Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for UNF

Among the 12 Diversified Support Services peers screened, CTAS (Cintas) has tracked UNF most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.52. The strongest fund stand-in is IYT (iShares Transportation Average) at 0.17 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
CTAS	Cintas	Diversified Support Services	0.52	0.44	0.45	0.53
VSTS	Vestis	Diversified Support Services	0.38	0.31	—	—
CPRT	Copart	Diversified Support Services	0.25	0.25	0.32	0.38
RBA	RB Global	Diversified Support Services	0.19	0.19	0.21	0.27
OPLN	OPENLANE, Inc.	Diversified Support Services	0.17	0.22	0.25	0.32
KBR	KBR, Inc.	Diversified Support Services	0.12	0.21	0.26	0.39
LQDT	Liquidity Services, Inc.	Diversified Support Services	0.10	0.13	0.21	0.21
LDOS	Leidos	Diversified Support Services	0.09	0.15	0.21	0.32
CXW	CoreCivic	Diversified Support Services	0.09	0.18	0.21	0.31
SAIC	Science Applications Intl Corp	Diversified Support Services	0.08	0.18	0.21	0.34
CACI	CACI International	Diversified Support Services	0.00	0.14	0.19	0.33
AMTM	Amentum	Diversified Support Services	-0.05	0.13	—	—

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	0.17	0.34	0.40	0.50
IYJ	iShares US Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.16	0.34	0.42	0.54
XTN	SPDR S&P Transportation ETF	Transportation	INDUSTRY	0.12	0.32	0.38	0.49
VIS	Vanguard Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.10	0.32	0.41	0.53
PAVE	Global X US Infrastructure	Infrastructure	SECTOR	0.10	0.29	0.38	0.53
FIDU	Fidelity MSCI Industrials ETF	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.10	0.31	0.40	0.53
JETS	US Global Jets ETF	Airlines	SUB-IND	0.10	0.27	0.32	0.40
XLI	Industrial Select Sector SPDR	Industrials Sector	SECTOR	0.09	0.31	0.39	0.52
PPA	Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF	Aerospace & Defense	INDUSTRY	0.07	0.25	0.34	0.48
XAR	SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense	Aerospace & Defense (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.06	0.24	0.33	0.47
ITA	iShares Aerospace & Defense ETF	Aerospace & Defense	INDUSTRY	0.06	0.23	0.31	0.46
BOTZ	Global X Robotics & AI	Robotics & AI	SECTOR	0.05	0.21	0.29	0.39

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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.