintiv	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.27	0.29	0.43	0.36
CRK	Comstock Resources, Inc.	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.27	0.24	0.37	0.25
PSX	Phillips 66	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	0.27	0.30	0.36	0.33
CRC	California Resources Corporation	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.26	0.27	0.34	—
CHRD	Chord Energy	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.26	0.30	0.39	-0.00
VLO	Valero Energy	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	0.26	0.27	0.34	0.30
NOG	Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.25	0.30	0.40	0.29
MUR	Murphy Oil	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.25	0.30	0.38	0.39
MPC	Marathon Petroleum	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	0.25	0.29	0.36	0.32
TPL	Texas Pacific Land Corporation	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.25	0.21	0.29	0.27
PR	Permian Resources	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.24	0.28	0.37	0.30
CVI	CVR Energy, Inc.	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	0.24	0.23	0.31	0.31
PBF	PBF Energy	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	0.24	0.26	0.34	0.34
AR	Antero Resources	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.24	0.25	0.38	0.32
CRGY	Crescent Energy Company	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.24	0.26	0.35	—
COP	ConocoPhillips	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.23	0.30	0.39	0.34
RRC	Range Resources	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.23	0.27	0.40	0.36
DINO	HF Sinclair	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	0.22	0.26	0.32	0.29
MTDR	Matador Resources	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.21	0.29	0.39	0.35
XOM	Exxon Mobil	Integrated Oil & Gas	0.21	0.27	0.37	0.36
DVN	Devon Energy	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.20	0.26	0.39	0.37
EOG	EOG Resources	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.20	0.24	0.37	0.34
EQT	EQT Corporation	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.20	0.25	0.37	0.30
MGY	Magnolia Oil & Gas, Corp.	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.20	0.28	0.40	0.37
SM	SM Energy Company	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.19	0.27	0.39	0.35
BP	BP plc	Integrated Oil & Gas	0.19	0.26	0.35	0.32
VNOM	Viper Energy	Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation	0.19	0.23	0.36	0.32
FANG	Diamondback Energy	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.18	0.28	0.39	0.32
PARR	Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	0.18	0.20	0.27	0.30
SHEL	Shell plc	Integrated Oil & Gas	0.18	0.28	0.36	0.34
CVX	Chevron Corp.	Integrated Oil & Gas	0.16	0.23	0.32	0.32
EXE	Expand Energy	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.16	0.23	0.38	—
KNTK	Kinetik Holdings, Inc.	Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation	0.15	0.18	0.30	0.17
GPOR	Gulfport Energy Corporation	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.15	0.23	0.34	—
CNX	CNX Resources	Oil & Gas Exploration & Production	0.14	0.25	0.35	0.29
OKE	Oneok	Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation	0.13	0.25	0.35	0.30
TRGP	Targa Resources	Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation	0.13	0.19	0.35	0.29
TTE	TotalEnergies SE	Integrated Oil & Gas	0.12	0.21	0.29	0.30
AM	Antero Midstream	Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation	0.11	0.17	0.31	0.26
WMB	Williams Companies	Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation	0.08	0.18	0.32	0.29
LPG	Dorian LPG Ltd.	Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation	0.06	0.20	0.25	0.24
DTM	DT Midstream	Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation	0.03	0.17	0.29	—
WKC	World Kinect Corporation	Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing	0.03	0.14	0.25	0.28
KMI	Kinder Morgan	Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation	0.02	0.18	0.32	0.29
INSW	International Seaways, Inc.	Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation	-0.02	0.16	0.25	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
OIH	VanEck Oil Services ETF	Oil Services	SUB-IND	0.34	0.38	0.44	0.42
IEZ	iShares US Oil Equipment & Services	Oil Services	SUB-IND	0.32	0.37	0.44	0.41
XOP	SPDR S&P Oil & Gas E&P ETF	Oil & Gas E&P	SUB-IND	0.32	0.36	0.47	0.41
IEO	iShares US Oil & Gas E&P ETF	Oil & Gas E&P	SUB-IND	0.30	0.34	0.45	0.40
FENY	Fidelity MSCI Energy ETF	Energy Sector	SECTOR	0.30	0.35	0.45	0.40
VDE	Vanguard Energy ETF	Energy Sector	SECTOR	0.29	0.34	0.45	0.40
IYE	iShares US Energy ETF	Energy Sector	SECTOR	0.28	0.34	0.44	0.39
XLE	Energy Select Sector SPDR	Energy Sector	SECTOR	0.27	0.33	0.43	0.39
CRAK	VanEck Oil Refiners ETF	Oil Refiners	SUB-IND	0.27	0.34	0.40	0.34
AMLP	Alerian MLP ETF	Energy Infrastructure	INDUSTRY	0.12	0.21	0.38	0.32
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.10	0.22	0.23	0.25
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.10	0.22	0.22	0.26

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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.