Investment Themes

The Arms Industry

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In a world marked by détente since the demise of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, military spending has often been considered an adjustment variable in Western government budgets. SIPRI data shows that it has fallen on average as a percentage of GDP from over 4% over the period 1960 / 1986 to... 2.15% in 2018. However, the remilitarization of some regions has already contributed to bringing this percentage up from its low point. The return of international tensions, for example between China and the United States or Russia and the rest of Europe, marks a new turn in military spending.

The nationalist awakening of the former great empires - we are referring here to Russia and China - has been accompanied by substantial investments by these countries. In 2020, Russia devoted 4.3% of its GDP to military spending. China only 1.7%, but on a much larger GDP basis. Among the "Western" nations, only the United States (3.7%) and Israel (5.6%) are in the same situation. While relative spending declined until 2018, real spending in current dollars only increased, as the rapid growth in wealth over the past fifty years has made each point of GDP more valuable. Military spending was $700 billion in 1991 when the Soviet Union fell. Last year, it amounted to $1,929 billion. The thematic list below aims to capture the returns of publicly traded companies in the arms industry and defense at large.

Our selection

Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
762M +19.51%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
11.34B +11.29%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
34.74B +6.16%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
23.48B +25.41%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
26.94B +30.32%
Technology
Other Software
349B -18.15%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
39.5B +12.43%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
20.99B -12.22%
Industrials
Aerospace & Defense Electronics
41.46B +71.13%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
34.93B +42.92%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
142B +2.64%
Industrials
Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing
29.44B +13.88%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
35.97B +12.97%
Industrials
Other Business Support Services
3.94B +5.30%
Industrials
Other Heavy Machinery & Vehicles
4.39B -25.27%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
11.53B -3.11%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
19.5B -15.20%
Industrials
Satellite Design & Manufacture
63.75B +7.79%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
8.21B -2.21%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
102B +21.01%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
34.79B -14.65%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
3.31B +13.18%
Industrials
Aerospace & Defense Electronics
1.48B +8.90%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
49.89B +47.82%
Industrials
Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing
164B -14.05%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
31.24B -0.69%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
4.78B +40.93%
Industrials
Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing
134B +18.30%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
2.96B -15.46%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
15.44B +11.29%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
41.29B +44.17%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
20.91B +25.49%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
28.1B +35.51%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
90.6B +25.15%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
3.98B +36.22%
Technology
Other Electronic Equipment & Parts
5.09B +15.99%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
148B -5.04%
Industrials
Industrial Machinery
2.44B +49.45%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
80.69B -8.33%
Technology
Other Semiconductors
2.29B +73.12%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
264B +1.90%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
4.62B -8.86%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
89.82B -3.36%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
93.31B +7.78%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.07B +16.72%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
733M -3.53%
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Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
12.39B +59.53%
Industrials
Other Heavy Machinery & Vehicles
1.06B -19.50%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
32.53B -28.98%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.51B -2.67%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
1.59B +47.33%
Industrials
Aerospace & Defense Electronics
5.88B -12.12%
Industrials
Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing
15.93B +4.60%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
4.11B -5.05%
Industrials
Other Shipbuilding
5.65B -21.83%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
65.11B +16.13%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
10.11B +26.66%
Industrials
Aerospace & Defense Electronics
936M +44.41%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
13.08B -9.88%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
9.73B -4.37%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
1.99B +25.59%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
71.98B -9.50%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
6.75B +17.91%
Industrials
Satellite Design & Manufacture
6.95B +157.51%
Basic Materials
Other Steel
6.66B -3.71%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
2.05B -12.19%
Industrials
Satellite Design & Manufacture
11.21B +7.68%
Industrials
Arms & Ammunitions Manufacturing
3.35B +48.72%
Industrials
Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing
177B +1.12%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
9.94B -13.00%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
3.39B +5.25%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
10.11B -4.02%

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