Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for CMCSA

Among the 15 Cable & Satellite peers screened, CHTR (Charter Communications) has tracked CMCSA most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.71. The strongest fund stand-in is XLC (Communication Services SPDR) at 0.42 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
CHTR	Charter Communications	Cable & Satellite	0.71	0.66	0.68	0.64
OMC	Omnicom Group	Advertising	0.26	0.35	0.37	0.45
NWSA	News Corp (Class A)	Publishing	0.22	0.31	0.38	0.42
VSNT	Versant Media Group, Inc.	Cable & Satellite	0.22	—	—	—
NWS	News Corp (Class B)	Publishing	0.21	0.30	0.37	0.41
FOX	Fox Corporation (Class B)	Broadcasting	0.21	0.35	0.39	0.45
SIRI	SiriusXM	Broadcasting	0.21	0.24	0.25	0.33
FOXA	Fox Corporation (Class A)	Broadcasting	0.20	0.33	0.38	0.42
NXST	Nexstar Media Group	Broadcasting	0.20	0.36	0.38	0.45
SCHL	Scholastic Corporation	Publishing	0.19	0.16	0.19	0.28
WLY	John Wiley & Sons	Publishing	0.19	0.23	0.28	0.32
ZD	Ziff Davis	Advertising	0.14	0.24	0.29	0.32
DV	DoubleVerify Holdings Inc.	Advertising	0.14	0.13	0.21	—
NYT	New York Times Company	Publishing	0.11	0.21	0.26	0.29
APP	AppLovin	Advertising	-0.01	0.08	0.19	—

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
XLC	Communication Services SPDR	Comm Services Sector	SECTOR	0.42	0.46	0.52	0.60
FCOM	Fidelity MSCI Communication Services	Comm Services Sector	SECTOR	0.28	0.38	0.49	0.55
VOX	Vanguard Communication Services	Comm Services Sector	SECTOR	0.27	0.38	0.49	0.56
IYZ	iShares US Telecommunications ETF	Telecom	INDUSTRY	0.23	0.46	0.58	0.60
HERO	Global X Video Games & Esports	Gaming & Esports	SUB-IND	0.12	0.22	0.31	0.36
ESPO	VanEck Video Gaming & eSports	Gaming & Esports	SUB-IND	0.12	0.22	0.32	0.38
SOCL	Global X Social Media ETF	Social Media	SUB-IND	0.06	0.19	0.30	0.36
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.05	0.29	0.41	0.54
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500	S&P 500	BROAD	0.04	0.29	0.41	0.54
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.04	0.29	0.41	0.54
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	-0.08	0.19	0.34	0.45
QQQM	Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	-0.08	0.19	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.