Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for DKS

Among the 5 Specialty Stores peers screened, ASO (Academy Sports + Outdoors) has tracked DKS most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.54. The strongest fund stand-in is XRT (SPDR S&P Retail ETF) at 0.58 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
ASO	Academy Sports + Outdoors	Specialty Stores	0.54	0.62	0.66	—
SIG	Signet Jewelers	Specialty Stores	0.44	0.43	0.48	0.43
EYE	National Vision Holdings	Specialty Stores	0.39	0.35	0.34	0.40
HZO	MarineMax, Inc.	Specialty Stores	0.30	0.35	0.37	0.38
SBH	Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.	Specialty Stores	0.29	0.37	0.41	0.42

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
XRT	SPDR S&P Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.58	0.62	0.66	0.63
XHB	SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.45	0.50	0.53	0.55
VCR	Vanguard Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.44	0.52	0.54	0.53
IYC	iShares US Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.44	0.53	0.55	0.53
ITB	iShares US Home Construction	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.44	0.45	0.49	0.50
FDIS	Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.44	0.52	0.54	0.52
XLY	Consumer Discretionary SPDR	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.40	0.49	0.51	0.50
PEJ	Invesco Leisure & Entertainment	Leisure & Entertainment	INDUSTRY	0.36	0.50	0.50	0.50
RTH	VanEck Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.34	0.47	0.52	0.49
DRIV	Global X Autonomous & EV ETF	Autonomous & EV	INDUSTRY	0.33	0.43	0.44	0.47
CARZ	First Trust S-Network EV & FV	Autos & EVs	INDUSTRY	0.26	0.37	0.39	0.40
BETZ	Roundhill Sports Betting iGaming	Sports Betting	SUB-IND	0.20	0.36	0.42	0.41

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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.