Colombian Utilities Defensive Blue Chips

ACWA Power

Market Cap: ر.س166.3b

Engages in the investment, development, operation, and maintenance of power generation, water desalination, and green hydrogen production plants in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.

Target

Market Cap: US$44.1b

Operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States.

Kuwait Finance House K.S.C.P

Market Cap: د.ك13.4b

Provides Islamic banking products and services in the Middle East, Europe, and internationally.

Standard Chartered

Market Cap: UK£32.5b

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

Emirates NBD Bank PJSC

Market Cap: د.إ158.5b

Provides corporate, institutional, retail, treasury, and Islamic banking services.

Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC

Market Cap: د.إ158.5b

Provides telecommunications services, media, and related equipment in the United Arab Emirates and internationally.

Orange

Market Cap: €36.9b

Operates as a telecommunications operator in France and internationally.

National Bank of Canada

Market Cap: CA$59.0b

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

Heidelberg Materials

Market Cap: €36.4b

Produces and distributes cement, aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, and asphalt worldwide.

UltraTech Cement

Market Cap: ₹3.7t

Engages in the manufacture and sale of clinker, cement, ready mix concrete, and related products in India, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Sri Lanka.

ResMed

Market Cap: US$41.8b

Develops, manufactures, distributes, and markets medical devices and cloud-based software applications to diagnose, treat, and manage respiratory disorders in the United States and internationally.

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics

Market Cap: CN¥298.4b

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.

Muyuan Foods

Market Cap: CN¥295.6b

Operates in the hog industry in China.

Public Service Enterprise Group

Market Cap: US$41.2b

Through its subsidiaries, operates in electric and gas utility, and nuclear generation businesses in the United States.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners

Market Cap: €35.3b

Produces, distributes, and sells a range of non-alcoholic ready to drink beverages.

Alcon

Market Cap: CHF 32.3b

Researches, develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells eye care products worldwide.

Monolithic Power Systems

Market Cap: US$40.1b

Designs, develops, markets, and sells semiconductor-based power electronics solutions for the storage and computing, automotive, enterprise data, consumer, communications, and industrial markets in the United States, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Europe, Southeast Asia, Japan, and internationally.

DNB Bank

Market Cap: NOK 400.4b

Provides financial services to individuals and businesses in Norway and internationally.

China Unicom (Hong Kong)

Market Cap: HK$307.5b

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

Rocket Companies

Market Cap: US$39.4b

Provides spanning mortgage, real estate, and personal finance services in the United States and Canada.

Fairfax Financial Holdings

Market Cap: CA$53.9b

Through its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, and investment management services in the United States, Canada, the Middle East, Asia, and internationally.

Fubon Financial Holding

Market Cap: NT$1.2t

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

Huadian New Energy Group

Market Cap: CN¥277.0b

Engages in the power generation business in China.

Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero)

Market Cap: Rp634.0t

Provides various banking products and services in Indonesia and internationally.

NAURA Technology Group

Market Cap: CN¥276.4b

Engages in the research and development, production, sale, and technical services of semiconductors in the People's Republic of China.

CBZ Holdings

Market Cap: US$5.0b

Provides various banking and financial products and services to retail and corporate customers in Zimbabwe.

Vulcan Materials

Market Cap: US$38.4b

Produces and supplies construction aggregates in the United States.

Erste Group Bank

Market Cap: €32.9b

Provides a range of banking and other financial services to retail, corporate, and public sector customers.

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (PJSC)

Market Cap: د.إ140.0b

Generates, transmits, and distributes electricity for residential, commercial, industrial, and government customers primarily in Dubai.

Swisscom

Market Cap: CHF 30.6b

Provides telecommunication services primarily in Switzerland, Italy, and internationally.

Sysco

Market Cap: US$37.9b

Through its subsidiaries, engages in the marketing and distribution of various food and related products to the foodservice or food-away-from-home industry in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and internationally.

Tesco

Market Cap: UK£27.7b

Operates as a grocery retailer in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary.

Hartford Insurance Group

Market Cap: US$37.3b

Provides insurance and financial services to individual and business customers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally.

Axis Bank

Market Cap: ₹3.3t

Provides various financial products and services in India and internationally.

Great-West Lifeco

Market Cap: CA$51.2b

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

Microchip Technology

Market Cap: US$37.0b

Develops, manufactures, and sells smart, connected, and secure embedded control solutions in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.