Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for VCEL

Among the 28 Biotechnology peers screened, RGEN (Repligen) has tracked VCEL most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.36. The strongest fund stand-in is IHI (iShares Medical Devices ETF) at 0.45 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
RGEN	Repligen	Biotechnology	0.36	0.31	0.37	0.31
LGND	Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Biotechnology	0.29	0.31	0.34	0.27
TGTX	TG Therapeutics, Inc.	Biotechnology	0.27	0.22	0.38	0.28
KRYS	Krystal Biotech	Biotechnology	0.24	0.30	0.26	0.23
NBIX	Neurocrine Biosciences	Biotechnology	0.23	0.25	0.26	0.24
SRPT	Sarepta Therapeutics	Biotechnology	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.18
VRTX	Vertex Pharmaceuticals	Biotechnology	0.23	0.22	0.22	0.22
VIR	Vir Biotechnology, Inc.	Biotechnology	0.22	0.27	0.24	0.14
INCY	Incyte	Biotechnology	0.22	0.20	0.21	0.23
ADMA	ADMA Biologics, Inc.	Biotechnology	0.21	0.25	0.35	0.22
GILD	Gilead Sciences	Biotechnology	0.21	0.19	0.20	0.17
REGN	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	Biotechnology	0.21	0.21	0.20	0.18
AMGN	Amgen Inc.	Biotechnology	0.19	0.23	0.22	0.22
HALO	Halozyme	Biotechnology	0.19	0.25	0.32	0.28
FTRE	Fortrea	Biotechnology	0.18	0.32	0.31	—
EXEL	Exelixis	Biotechnology	0.18	0.16	0.25	0.23
BMRN	BioMarin Pharmaceutical	Biotechnology	0.18	0.26	0.30	0.27
XNCR	Xencor Inc	Biotechnology	0.16	0.29	0.32	0.26
BIIB	Biogen Inc.	Biotechnology	0.14	0.24	0.28	0.18
HRMY	Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.	Biotechnology	0.14	0.21	0.26	—
RCUS	Arcus Biosciences, Inc.	Biotechnology	0.13	0.28	0.35	0.27
ARWR	Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals	Biotechnology	0.11	0.25	0.38	0.30
ALNY	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals	Biotechnology	0.11	0.13	0.23	0.20
CYTK	Cytokinetics	Biotechnology	0.09	0.13	0.24	0.22
ROIV	Roivant Sciences	Biotechnology	0.08	0.21	0.20	—
PTGX	Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.	Biotechnology	0.07	0.18	0.20	0.15
MRNA	Moderna Inc.	Biotechnology	0.07	0.12	0.17	0.13
UTHR	United Therapeutics	Biotechnology	-0.04	0.08	0.09	0.15

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
IHI	iShares Medical Devices ETF	Medical Devices	SUB-IND	0.45	0.47	0.51	0.41
FHLC	Fidelity MSCI Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.41	0.45	0.47	0.39
VHT	Vanguard Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.41	0.45	0.48	0.40
ARKG	ARK Genomic Revolution ETF	Genomics (Active)	INDUSTRY	0.40	0.50	0.58	0.45
XPH	SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.39	0.46	0.50	0.42
IYH	iShares US Healthcare ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.38	0.42	0.44	0.38
IBB	iShares Biotechnology ETF	Biotechnology	INDUSTRY	0.37	0.45	0.52	0.43
XLV	Health Care Select Sector SPDR	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.37	0.40	0.41	0.35
IHE	iShares US Pharmaceuticals ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.33	0.37	0.37	0.35
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech ETF	Biotechnology (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.31	0.45	0.56	0.47
PPH	VanEck Pharma ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.31	0.32	0.33	0.32
IHF	iShares Health Care Providers	Health Care Providers	INDUSTRY	0.26	0.31	0.35	0.33

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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.