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
Other Casinos & Gaming
2.75B +34.47%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
9.72B -16.17%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
34.25B +54.06%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
18.75B +31.10%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
56.31B -25.87%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
8.4B -1.34%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
7.63B +7.49%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
3.04B -15.12%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
27.08B -1.70%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
6.61B +77.41%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
14.69B -18.11%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
7.3B +23.28%
Consumer Cyclical
Gambling & Gaming Machine Manufacturers
1.24B +5.33%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
3.03B +20.88%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
9.57B +17.18%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
9.2B +24.11%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
11.31B -0.59%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
27.26B +110.57%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
76.53B +65.26%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
11.71B +36.18%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
7.74B +19.30%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Wineries
854M +16.03%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
9.68B +176.19%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
38.33B +15.25%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.42B -6.44%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
4.16B +7.02%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
3.84B -13.62%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
142B +28.79%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
20.03B +17.32%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
60.51B +30.79%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.69B +100.65%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
13B +27.77%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
60.48B -13.46%
Energy
Other Uranium
29.75B +26.98%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
48.1B +8.53%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
25.37B -19.76%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
6.57B -8.50%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
12.25B -32.39%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
2.71B -22.53%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
2.56B -2.78%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
46.53B +2.05%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
6.99B -11.82%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
8.87B -6.61%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
3.65B +19.84%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
1.39B -53.01%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
5.85B -15.77%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
20.16B +59.23%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
7.15B +110.59%
Consumer Cyclical
Pubs, Bars & Night Clubs
1.09B +22.08%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
19.12B +69.10%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.01B +38.42%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
11.64B +49.89%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
14.15B +42.95%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.26B -3.65%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
5.51B -11.41%
Energy
Other Coal
3.38B -23.46%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.62B +130.57%
Consumer Cyclical
Gambling & Gaming Machine Manufacturers
7.2B -1.26%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
9.92B -4.95%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
71.63B +6.05%
Energy
Coal Mining Support
4.75B -19.89%
Energy
Other Coal
2.01B -5.20%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
5.59B +16.10%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
9.19B -2.54%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.39B +10.18%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Distilleries
11.96B -10.25%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
196B +26.72%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Wineries
4.3B -27.54%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
2.63B +10.54%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
46.67B +18.73%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
6.22B +5.33%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
101B +14.27%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
92.27B +185.96%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Distilleries
7.96B -4.62%
Energy
Other Coal
627M -35.35%
Energy
Other Coal
1.28B -30.00%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
28.73B -26.52%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.8B +42.58%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
4.37B -13.25%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
29.45B -18.85%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
107B +26.42%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
32.27B +187.29%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
8.93B +189.82%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
8.62B +23.24%
Energy
Other Coal
3.11B -6.94%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
6.61B +63.42%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
15.49B -28.13%
Energy
Uranium Mining
1.55B -9.20%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
13.86B +17.94%
Energy
Uranium Mining
3.77B -4.43%
Energy
Other Uranium
1.51B +3.14%
Energy
Uranium Mining
1.9B -2.65%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
21.25B +12.62%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
1.44B +6.29%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
1.55B -13.65%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.17B +107.21%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
2.48B -13.98%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
919M -28.92%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
31.26B +81.41%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
285B +52.30%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
74.71B +5.80%
Energy
Other Coal
1.63B -35.91%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
32.08B +15.67%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
99.88B +56.14%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
53.11B +6.94%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
6.37B +2.97%
Energy
Uranium Mining
1.07B +50.67%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
1.32B +22.88%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
255B +43.52%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
7.07B -26.69%
Energy
Other Coal
3.67B -34.72%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
17.86B -2.88%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
1.51B +36.50%
Energy
Other Coal
5.13B -7.54%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
2.01B -29.75%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
13.24B -10.38%
Energy
Other Coal
2.15B -20.36%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
20.1B +8.90%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
14.3B +36.39%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
628M -25.02%
Energy
Other Uranium
2.87B -3.44%
Energy
Uranium Mining
1.22B +0.68%
Industrials
Arms & Ammunitions Manufacturing
678M -3.67%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
1.03B +4.25%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
9.16B +2.70%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.34B +1.76%
Consumer Cyclical
Gambling & Gaming Machine Manufacturers
3.87B +23.17%
Energy
Other Uranium
3.24B +185.30%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
2.16B -33.94%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
7.91B +13.36%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
2.77B -20.73%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
3.34B -7.05%
Energy
Other Coal
2.07B +7.27%
Energy
Other Coal
3.34B -1.14%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
6.75B +72.86%
Energy
Other Uranium
2.14B +35.58%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
1.07B +16.59%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
2.48B -17.70%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
2.08B -14.50%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
766M -8.29%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
560M -12.14%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.19B -43.94%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
2.64B +12.96%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
681M +36.68%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
34.44B +39.24%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
7.6B +9.86%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
981M +25.48%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
4.07B +1.04%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
2.98B +8.63%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
1.32B +0.87%
Energy
Other Uranium
1.19B +81.89%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
916M +51.46%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
1.57B +7.59%
Energy
Other Coal
27.68B +1.28%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
38.4B +19.02%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
1.36B -1.61%
Energy
Other Coal
3.36B -16.52%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
4.46B +111.23%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
4.87B +55.38%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
11.25B -10.83%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.4B -2.23%
Industrials
Arms & Ammunitions Manufacturing
688M +5.28%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
8.69B -18.35%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
13.46B +6.94%
Energy
Other Coal
18.67B -3.12%
Consumer Cyclical
Gambling & Gaming Machine Manufacturers
514M +7.37%
Energy
Other Coal
105B +2.23%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.34B +9.05%
Energy
Other Coal
13.97B -12.74%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
6.11B -
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
15.17B +46.17%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
2.66B -9.28%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
8.05B +69.39%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
4.35B +103.39%
Energy
Other Coal
1.43B +21.13%
Energy
Other Coal
2.52B -.--%
Energy
Other Coal
658M +33.80%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
831M -
Energy
Other Coal
2.72B +1.69%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
8B -.--%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
635M +143.78%
Energy
Other Coal
22.52B +61.22%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
688M +68.47%
Energy
Other Coal
8.09B +6.07%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.04B +263.83%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.6B -

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Ratings ESG MSCI

  1. Stock Market
  2. Investment Themes
  3. Sin stocks: A selection to follow or to exclude?