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
2.73B -8.01%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
12.27B +20.55%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
1.45B -38.22%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
13.01B +86.40%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
21.17B +18.87%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
22.8B -8.85%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
34.78B +39.46%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
10.48B +2.61%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
12.9B -11.08%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
8.13B +1.36%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
10.28B +14.12%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
55.13B +14.53%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
6.23B -9.91%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
5.49B -22.41%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
5.06B +10.03%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
4.38B +2.73%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
15.67B +15.48%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.15B +19.84%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
7.52B -9.63%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
4.92B +9.92%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
49.09B +11.64%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
39.16B +19.68%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
46.96B +13.78%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
1.4B +20.63%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
18.27B +14.85%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
5.04B -3.98%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
10.5B +17.98%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
64.55B +15.91%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
13.13B +6.45%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Distilleries
9.31B +19.93%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.94B -2.84%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
78.25B +12.34%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
2.91B +4.72%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
15.97B +2.68%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
6.92B +8.67%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
31.89B +11.28%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
3.57B +9.15%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
7.17B +4.83%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
1.42B -10.10%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
148B +18.14%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Wineries
585M -12.44%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
24.88B +13.87%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
44.46B -21.03%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
35.51B -23.50%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
1.85B -9.42%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
4.24B -15.18%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
2.83B +23.36%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
26.58B -32.91%
Energy
Other Uranium
51.48B +28.66%
Energy
Other Coal
2.85B +8.26%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
9.28B +5.15%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
6.6B -2.15%
Energy
Coal Mining Support
5.94B -3.56%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
23.34B +28.87%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
36.74B +9.03%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
18.62B +20.88%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
38.31B -11.34%
Energy
Other Coal
5.3B +14.06%
Energy
Other Coal
3.72B +22.65%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
2.19B -6.81%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
142B +8.52%
Consumer Cyclical
Pubs, Bars & Night Clubs
1.05B -1.76%
Energy
Other Coal
844M +17.59%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
13.09B +0.63%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
11.01B +6.90%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
11.34B +4.04%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
13.92B +16.19%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
4.42B +37.18%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
97.22B +19.05%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
108B +14.33%
Energy
Uranium Mining
3.85B +27.74%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
10.26B +32.08%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
6.68B +5.26%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
130B +5.03%
Energy
Coal Mining Support
1.14B +62.50%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
28.72B +18.30%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Distilleries
11.05B -2.13%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
18.96B -5.56%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
5.91B +19.30%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
2.47B -18.63%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
6.92B +18.88%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
9.65B -0.36%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
40.51B +20.09%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
12.07B +8.68%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
15.78B +15.64%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
7.03B +7.05%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
24.95B +19.95%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
38.48B -0.20%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
88.94B +1.99%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
9.98B +9.40%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
3.35B +9.80%
Energy
Other Coal
1.76B +12.80%
Energy
Uranium Mining
3.49B +47.25%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.55B +18.55%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Wineries
3.05B +1.15%
Energy
Uranium Mining
601M +18.62%
Energy
Uranium Mining
7.75B +28.50%
Energy
Other Uranium
2.1B +9.21%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
22.3B +12.18%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
1.29B +0.23%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
2.03B +1.12%
Consumer Cyclical
Gaming Machine Operators
943M -2.72%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
1.37B +9.66%
Energy
Other Coal
4.37B +23.80%
Energy
Other Coal
1.87B +21.98%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
69.6B +7.18%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
24.14B +13.57%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
2.43B +18.03%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
96.88B +2.88%
Energy
Other Uranium
7.9B +36.13%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
2.76B +30.11%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
284B +16.13%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
262B +7.15%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
6.73B -16.70%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
5.25B -7.31%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
1.48B +15.75%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Tobacco
35.14B +5.90%
Energy
Other Coal
4.67B +4.70%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
332B +1.85%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
559M +7.65%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
27.47B +35.11%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.65B +38.96%
Energy
Other Coal
2.83B +17.12%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
2.23B +1.66%
Energy
Other Coal
5.67B +20.97%
Energy
Uranium Mining
5.16B +53.67%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
13.5B -23.68%
Energy
Uranium Mining
1.76B +36.96%
Industrials
Arms & Ammunitions Manufacturing
902M +13.63%
Energy
Other Coal
1.6B +23.24%
Energy
Other Coal
1.62B +18.58%
Energy
Other Coal
34.67B -3.96%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
2.58B +28.55%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.22B +4.99%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
524M +19.45%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.74B +1.42%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
18.34B +6.95%
Consumer Cyclical
Gambling & Gaming Machine Manufacturers
3B -7.81%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
4.12B +3.70%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
12.03B -4.01%
Energy
Other Uranium
4.83B -13.43%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
736M +3.57%
Energy
Other Coal
1.77B +10.39%
Energy
Other Coal
3.15B +9.77%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
10.8B +41.96%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
986M +70.36%
Energy
Other Uranium
4.62B +61.81%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
615M +44.87%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
733M -2.05%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
1.7B -11.99%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
4.09B -14.66%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
35.28B +9.48%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
3.95B +4.71%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
2.53B -2.11%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
6.12B -5.99%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
567M -7.55%
Energy
Other Uranium
509M +18.43%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
812M +12.64%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
1.79B +0.71%
Consumer Cyclical
Casinos
1.28B +29.31%
Energy
Other Coal
31.47B +6.08%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
30.78B -5.83%
Energy
Other Coal
10.98B -17.74%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Cigars & Cigarette Manufacturing
5.92B +15.86%
Energy
Other Coal
25.49B +26.93%
Energy
Other Coal
822M +5.58%
Energy
Other Coal
3.84B +23.30%
Energy
Other Coal
120B +14.18%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
1.11B -13.33%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.9B +15.85%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
2.4B -1.33%
Consumer Cyclical
Other Casinos & Gaming
4.46B -25.86%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Distillers & Wineries
9.34B +2.17%
Energy
Other Coal
20.11B +39.19%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Distilleries
3.97B +5.30%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.01B -10.68%
Consumer Cyclical
Gambling & Gaming Machine Manufacturers
9.32B +4.21%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
13.9B +8.83%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
10.86B -2.39%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.56B +7.51%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
3.18B +2.92%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
5.26B -12.54%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
916M -29.45%
Energy
Other Coal
822M +8.33%
Energy
Other Coal
2.13B -0.76%
Consumer Non-Cyclical
Other Brewers
831M -
Energy
Other Coal
1.3B +52.04%
Energy
Other Coal
5.48B -25.68%
Energy
Other Coal
2.01B +41.79%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
8.12B -.--%
Energy
Other Coal
2.37B -.--%
Energy
Uranium Mining
634M +14.73%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.96B +29.02%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
968M +37.02%
Industrials
Military Clothing & Accessories
753M +6.38%
Energy
Other Coal
1.22B -15.67%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
813M -7.70%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.63B +0.65%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
3.48B -

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