Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for VTRS

Among the 30 Pharmaceuticals peers screened, AMRX (Amneal Pharmaceuticals) has tracked VTRS most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.42. The strongest fund stand-in is IHE (iShares US Pharmaceuticals ETF) at 0.43 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
AMRX	Amneal Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.42	0.38	0.34	0.36
AMPH	Amphstar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.36	0.31	0.24	0.27
COLL	Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.36	0.32	0.32	0.26
PFE	Pfizer Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.35	0.37	0.32	0.30
ELAN	Elanco	Pharmaceuticals	0.32	0.37	0.35	0.32
ALKS	Alkermes plc	Pharmaceuticals	0.32	0.33	0.28	0.30
GSK	GSK plc	Pharmaceuticals	0.31	0.28	0.26	0.26
MRK	Merck & Co.	Pharmaceuticals	0.29	0.29	0.26	0.29
BMY	Bristol-Myers Squibb	Pharmaceuticals	0.29	0.32	0.29	0.28
SNY	Sanofi S.A.	Pharmaceuticals	0.28	0.29	0.27	0.29
ACAD	Acadia Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.26	0.26	0.22	0.21
AZN	AstraZeneca	Pharmaceuticals	0.26	0.26	0.27	0.24
JAZZ	Jazz Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.24	0.37	0.35	0.34
SUPN	Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.23	0.17	0.19	0.22
NVO	Novo Nordisk	Pharmaceuticals	0.23	0.22	0.20	0.21
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	Pharmaceuticals	0.22	0.28	0.27	0.29
PRGO	Perrigo	Pharmaceuticals	0.22	0.28	0.29	0.38
CORT	Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated	Pharmaceuticals	0.20	0.12	0.13	0.16
ABBV	AbbVie Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.19	0.27	0.27	0.28
PCRX	Pacira BioSciences, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.18	0.18	0.21	0.24
LLY	Eli Lilly	Pharmaceuticals	0.17	0.15	0.15	0.20
PBH	Prestige Consumer Healthcare	Pharmaceuticals	0.15	0.21	0.22	0.26
ANIP	ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.15	0.17	0.21	0.24
INDV	Indivior	Pharmaceuticals	0.14	0.20	0.02	0.03
INVA	Innoviva, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.13	0.22	0.22	0.26
LQDA	Liquidia Corporation	Pharmaceuticals	0.07	0.09	0.09	0.12
PTCT	PTC Therapeutics, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.06	0.17	0.18	0.15
PAHC	Phibro Animal Health	Pharmaceuticals	0.05	0.23	0.24	0.28
OGN	Organon & Co.	Pharmaceuticals	0.03	0.25	0.28	—
ZTS	Zoetis Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.02	0.21	0.24	0.25

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
IHE	iShares US Pharmaceuticals ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.43	0.49	0.49	0.52
XPH	SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.41	0.51	0.49	0.53
FHLC	Fidelity MSCI Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.39	0.45	0.44	0.44
VHT	Vanguard Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.38	0.44	0.44	0.44
PPH	VanEck Pharma ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.37	0.43	0.48	0.53
XLV	Health Care Select Sector SPDR	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.37	0.42	0.43	0.43
IYH	iShares US Healthcare ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.37	0.43	0.43	0.44
XHE	SPDR S&P Health Care Equipment	Medical Devices (Equal Wt)	SUB-IND	0.36	0.42	0.40	0.39
IBB	iShares Biotechnology ETF	Biotechnology	INDUSTRY	0.33	0.43	0.40	0.42
IHI	iShares Medical Devices ETF	Medical Devices	SUB-IND	0.28	0.34	0.37	0.37
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech ETF	Biotechnology (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.27	0.36	0.34	0.37
IHF	iShares Health Care Providers	Health Care Providers	INDUSTRY	0.24	0.25	0.32	0.36

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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.