FA
First Advantage Corporation
Industrials›Professional Services›Human Resource & Employment Services
9 stocks · 12 ETFs
data as of Oct 14, 2026
REPLACEMENT RESEARCH
Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for FA
Among the 9 Human Resource & Employment Services peers screened, PAYX (Paychex Inc.) has tracked FA most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.54. The strongest fund stand-in is XTN (SPDR S&P Transportation ETF) at 0.25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAYX | Paychex Inc. | Human Resource & Employment Services | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.44 | — |
| PCTY | Paylocity | Human Resource & Employment Services | 0.54 | 0.43 | 0.41 | — |
| PAYC | Paycom | Human Resource & Employment Services | 0.54 | 0.40 | 0.42 | — |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing | Human Resource & Employment Services | 0.53 | 0.46 | 0.43 | — |
| MAN | ManpowerGroup | Human Resource & Employment Services | 0.46 | 0.45 | 0.43 | — |
| KFY | Korn/Ferry International | Human Resource & Employment Services | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.41 | — |
| RHI | Robert Half | Human Resource & Employment Services | 0.45 | 0.46 | 0.42 | — |
| NSP | Insperity | Human Resource & Employment Services | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.37 | — |
| UPWK | Upwork, Inc. | Human Resource & Employment Services | 0.34 | 0.29 | 0.30 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XTN | SPDR S&P Transportation ETF | Transportation | INDUSTRY | 0.25 | 0.36 | 0.40 | — |
| IYT | iShares Transportation Average | Transportation | INDUSTRY | 0.21 | 0.33 | 0.38 | — |
| JETS | US Global Jets ETF | Airlines | SUB-IND | 0.18 | 0.30 | 0.34 | — |
| IYJ | iShares US Industrials ETF | Industrials Sector | SECTOR | 0.11 | 0.32 | 0.40 | — |
| BOTZ | Global X Robotics & AI | Robotics & AI | SECTOR | 0.01 | 0.23 | 0.33 | — |
| ITA | iShares Aerospace & Defense ETF | Aerospace & Defense | INDUSTRY | -0.02 | 0.17 | 0.27 | — |
| VIS | Vanguard Industrials ETF | Industrials Sector | SECTOR | -0.03 | 0.25 | 0.35 | — |
| PPA | Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF | Aerospace & Defense | INDUSTRY | -0.03 | 0.19 | 0.29 | — |
| XLI | Industrial Select Sector SPDR | Industrials Sector | SECTOR | -0.03 | 0.24 | 0.34 | — |
| XAR | SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense | Aerospace & Defense (Equal Wt) | INDUSTRY | -0.03 | 0.17 | 0.28 | — |
| FIDU | Fidelity MSCI Industrials ETF | Industrials Sector | SECTOR | -0.04 | 0.24 | 0.35 | — |
| PAVE | Global X US Infrastructure | Infrastructure | SECTOR | -0.06 | 0.23 | 0.33 | — |
NEXT STEPS
Harvesting a loss in FA?
RELATED
Replacement research for FA's peers
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.