Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for DLX

Among the 31 Commercial Printing peers screened, HNI (HNI Corporation) has tracked DLX most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.43. The strongest fund stand-in is IYT (iShares Transportation Average) at 0.30 over the past year. Correlations are computed from daily closing-price returns aligned by trading day.

Run this search live in the Screener →

STOCKS

Single-name peers

Ticker	Name	Sub-industry	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
HNI	HNI Corporation	Office Services & Supplies	0.43	0.49	0.51	0.54
ABM	ABM Industries, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.38	0.41	0.42	0.45
PBI	Pitney Bowes, Inc.	Office Services & Supplies	0.33	0.40	0.43	0.39
CLH	Clean Harbors	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.31	0.39	0.37	0.49
CTAS	Cintas	Diversified Support Services	0.31	0.27	0.31	0.42
MLKN	MillerKnoll, Inc.	Office Services & Supplies	0.30	0.42	0.45	0.48
KBR	KBR, Inc.	Diversified Support Services	0.29	0.30	0.32	0.42
VLTO	Veralto	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.28	0.30	—	—
BCO	Brink's	Security & Alarm Services	0.27	0.43	0.41	0.47
RBA	RB Global	Diversified Support Services	0.26	0.25	0.25	0.26
LQDT	Liquidity Services, Inc.	Diversified Support Services	0.25	0.23	0.30	0.21
TILE	Interface, Inc.	Office Services & Supplies	0.25	0.35	0.41	0.54
BRC	Brady Corporation	Commercial Printing	0.24	0.31	0.38	0.48
OPLN	OPENLANE, Inc.	Diversified Support Services	0.23	0.37	0.37	0.41
CWST	Casella Waste Systems, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.23	0.27	0.27	0.29
WCN	Waste Connections	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.22	0.17	0.19	0.25
VSTS	Vestis	Diversified Support Services	0.21	0.19	—	—
WSC	WillScot Holdings Corp.	Office Services & Supplies	0.19	0.32	0.34	0.38
CPRT	Copart	Diversified Support Services	0.18	0.25	0.31	0.33
LDOS	Leidos	Diversified Support Services	0.18	0.20	0.26	0.33
ROL	Rollins, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.17	0.16	0.20	0.22
AMTM	Amentum	Diversified Support Services	0.15	0.24	—	—
HCSG	Healthcare Services Group, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.15	0.28	0.30	0.33
SAIC	Science Applications Intl Corp	Diversified Support Services	0.14	0.22	0.26	0.35
WM	Waste Management	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.14	0.09	0.14	0.29
UNF	UniFirst Corporation	Diversified Support Services	0.13	0.29	0.34	0.44
RSG	Republic Services	Environmental & Facilities Services	0.13	0.11	0.16	0.31
MSA	MSA Safety	Office Services & Supplies	0.10	0.30	0.34	0.38
CACI	CACI International	Diversified Support Services	0.02	0.16	0.22	0.34
CXW	CoreCivic	Diversified Support Services	-0.07	0.24	0.30	0.38
GEO	GEO Group, Inc.	Environmental & Facilities Services	-0.13	0.18	0.24	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
IYT	iShares Transportation Average	Transportation	INDUSTRY	0.30	0.45	0.49	0.55
JETS	US Global Jets ETF	Airlines	SUB-IND	0.29	0.43	0.45	0.53
XTN	SPDR S&P Transportation ETF	Transportation	INDUSTRY	0.28	0.48	0.51	0.57
IYJ	iShares US Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.26	0.46	0.51	0.56
PAVE	Global X US Infrastructure	Infrastructure	SECTOR	0.17	0.44	0.51	0.58
XLI	Industrial Select Sector SPDR	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.14	0.40	0.47	0.55
VIS	Vanguard Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.14	0.42	0.49	0.57
FIDU	Fidelity MSCI Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.13	0.41	0.49	0.56
PPA	Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF	Aerospace & Defense	INDUSTRY	0.05	0.28	0.38	0.50
ITA	iShares Aerospace & Defense ETF	Aerospace & Defense	INDUSTRY	0.03	0.24	0.34	0.48
BOTZ	Global X Robotics & AI	Robotics & AI	SECTOR	-0.01	0.29	0.36	0.40
XAR	SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense	Aerospace & Defense (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	-0.01	0.26	0.37	0.49

NEXT STEPS

Harvesting a loss in DLX?

Estimate what the harvest could save →Check the eight wash-sale traps →Document the trade with a Tax Memo →

Replacement research for DLX's peers

HNI ABM PBI CLH CTAS MLKN KBR VLTO BCO RBA LQDT TILE BRC OPLN CWST WCN VSTS WSC CPRT LDOS ROL AMTM HCSG SAIC WM UNF RSG MSA CACI CXW GEO

Browse all tickers →

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.