Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for XPEL

Among the 12 Automotive Parts & Equipment peers screened, ALV (Autoliv) has tracked XPEL most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.38. The strongest fund stand-in is XHB (SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF) at 0.41 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
ALV	Autoliv	Automotive Parts & Equipment	0.38	0.35	0.35	0.35
SMP	Standard Motor Products, Inc.	Automotive Parts & Equipment	0.38	0.33	0.31	0.29
GNTX	Gentex	Automotive Parts & Equipment	0.36	0.27	0.31	0.31
LCII	LCI Industries	Automotive Parts & Equipment	0.36	0.38	0.40	0.37
DORM	Dorman Products, Inc.	Automotive Parts & Equipment	0.35	0.30	0.30	0.27
PATK	Patrick Industries, Inc.	Automotive Parts & Equipment	0.33	0.31	0.35	0.35
DCH	Dauch Corporation	Automotive Parts & Equipment	0.31	0.32	0.36	0.32
THRM	Gentherm Incorporated	Automotive Parts & Equipment	0.28	0.30	0.32	0.33
DAN	Dana Incorporated	Automotive Parts & Equipment	0.28	0.34	0.37	0.34
ADNT	Adient	Automotive Parts & Equipment	0.26	0.31	0.36	0.29
FOXF	Fox Factory	Automotive Parts & Equipment	0.23	0.28	0.33	0.33
VC	Visteon	Automotive Parts & Equipment	0.22	0.31	0.33	0.33

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
XHB	SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.41	0.36	0.40	0.39
ITB	iShares US Home Construction	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.41	0.33	0.37	0.37
XRT	SPDR S&P Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.40	0.42	0.45	0.39
FDIS	Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.37	0.38	0.43	0.40
VCR	Vanguard Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.37	0.38	0.43	0.41
IYC	iShares US Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.34	0.37	0.43	0.39
XLY	Consumer Discretionary SPDR	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.34	0.36	0.41	0.39
PEJ	Invesco Leisure & Entertainment	Leisure & Entertainment	INDUSTRY	0.33	0.36	0.41	0.37
RTH	VanEck Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.31	0.28	0.35	0.34
DRIV	Global X Autonomous & EV ETF	Autonomous & EV	INDUSTRY	0.23	0.32	0.39	0.38
BETZ	Roundhill Sports Betting iGaming	Sports Betting	SUB-IND	0.20	0.28	0.37	0.38
CARZ	First Trust S-Network EV & FV	Autos & EVs	INDUSTRY	0.20	0.27	0.35	0.35

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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.