Bangladeshi Telecom Defensive Blue Chips

Ensign Group

Market Cap: US$10.4b

Provides skilled nursing, senior living, and rehabilitative services.

Discovery

Market Cap: R166.1b

Provides various insurance products and services primarily in South Africa and the United Kingdom.

SouthState Bank

Market Cap: US$10.4b

Operates as the bank holding company for SouthState Bank, National Association that provides a range of banking services and products to individuals and companies in the United States.

Indus Towers

Market Cap: ₹990.9b

A telecom infrastructure company, engages in the operation and maintenance of wireless communication towers and related infrastructures for various telecom service providers in India, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia.

Banca Transilvania

Market Cap: RON 46.4b

Provides various banking products and services in Romania, Italy, and the Republic of Moldova.

Wintrust Financial

Market Cap: US$10.3b

A financial holding company, provides community-oriented, personal, and commercial banking services in the United States.

BIM Birlesik Magazalar

Market Cap: ₺493.9b

Operates retail stores in Turkey, Morocco, and Egypt.

Insulet

Market Cap: US$10.3b

Develops, manufactures, and sells insulin delivery systems for people with insulin-dependent diabetes in the United States and internationally.

bioMérieux

Market Cap: €8.8b

Develops, manufactures, and markets in vitro diagnostic solutions for infectious diseases in France, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, North and South America, the Asia Pacific, and internationally.

Puya Semiconductor (Shanghai)

Market Cap: CN¥68.6b

Engages in research, development, design, and sale of non-volatile memory chips and memory-based derivative chips in China and internationally.

Boubyan Bank K.S.C.P

Market Cap: د.ك3.1b

Provides various banking products and services in Kuwait, the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, the United Kingdom, and internationally.

Cullen/Frost Bankers

Market Cap: US$10.2b

Operates as the bank holding company for Frost Bank that provides commercial and consumer banking services in Texas.

BUA Foods

Market Cap: ₦13.7t

Processes, manufactures, produces, and distributes food materials in Nigeria.

Kesko Oyj

Market Cap: €8.7b

Engages in the chain operations in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, and Poland.

Max Healthcare Institute

Market Cap: ₹970.4b

Provides medical and healthcare services in India.

Menora Mivtachim Holdings

Market Cap: ₪30.3b

Operates in insurance and finance sectors in Israel.

Novatek Microelectronics

Market Cap: NT$322.5b

A fabless chip design company, designs, develops and sells a range of display driver integrated circuits (IC) and system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions in Taiwan, Asia, and internationally.

Quebecor

Market Cap: CA$13.9b

Engages in the telecommunications, media, and sports and entertainment businesses in Canada.

Skyworks Solutions

Market Cap: US$10.1b

Develops, manufactures, and markets analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products and solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific.

Bank Albilad

Market Cap: ر.س37.9b

Through its subsidiaries, provides various banking products and services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Konfoong Materials International

Market Cap: CN¥67.8b

Konfoong Materials International Co., Ltd.

Orkla

Market Cap: NOK 93.8b

Operates as an industrial investment company within brands and consumer-oriented businesses worldwide.

OPC Energy

Market Cap: ₪30.0b

Engages in the development, construction, operation, generation, and supply of electricity and energy in Israel.