Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for KNF

Among the 5 Construction Materials peers screened, EXP (Eagle Materials) has tracked KNF most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.50. The strongest fund stand-in is PAVE (Global X US Infrastructure) at 0.48 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
EXP	Eagle Materials	Construction Materials	0.50	0.61	0.59	—
MLM	Martin Marietta Materials	Construction Materials	0.48	0.59	0.57	—
CRH	CRH plc	Construction Materials	0.45	0.58	0.56	—
VMC	Vulcan Materials Company	Construction Materials	0.42	0.56	0.54	—
USLM	United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.	Construction Materials	0.20	0.38	0.36	—

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
PAVE	Global X US Infrastructure	Infrastructure	SECTOR	0.48	0.64	0.62	—
VAW	Vanguard Materials ETF	Materials Sector	SECTOR	0.43	0.55	0.53	—
FMAT	Fidelity MSCI Materials ETF	Materials Sector	SECTOR	0.43	0.55	0.53	—
XLB	Materials Select Sector SPDR	Materials Sector	SECTOR	0.42	0.53	0.51	—
IYM	iShares US Basic Materials ETF	Materials Sector	SECTOR	0.33	0.47	0.45	—
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.30	0.51	0.49	—
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.30	0.51	0.49	—
SLX	VanEck Steel ETF	Steel	SUB-IND	0.27	0.44	0.42	—
COPX	Global X Copper Miners ETF	Copper Miners	SUB-IND	0.20	0.29	0.29	—
XME	SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF	Metals & Mining	INDUSTRY	0.19	0.37	0.35	—
GDX	VanEck Gold Miners ETF	Gold Miners	SUB-IND	0.16	0.19	0.18	—
RING	iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners	Gold Miners	SUB-IND	0.16	0.18	0.18	—

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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.