- Analysts from RBC Capital Markets compiled a list of top environmental, social, and governance-based investment ideas.
- Companies included in the the firm's Global ESG Best Ideas report were selected based on ESG factors, coupled with a fundamental financial analysis.
- The list includes industries such as software, banking, biotechnology, and semiconductors.
- Here are the top eight US-based companies RBC says socially conscious investors can bet on to beat the market.
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RBC Capital Markets recently published its inaugural Global Environmental, Social and Governance Best Ideas list.
The report features 39 of the firm's top picks for companies with strong ESG practices that are also smart investment ideas.
RBC's analysts chose the companies by assessing ESG factors in addition to completing a fundamental financial analysis.
Based on the list, here are the top eight US-based stocks that RBC says socially conscious investors can buy to beat the market in 2019. They're ranked in increasing order of implied return to price target. All quotes are attributable to the RBC team.