Ivorian Consumer Retailing Defensive Blue Chips

SoftBank

Market Cap: JP¥9.8t

Provides mobile communications and fixed-line telecommunications and ISP services in Japan.

National Bank of Canada

Market Cap: CA$86.4b

Provides financial services to individuals, businesses, institutional clients, and governments in Canada and internationally.

Aflac

Market Cap: US$60.5b

Through its subsidiaries, provides supplemental health and life insurance products.

Sempra

Market Cap: US$60.3b

Engages in the regulated utilities business in the United States and Mexico.

Crédit Agricole

Market Cap: €53.1b

Provides retail and corporate banking, insurance, and investment banking products and services in France, Italy, rest of the European Union, rest of Europe, North America, Central and South America, Africa, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific, and Japan.

Nongfu Spring

Market Cap: HK$471.9b

Produces and sells packaged drinking water and beverage products primarily in Mainland China.

Allstate

Market Cap: US$59.6b

Provides property and casualty, and other insurance products in the United States and Canada.

Alimentation Couche-Tard

Market Cap: CA$84.4b

Operates and licenses convenience stores in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Fubon Financial Holding

Market Cap: NT$1.9t

Provides various financial products and services in Taiwan, Asia, and internationally.

SJ Semiconductor

Market Cap: CN¥398.6b

Operates as an integrated circuit wafer-level advanced packaging and testing company in China and internationally.

Life Insurance Corporation of India

Market Cap: ₹5.5t

Provides life insurance products in India, Fiji, Mauritius, and the United Kingdom.

Saudi Telecom

Market Cap: ر.س219.5b

Provides telecommunications, information, media, and digital payment services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and internationally.

Standard Chartered

Market Cap: UK£44.2b

Provides various banking products and services in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.

MetLife

Market Cap: US$56.6b

A financial services company, provides insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management services worldwide.

China CITIC Bank

Market Cap: CN¥384.6b

Provides various banking products and services in the People’s Republic of China and internationally.

Singapore Telecommunications

Market Cap: S$72.3b

Provides telecommunication services to consumers and small businesses in Singapore, Australia, and internationally.

Arthur J. Gallagher

Market Cap: US$55.4b

Provides insurance and reinsurance brokerage, consulting, and third-party property/casualty claims settlement and administration services to entities and individuals worldwide.

Great-West Lifeco

Market Cap: CA$78.7b

Engages in the life and health insurance, retirement savings, wealth and asset management, and reinsurance businesses in Canada, the United States, and Europe.

Vistra

Market Cap: US$54.8b

Operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company in the United States.

Cencora

Market Cap: US$54.7b

Cencora, Inc. sources and distributes pharmaceutical products in the United States and internationally.

HOYA

Market Cap: JP¥8.8t

A med-tech company, provides high-tech and medical products in the Japan, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and internationally.

ASM International

Market Cap: €47.4b

Engages in the research, development, manufacturing, marketing, and servicing of equipment and materials used to produce semiconductor devices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Cardinal Health

Market Cap: US$53.6b

Operates as a healthcare services and products company in the United States and internationally.

First Abu Dhabi Bank P.J.S.C

Market Cap: د.إ196.6b

Provides various banking products and services in the United Arab Emirates, Europe, Arab countries, the Americas, Asia, and internationally.

Disco

Market Cap: JP¥8.6t

Manufactures and sells precision cutting, grinding, and polishing machines in Japan and internationally.

Industrial Bank

Market Cap: CN¥362.3b

Provides banking products and services in the People’s Republic of China.

Emirates NBD Bank PJSC

Market Cap: د.إ194.5b

Engages in the provision of corporate, institutional, retail, treasury, and Islamic banking services.

Loblaw Companies

Market Cap: CA$75.1b

A food and pharmacy company, provides grocery, pharmacy and healthcare services, health and beauty products, apparel, general merchandise, financial services, and wireless mobile products and services in Canada and the United States.

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment China

Market Cap: CN¥358.9b

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc.

Renesas Electronics

Market Cap: JP¥8.5t

Engages in the design, research, development, manufacturing, sale, and service of semiconductors in Japan, China, rest of Asia, Europe, North America, and internationally.

KBC Group

Market Cap: €46.3b

Provides banking, insurance, and asset management services in Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia.

E.ON

Market Cap: €46.1b

Operates as an energy company in Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the Netherlands, rest of Europe, and internationally.

Entergy

Market Cap: US$52.1b

Engages in the production and retail distribution of electricity in the United States.

Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor

Market Cap: HK$403.8b

An investment holding company, engages in the manufacture and sale of semiconductor products in China, North America, Asia, and Europe.

Orange

Market Cap: €44.9b

Operates as a telecommunications operator in France and internationally.

United Overseas Bank

Market Cap: S$66.0b

Provides banking products and services worldwide.