Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for EYE

Among the 5 Specialty Stores peers screened, SBH (Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.) has tracked EYE most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.36. The strongest fund stand-in is XRT (SPDR S&P Retail ETF) at 0.55 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
SBH	Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.	Specialty Stores	0.36	0.37	0.36	0.41
ASO	Academy Sports + Outdoors	Specialty Stores	0.34	0.41	0.39	—
SIG	Signet Jewelers	Specialty Stores	0.34	0.36	0.35	0.38
DKS	Dick's Sporting Goods	Specialty Stores	0.25	0.30	0.31	0.39
HZO	MarineMax, Inc.	Specialty Stores	0.17	0.30	0.30	0.34

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	0.55	0.56	0.55	0.55
IYC	iShares US Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.42	0.43	0.47	0.52
VCR	Vanguard Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.40	0.42	0.46	0.51
FDIS	Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.40	0.42	0.46	0.51
RTH	VanEck Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.37	0.39	0.43	0.47
PEJ	Invesco Leisure & Entertainment	Leisure & Entertainment	INDUSTRY	0.36	0.42	0.42	0.50
XLY	Consumer Discretionary SPDR	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.36	0.39	0.43	0.49
ITB	iShares US Home Construction	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.36	0.39	0.42	0.48
XHB	SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.35	0.41	0.44	0.51
BETZ	Roundhill Sports Betting iGaming	Sports Betting	SUB-IND	0.25	0.36	0.38	0.38
DRIV	Global X Autonomous & EV ETF	Autonomous & EV	INDUSTRY	0.19	0.32	0.38	0.46
CARZ	First Trust S-Network EV & FV	Autos & EVs	INDUSTRY	0.19	0.29	0.33	0.42

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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.