WDC

Western Digital

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10 stocks · 12 ETFs

data as of Aug 24, 2026

REPLACEMENT RESEARCH

Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for WDC

Among the 10 Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals peers screened, STX (Seagate Technology) has tracked WDC most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.88. The strongest fund stand-in is SOXX (iShares Semiconductor ETF) at 0.70 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
STX	Seagate Technology	Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals	0.88	0.83	0.80	0.73
SNDK	Sandisk	Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals	0.72	—	—	—
P	Everpure	Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals	0.41	0.45	0.43	0.45
HPE	Hewlett Packard Enterprise	Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals	0.33	0.41	0.45	0.48
SMCI	Supermicro	Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals	0.32	0.32	0.33	0.32
DELL	Dell Technologies	Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals	0.29	0.41	0.44	0.46
NTAP	NetApp Inc.	Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals	0.22	0.35	0.42	0.44
CRSR	Corsair Gaming	Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals	0.14	0.26	0.33	—
HPQ	HP Inc.	Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals	-0.03	0.17	0.30	0.40
AAPL	Apple Inc.	Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals	-0.03	0.17	0.28	0.35

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
SOXX	iShares Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	0.70	0.68	0.67	0.67
PSI	Invesco Semiconductors ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	0.70	0.68	0.68	0.67
SMH	VanEck Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	0.69	0.66	0.65	0.66
XLK	Technology Select Sector SPDR	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.64	0.63	0.61	0.60
QQQM	Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.61	0.59	0.58	—
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.61	0.59	0.57	0.56
FTEC	Fidelity MSCI Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.61	0.60	0.59	0.59
VGT	Vanguard Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.61	0.60	0.59	0.59
HACK	ETFMG Prime Cyber Security	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.16	0.32	0.37	0.44
IGV	iShares Expanded Tech-Software	Software	INDUSTRY	0.08	0.28	0.36	0.43
BUG	Global X Cybersecurity ETF	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.05	0.23	0.29	0.33
CLOU	Global X Cloud Computing ETF	Cloud Computing	SUB-IND	0.02	0.23	0.32	0.37

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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.