Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for GILD

Among the 28 Biotechnology peers screened, AMGN (Amgen Inc.) has tracked GILD most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.47. The strongest fund stand-in is XLV (Health Care Select Sector SPDR) at 0.53 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
AMGN	Amgen Inc.	Biotechnology	0.47	0.42	0.45	0.49
VRTX	Vertex Pharmaceuticals	Biotechnology	0.44	0.33	0.37	0.40
INCY	Incyte	Biotechnology	0.38	0.38	0.37	0.35
BIIB	Biogen Inc.	Biotechnology	0.34	0.37	0.35	0.33
HALO	Halozyme	Biotechnology	0.32	0.26	0.27	0.27
REGN	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	Biotechnology	0.32	0.33	0.35	0.41
BMRN	BioMarin Pharmaceutical	Biotechnology	0.27	0.26	0.28	0.35
EXEL	Exelixis	Biotechnology	0.26	0.21	0.21	0.24
NBIX	Neurocrine Biosciences	Biotechnology	0.25	0.20	0.21	0.23
RCUS	Arcus Biosciences, Inc.	Biotechnology	0.23	0.23	0.24	0.21
ALNY	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals	Biotechnology	0.23	0.20	0.22	0.23
VCEL	Vericel	Biotechnology	0.21	0.19	0.20	0.17
VIR	Vir Biotechnology, Inc.	Biotechnology	0.19	0.17	0.19	0.15
UTHR	United Therapeutics	Biotechnology	0.19	0.26	0.29	0.31
MRNA	Moderna Inc.	Biotechnology	0.18	0.16	0.18	0.20
ADMA	ADMA Biologics, Inc.	Biotechnology	0.16	0.14	0.17	0.13
ARWR	Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals	Biotechnology	0.16	0.19	0.24	0.19
TGTX	TG Therapeutics, Inc.	Biotechnology	0.16	0.14	0.17	0.18
RGEN	Repligen	Biotechnology	0.16	0.15	0.16	0.22
KRYS	Krystal Biotech	Biotechnology	0.15	0.18	0.14	0.15
PTGX	Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.	Biotechnology	0.14	0.16	0.13	0.10
ROIV	Roivant Sciences	Biotechnology	0.13	0.16	0.17	—
XNCR	Xencor Inc	Biotechnology	0.13	0.19	0.24	0.27
SRPT	Sarepta Therapeutics	Biotechnology	0.13	0.15	0.15	0.17
HRMY	Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.	Biotechnology	0.12	0.11	0.14	—
CYTK	Cytokinetics	Biotechnology	0.10	0.12	0.13	0.16
LGND	Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Biotechnology	0.09	0.16	0.20	0.30
FTRE	Fortrea	Biotechnology	0.05	0.08	0.07	—

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
XLV	Health Care Select Sector SPDR	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.53	0.49	0.51	0.54
IYH	iShares US Healthcare ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.53	0.49	0.51	0.53
FHLC	Fidelity MSCI Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.53	0.49	0.51	0.54
VHT	Vanguard Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.52	0.48	0.50	0.53
PPH	VanEck Pharma ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.52	0.46	0.48	0.50
IBB	iShares Biotechnology ETF	Biotechnology	INDUSTRY	0.51	0.51	0.50	0.55
IHE	iShares US Pharmaceuticals ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.50	0.44	0.47	0.50
XPH	SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.36	0.39	0.39	0.43
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech ETF	Biotechnology (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.32	0.35	0.34	0.40
IHI	iShares Medical Devices ETF	Medical Devices	SUB-IND	0.31	0.29	0.33	0.39
ARKG	ARK Genomic Revolution ETF	Genomics (Active)	INDUSTRY	0.15	0.21	0.24	0.29
IHF	iShares Health Care Providers	Health Care Providers	INDUSTRY	0.15	0.24	0.32	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.