Canadian Consumer Retailing Defensive Blue Chips

W. R. Berkley

Market Cap: US$27.9b

An insurance holding company, operates as a commercial line writer worldwide.

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group

Market Cap: JP¥4.5t

Operates as a trust bank in Japan and internationally.

TS Financial Holding

Market Cap: NT$891.5b

Provides various financial products and services.

Willis Towers Watson

Market Cap: US$27.8b

Operates as an advisory, broking, and solutions company worldwide.

Gulf Development

Market Cap: ฿922.5b

Generates and sells electricity and steam to public and private clients in Thailand and internationally.

Avenue Supermarts

Market Cap: ₹2.6t

Engages in the business of organized retail and operating supermarkets under the D-Mart brand name in India.

Shenzhen Techwinsemi Technology

Market Cap: CN¥187.1b

Develops, manufactures, and sells storage control chips and modules in China and internationally.

BIWIN Storage Technology

Market Cap: CN¥186.6b

Engages in the research and development, design, packaging, testing, production, and sales of semiconductor memory.

PPL

Market Cap: US$27.4b

Provides electricity and natural gas to approximately 3.6 million customers in the United States.

Power Grid Corporation of India

Market Cap: ₹2.6t

An electric power transmission utility, engages in the power transmission business in India and internationally.

Aviva

Market Cap: UK£20.2b

Provides various insurance, retirement, and wealth products in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, India, and China.

China National Nuclear Power

Market Cap: CN¥183.1b

Engages in the investment, construction, operation, and management of nuclear power projects in the People's Republic of China.

Koninklijke Philips

Market Cap: €23.5b

Operates as a health technology company in North America, the Greater China, and internationally.

Banco BPM

Market Cap: €23.5b

Provides banking and financial products and services to individual, business, and corporate customers in Italy.

QNB Bank

Market Cap: ₺1.2t

Provides various banking and financial services in Turkey.

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg

Market Cap: €23.1b

Operates as an integrated energy company in Germany, Rest of Europe, and internationally.

American Water Works Company

Market Cap: US$26.3b

Through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States.

George Weston

Market Cap: CA$37.3b

Provides food and drug retailing, and financial services in Canada.

QBE Insurance Group

Market Cap: AU$37.9b

Engages in underwriting general insurance and reinsurance risks in the Australia Pacific, North America, and internationally.

Regions Financial

Market Cap: US$26.1b

A financial holding company, provides various banking and related products and services to individual and corporate customers.

Helvetia Baloise Holding

Market Cap: CHF 21.1b

Engages in life and non-life insurance, and reinsurance business.

Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower

Market Cap: CN¥176.8b

Engages in the development, construction, operation, and management of hydropower and new energy power generation projects.

New China Life Insurance

Market Cap: CN¥175.4b

Provides life insurance products and services to individuals and institutions in China.

China Everbright Bank

Market Cap: CN¥175.1b

Provides a range of financial products and services to corporations and government agencies, retail customers, and individuals in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Macao, Seoul, and Sydney.

Banco de Crédito del Perú

Market Cap: S/86.8b

Provides banking products and services to individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), and companies in Peru, Panama, and the United States.

Dollar General

Market Cap: US$25.5b

A discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States.

BNP Paribas Fortis

Market Cap: €22.2b

Provides various financial services in Belgium, Turkey, Luxembourg, and internationally.

KeyCorp

Market Cap: US$25.2b

Operates as the holding company for KeyBank National Association that provides various retail and commercial banking products and services in the United States.

BT Group

Market Cap: UK£18.7b

Provides communications products and services in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific.

China Unicom (Hong Kong)

Market Cap: HK$194.6b

An investment holding company, provides telecommunications and related value-added services in the People’s Republic of China.

Aeon

Market Cap: JP¥4.0t

Operates in the retail industry in Japan, China, ASEAN countries, and internationally.

JCET Group

Market Cap: CN¥168.4b

Provides integrated-circuit back-end and technology services in China, South Korea, the United States, and internationally.

AIB Group

Market Cap: €21.6b

Provides banking and financial products and services to personal, business, and corporate customers in the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and internationally.

Markel Group

Market Cap: US$24.6b

Engages in the insurance business in the United States, the United Kingdom, Bermuda, Germany, rest of the European Union, Canada, and the Asia Pacific.

Coca-Cola HBC

Market Cap: UK£18.4b

Engages in the production, sale, and distribution of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages under franchise in Switzerland, West Coast of Ireland, Central and Eastern Europe, Nigeria, and internationally.

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics

Market Cap: CN¥166.9b

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.