Investment Themes

Sin stocks: A selection to follow or to exclude?

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Investment Themes

The expression may have come up in one of your readings. Indeed, financial literature regularly addresses the theme of "Sin Stocks", understanding the actions of companies operating in unethical areas. This qualifier is particularly important because the recent rush towards "socially responsible" assets has made them pariahs among some managers. Let's dive into this unsavoury world together.

Did you know that? Betting on ethically incorrect sectors has long been a way to beat the stock market. In a study from the fall of 2019, UBS showed that a portfolio of stocks exposed to Tobacco, Alcohol and Gambling outperformed the MSCI World Index by an average of 4.9% per year from 1963 to the present day. Isn't that amazing? However, this trend has slowed considerably since 2010. It has even reversed since 2017 due to the disgrace of Tobacco and Gambling.

This thematic list explores companies operating in those "grey area" sectors, most of which do not fit well with so-called responsible investment (based on the principles of integrating Environmental, Social and Governance practices). It includes players in the Tobacco, Alcohol, Coal, Cannabis, Gambling, Nuclear and Weapons sectors. Given the sectors concerned, the list is dominated by stocks that are not very cyclical, with a balanced geographical distribution between Europe, the United States and the rest of the world (the Chinese stocks selected are limited to Hong Kong).

So are these stocks recommendable or not? It is up to you to decide whether you will use them as an investment base or as an exclusion list.

Our selection

Consumer Cyclical
Lottery Operators
2.47B -13.44%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
10.81B +8.87%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
1.42B -35.00%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
35.78B +51.10%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
20.01B +192.10%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
18.99B +9.15%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
8.78B -0.09%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
12.16B -10.86%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
20.12B -19.01%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
8.48B +5.23%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
7.27B +11.25%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
5B -23.79%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
45.42B -4.86%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
9.51B -3.57%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
5.19B +18.37%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
38.18B +21.52%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
4.12B -1.19%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
143B +15.01%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
3.54B +13.90%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
5.48B +8.38%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
13.31B +10.26%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
6.04B -23.98%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
1.39B +25.75%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
16.84B +26.18%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
1.86B -0.75%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
4.47B +2.26%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
45.13B +9.88%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
2.74B -3.43%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
88.17B +29.17%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.27B +33.66%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
12.38B +36.64%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
46.26B +2.81%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
17.85B +12.95%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
15.29B +0.52%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
41.93B +51.85%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
68.47B +24.88%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
1.63B +2.53%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Distilleries
8.88B +15.13%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Wineries
548M -17.63%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.55B -21.23%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
21.41B +0.36%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
46.04B +1.07%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
12.27B +98.10%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
42.22B -23.15%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
6.52B -4.83%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
2.32B +4.31%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
19.68B -47.80%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
5.37B +12.87%
Energy
Other Uranium
47.66B +18.57%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
22.29B +23.68%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
20.55B +30.79%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.78B -1.13%
Energy
Other Coal
4.91B +9.42%
Energy
Other Coal
4.08B +32.60%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
13.3B +37.41%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
5.86B +21.20%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
39.19B +19.24%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
26.66B +30.05%
Energy
Other Coal
2.87B +11.41%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
9.11B +10.06%
Consumer Cyclical
Pubs, Bars & Night Clubs
990M -6.17%
Energy
Coal Mining Support
6.27B +0.68%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
141B +10.00%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
36.01B -17.65%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
11.12B +2.21%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
11.67B -3.07%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
111B +15.35%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
11.42B -5.00%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
4.24B +31.08%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
6.02B -5.42%
Energy
Coal Mining Support
1.15B +67.41%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
809M -30.68%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
10.14B +30.08%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
9.01B -8.57%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
107B +32.61%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
6.05B -5.99%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
25.4B +6.17%
Energy
Uranium Mining
7.97B +29.93%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
39.78B +0.50%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
124B +1.61%
Energy
Uranium Mining
3.29B +37.36%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
6.46B +3.90%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Distilleries
10.74B -3.73%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
18.32B -9.69%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
2.18B -26.29%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
9.1B -2.52%
Energy
Other Coal
1.89B +21.95%
Energy
Other Coal
1.2B +61.46%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
51.31B +57.39%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
6.72B +19.86%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
2.04B -10.49%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
84.74B +2.02%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
9.19B -2.60%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
3.74B +31.27%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Wineries
2.44B -17.75%
Energy
Uranium Mining
3.83B +26.80%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.63B +12.50%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
16.25B +14.61%
Energy
Uranium Mining
613M +26.43%
Energy
Other Uranium
2.06B +2.87%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
21.72B +8.17%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
1.32B +0.38%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
1.96B -0.28%
Energy
Other Coal
3.91B +8.15%
Consumer Cyclical
Gaming Machine Operators
954M +2.54%
Energy
Other Coal
1.77B +20.69%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
64.36B +1.31%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
1.16B -8.28%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
21.29B -0.73%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
26.7B +32.26%
Energy
Other Uranium
6.25B +10.70%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
339B +4.90%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
282B +14.37%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
98.14B +7.97%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
2.27B +7.51%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
5.84B -26.32%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
33.23B +1.38%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
2.56B -13.25%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
265B +5.97%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
1.38B +8.55%
Energy
Other Coal
4.43B -1.82%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
1.75B -15.44%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
12.4B -27.02%
Energy
Uranium Mining
1.48B +17.93%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.69B +40.10%
Energy
Other Coal
5.86B +27.62%
Energy
Other Coal
2.98B +25.06%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
2.11B -3.73%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
4.66B -16.76%
Energy
Uranium Mining
4.6B +30.28%
Energy
Other Coal
615M +9.52%
Industrials
Arms & Ammunitions Manufacturing
983M +28.76%
Energy
Other Coal
1.52B +8.82%
Energy
Other Coal
1.56B +12.74%
Energy
Other Coal
27.45B -25.35%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.79B +6.54%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
17.9B +5.28%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
749M +5.08%
Energy
Other Coal
2.03B +29.00%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.1B +8.63%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
622M +41.74%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
2.37B +19.00%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
10.44B -15.56%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
3.83B -3.54%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
866M +52.89%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
12.03B +60.23%
Energy
Other Coal
3.41B +14.12%
Energy
Other Uranium
4.4B +46.60%
Energy
Other Uranium
3.71B -22.19%
Consumer Cyclical
Gambling & Gaming Machine Manufacturers
2.7B -15.19%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
529M +27.23%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
3.48B -25.85%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
2.14B +7.41%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
595M -18.76%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
3.37B -6.86%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
4.03B -16.11%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
2.44B -4.59%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
37.25B +17.18%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
513M -17.77%
Energy
Other Coal
2.02B -0.71%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
6.5B +2.15%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
853M +26.56%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
1.76B +2.97%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
1B +2.48%
Energy
Other Coal
31.69B +10.39%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
29.28B -8.32%
Energy
Other Coal
8.76B -43.59%
Energy
Other Coal
1.79B +23.31%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
5.63B +13.10%
Energy
Other Coal
30.18B +37.49%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
1.4B +11.98%
Energy
Other Coal
4.74B +47.67%
Energy
Other Coal
129B +16.34%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.93B +15.49%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
8.75B -3.26%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
10.85B -0.73%
Consumer Cyclical
Gambling & Gaming Machine Manufacturers
7.02B -17.52%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Distilleries
4.02B +6.91%
Energy
Other Coal
23.84B +49.69%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
5.36B -6.19%
Energy
Other Coal
966M +29.57%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.62B +8.50%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
13.03B +1.58%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
3.15B +3.24%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
5.41B -7.49%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.34B +4.98%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
901M -19.02%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
35.78B -
Energy
Other Coal
1.89B -8.67%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
831M -
Energy
Other Coal
1.27B +46.10%
Energy
Other Coal
5.04B -37.16%
Energy
Other Coal
2.4B +66.42%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
7.94B -.--%
Energy
Other Coal
2.37B -.--%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.05B +38.41%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.05B +56.91%
Energy
Other Coal
1.05B -34.63%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
827M -6.02%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.59B +2.22%

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