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 Aerospace & Defense
38.18B +21.52%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
748M +22.65%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
22.29B +23.68%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
12.22B +23.51%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
25.13B +23.66%
Technology
Other Software
376B -11.58%
Industrials
Aerospace & Defense Electronics
34.51B +43.94%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
21.9B -1.21%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
39.19B +19.24%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
141B +10.00%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
37.25B +17.18%
Industrials
Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing
30.02B +21.91%
Industrials
Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing
160B -11.54%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
29.28B -8.32%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
13.6B +15.61%
Industrials
Other Business Support Services
4.1B +10.96%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
9.11B +10.06%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
22.48B -1.39%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
16.84B +26.18%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
100B +22.00%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
36.4B -6.14%
Industrials
Other Heavy Machinery & Vehicles
5.88B +1.36%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
35.78B +51.10%
Industrials
Other Shipbuilding
5.74B -16.95%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
153B +6.83%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
3.06B -11.19%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.78B -1.13%
Industrials
Satellite Design & Manufacture
57.51B +5.00%
Technology
Other Electronic Equipment & Parts
4.4B +4.79%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
88.17B +29.17%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
98.14B +7.97%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
17.85B +12.95%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.93B +12.17%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
51.31B +57.39%
Industrials
Other Heavy Machinery & Vehicles
999M -24.54%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
16.25B +14.61%
Industrials
Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing
155B +38.89%
Industrials
Industrial Machinery
2.48B +54.36%
Industrials
Aerospace & Defense Electronics
6.98B +5.49%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
4.24B +31.08%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
282B +14.37%
Industrials
Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing
16.53B +8.94%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
107B +32.61%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
770M +4.74%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
68.47B +24.88%
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Industrials
Aerospace & Defense Electronics
1.55B +17.30%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
46.04B +1.07%
Industrials
Aerospace & Defense Electronics
665M +8.43%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
84.74B +2.02%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
1.64B +54.52%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
4.31B -5.23%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
5.06B -0.50%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
10.14B +30.08%
Basic Materials
Other Steel
6.61B -1.23%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
1.94B +24.36%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
9.88B -2.93%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
11.42B -5.00%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
73.11B -2.66%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
6.72B +19.86%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
3.74B +31.27%
Industrials
Arms & Ammunitions Manufacturing
2.68B +21.46%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
3.54B +13.90%
Technology
Other Semiconductors
1.85B +42.36%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
26.66B +30.05%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
41.93B +51.85%
Industrials
Military Aircraft Manufacturing
22.84B -1.05%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
12.03B +60.23%
Industrials
Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing
182B +6.44%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
3.26B +35.20%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.62B +8.50%
Industrials
Satellite Design & Manufacture
9.87B +0.41%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
12.02B +17.42%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
5.01B +23.28%

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