Canadian Consumer Services Defensive Blue Chips

Coloplast

Market Cap: DKK 86.4b

Engages in the development and sale of intimate healthcare products and services in Denmark, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and internationally.

Kerry Group

Market Cap: €11.5b

Provides taste and nutrition solutions.

First Financial Holding

Market Cap: NT$418.4b

Provides various financial products and services in Asia, North America, Oceania, and Europe.

Kirin Holdings Company

Market Cap: JP¥2.1t

Engages in food and beverages, alcoholic beverages, pharmaceuticals, and health science businesses.

Origin Energy

Market Cap: AU$18.7b

An integrated energy company, engages in the exploration and production of natural gas, electricity generation, wholesale and retail sale of electricity and gas, and sale of liquefied natural gas in Australia and internationally.

Everest Group

Market Cap: US$13.2b

Together with subsidiaries, provides reinsurance and insurance products in the United States, Europe, and internationally.

Osaka Gas

Market Cap: JP¥2.1t

Provides gas, electricity, and other energy products and services in Japan and internationally.

Union Bank of India

Market Cap: ₹1.3t

Provides banking products and services in India.

T&D Holdings

Market Cap: JP¥2.1t

Through its subsidiaries, provides insurance products and services in Japan.

Suncorp Group

Market Cap: AU$18.6b

Provides insurance products to retail, corporate, and commercial customers in Australia and New Zealand.

Carrefour

Market Cap: €11.4b

Operates as a food retailer in France, Spain, Belgium, Poland, Romania, Brazil, Argentina, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and internationally.

James Hardie Industries

Market Cap: AU$18.6b

Engages in the manufacture and sale of fiber cement, fiber gypsum, and cement bonded boards in the United States, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand.

Tokyo GasLtd

Market Cap: JP¥2.1t

Engages in the production, supply, and sale of city gas and LNG in Japan.

Cooper Companies

Market Cap: US$13.1b

Develops, manufactures, and markets contact lens wearers.

Uni-President Enterprises

Market Cap: NT$414.2b

Engages in the manufacture and sale of beverages and instant noodles in Taiwan, China, and Southeast Asia.

Gjensidige Forsikring

Market Cap: NOK 123.0b

Provides general insurance and pension products in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.

Hormel Foods

Market Cap: US$13.0b

Develops, processes, and distributes various meat, nuts, and other food products to foodservice, convenience store, and commercial customers in the United States and internationally.

Smith & Nephew

Market Cap: UK£9.7b

Develops, manufactures, markets, and sells medical devices and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally.

United Utilities Group

Market Cap: UK£9.7b

Provides water and wastewater services in the United Kingdom.

Tele2

Market Cap: SEK 122.1b

Provides fixed and mobile connectivity and entertainment services in Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.

National Silicon Industry Group

Market Cap: CN¥87.4b

National Silicon Industry Group Co., Ltd.

Britannia Industries

Market Cap: ₹1.2t

Manufactures and sells various food products in India and internationally.

Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia

Market Cap: Rp232.3t

Provides information and communications technology, and telecommunications network services worldwide.

Etihad Etisalat

Market Cap: ر.س48.0b

Through its subsidiaries, establishes and operates mobile wireless telecommunication and fiber optic networks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Fidelity National Financial

Market Cap: US$12.8b

Provides various insurance products in the United States.

Assurant

Market Cap: US$12.8b

Provides protection services to connected devices, homes, and automobiles in North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific.

HDFC Life Insurance

Market Cap: ₹1.2t

Provides individual and group insurance solutions in India.

Jerónimo Martins SGPS

Market Cap: €11.0b

Operates in the food distribution sector in Portugal, Poland, Colombia, Slovakia, and internationally.

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise

Market Cap: CHF 10.1b

Engages in the provision of various financial services in Vaud Canton and rest of Switzerland, the European Union, North America, and internationally.

McCormick

Market Cap: US$12.7b

Manufactures, markets, and distributes herbs, spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavorful products to the food industry.

Punjab National Bank

Market Cap: ₹1.2t

Provides various banking and financial products and services in India and internationally.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

Market Cap: NZ$21.9b

Designs, manufactures, markets, and sells medical device products and systems in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally.

Chubu Electric Power Company

Market Cap: JP¥2.0t

Engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and retail of electricity in Japan and internationally.

Penumbra

Market Cap: US$12.6b

Designs, develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices in the United States and internationally.

Onto Innovation

Market Cap: US$12.6b

Engages in the design, development, manufacture, and support of process control tools that perform macro-defect inspection and metrology in the United States, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, China, Southeast Asia, Asia, and Europe.

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise

Market Cap: ₹1.2t

Provides healthcare services in India.